Today, during a Congressional hearing on UAPs, Missouri Rep. Eric Burlison shared a video showing a UAP “absorbing” a direct strike from a Hellfire missile.

The video, which was taken off the coast of Yemen in October 2024 — and later leaked by a government whistleblower — depicts two MQ-9 Reaper drones following a low-flying orb of light over the ocean.

The drone filming the orb catches the moment a Hellfire missile “bounces off” the ball of light, causing little to no damage. Surprisingly, the hearing was pretty empty, though one UFO journalist and radio host, George Knapp testified that the government has a treasure trove of videos depicting identical events that span decades.

Burlison refused to speculate on what the orb could be; however, he made a point to say the government should release all UAP videos sitting in its vault.

All of this sounds insane, but to me, the most shocking part of the video isn’t the orb or its ability to deflect missiles; it’s that when it was hit, three smaller orbs broke off from the main orb and began following it. 

U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison (D-MO) shows a video of an alleged UFO tanking a heat seeking missile:

"I'm not gonna speculate what it is, but that the question is, you know, why are we being blocked from this information?" pic.twitter.com/lLYMK4Nlbn

— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) September 9, 2025