A newly released video shown Tuesday on Capitol Hill appears to capture a U.S. Hellfire missile bouncing off a reflective object tracked off Yemen’s coast on Oct. 30, 2024.
The footage was presented during a House Government Oversight subcommittee hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), the Pentagon’s term for UFOs.
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) played the clip, which he said had been provided to him and was recorded by an MQ-9 Reaper drone.
Below is the video I revealed in our @GOPoversight UAP hearing today, made available to the public for the first time.
October 30th, 2024: MQ-9 Reaper allegedly tracking orb off coast of Yemen.
Greenlight given to engage, missile appears to be ineffective against the target.… pic.twitter.com/jxJwl0e00S
— Rep. Eric Burlison (@RepEricBurlison) September 9, 2025
The aerial footage depicts a fast-moving object traveling in a straight line over the waters off Yemen. It also shows what Rep. Eric Burlison described as a Hellfire missile, launched from another Reaper drone, appearing to hit the object.
“I’m not going to explain it to you, you’ll see exactly what it does,” said Burlison as the video clip was played.
The video displayed what seemed to be an impact, yet the object continued on its original trajectory after seeming slightly disoriented from the impact for a short period.
“This is when it’s zoomed out, you can still see it traveling,” said Burlison, who didn’t go into any details about how he obtained the footage.
The video was allegedly recorded during active combat operations off Yemen, where U.S. Navy ships and aircraft were defending commercial shipping lanes from Houthi missile and drone attacks.
“The public should be seeing this stuff, and why you’re not allowed to, I don’t know,” investigative journalist George Knapp testified Tuesday.
Knapp appeared at the hearing alongside other witnesses described as whistleblowers on military UFO encounters.
