'We’re gonna learn some things' about UFOs: Rep. Tim Burchett

(NewsNation) —  It may not be “total disclosure,” but one lawmaker who has advocated for UFO whistleblowers is optimistic that some significant information will come from Wednesday’s House hearing on UFO/UAP.

“I think we’re gonna learn some things. It’s peeling back the layers of an onion,” said Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.

“The best pilots in the world, that are our pilots, are telling us that these things are flying in close proximity to their aircraft,” Burchett told “NewsNation Prime.”

One expert from Great Britain who will be watching the hearing believes that we will learn something, but not everything.

“Disclosure is a process, rather than a single event. So I don’t think we’re going to see on Wednesday a sort of parting of the curtains ‘this is it’ definitive explanation,” said Nick Pope, UFO expert and retired U.K. Defense Ministry official.

Also appearing on “NewsNation Prime,” Pope said he’s especially looking forward to the testimony of former U.S. Navy Admiral Tim Gallaudet, who knows about a part of the UFO/UAP issue that many people have never heard about: underwater phenomena.

“This … is extremely sensitive because some of these things have apparently been tracking our ballistic missile nuclear submarines,” he said.

Burchett agrees, adding that Gallaudet “has very compelling evidence”

Two subcommittees of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are holding the Nov. 13 hearing titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.”

Many advocates of disclosure have high hopes for the new Trump administration when it comes to releasing files that have been secret for decades.

“He’s dropped heavy hints that he knows something,” said Pope. “He’s been pressured … to release the rest of the JFK files, which he says he’s going to do early in his second term. Clearly in President Trump’s mind, he links the UFO issue to the JFK issue – perhaps just in terms of public interest and the suggestion that there’s a coverup and a conspiracy,” Pope added.

Burchett is also optimistic that Trump wants to share more of what government agencies have compiled over the decades.

“I hope so. That’s the signals I’ve been given. I’m convinced that that’s what he wants, and that he trusts the American public,” he said. “President Trump will move towards total disclosure.”