Mike Gallagher

Mike Gallagher, U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 8th district (R-WI), has been actively involved in U.S. government efforts to address unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). During the historic House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence public UAP hearing on May 17, 2022—the first in over 50 years—he interrogated Department of Defense officials on unverified claims including the Wilson-Davis memo alleging secret UFO crash retrieval programs and a 1967 incident at Malmstrom Air Force Base where a 'glowing red orb' reportedly disabled 10 nuclear ICBMs. Gallagher introduced an amendment to the FY2023 NDAA establishing UAP reporting processes with whistleblower protections, overriding prior NDAs to encourage witnesses to come forward.
- Questioned Pentagon officials Ronald Moultrie and Scott Bray during the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence's first public UAP hearing in over 50 years on May 17, 2022, about the Wilson-Davis memo and a 1967 Malmstrom AFB 'glowing red orb' incident involving nuclear ICBMs
- Introduced an amendment to the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act to provide whistleblower-like protections and a reporting process for UAP witnesses, overriding NDAs
- Long-time proponent of increasing UAP information flow, publicly speculated UFOs could be 'us from the future'
- Briefed Pat McAfee on government UFO hearings
Gallagher's actions during the 2022 UAP hearing and his NDAA amendment marked key steps toward government transparency on UAP, protecting whistleblowers and prompting official responses to longstanding UFO claims tied to national security and nuclear sites.