Government's refusal's to declassify UFO docs is a 'cover-up' costing taxpayers millions: GOP congressman

A U.S. congressman said he believes there's a government UFO "cover-up" and is fed up with what he characterized as diversion tactics and stonewalling while millions of dollars seemingly vanish into a black hole. 

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., who's been a leading voice trying to get to the bottom of the UFO debate, expressed his frustration with the government on this topic in an interview with Fox News Digital.

"I think there is a cover-up," he said. "I mean, it's a cover-up when you release a file, and it's just half blacked out. And there's a cover-up when one group says one federal authority says something exists, and then another federal authority says it doesn't exist. That's a cover-up.

"So, yeah, it exists. The cover-up is real, for whatever reason. And you're spending tens of millions of dollars on it on something that you say doesn't exist, yet you continue spending the money on it. It makes you wonder."