FBI agents who investigate UFOs worried they could be pushed out in possible purge

The existence of the FBI’s informal working group on the issue has not been disclosed publicly before.

by Daniel Lippman
Politico, February 3, 2025

FBI agents who are part of a secretive group investigating the surge of “unidentified anomalous phenomena,” what the government uses to refer to UFOs, are worried that they could lose their jobs in a possible FBI purge targeting officials who worked on Jan. 6 cases, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Some of the FBI agents who work in the group also worked on Jan. 6 cases, according to the people. All agents across the bureau have been ordered to fill out a questionnaire about their work on the Capitol attack. There are worries that the move could lead to a Trump-ordered purge at the agency, said the people, some of whom were granted anonymity to discuss personnel matters.

“I have spoken to several agents from the UAP Working Group who are afraid of losing their role and the investigation getting unintentionally compromised,” said Ryan Graves, executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace and a former Navy pilot. “I am concerned that the FBI’s UAP Working Group could be affected by transition changes, and these leaders might not be aware of the incredible work these agents are doing and how their investigation could be empowered as part of a formalized intergovernmental effort.”

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Caison Best, a former Army special forces intelligence officer who said in an interview that he had spoken to members of the FBI working group after witnessing a UAP in Colorado, said it would be “obviously detrimental” to its UAP investigation if those agents were fired.

“The FBI is one component of the government that is starting to realize what other functions in the government have already known for a long time and have been participating in,” he said. “And if FBI agents are the mechanism to bring that under a legal umbrella, I think they’re doing unbelievably critical work.”

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/fbi-ufo-jan-6-011316

The image at the top of the page is a still from a video taken of unidentified anomalous phenomenon by U.S. military personnel. The video was part of the House Intelligence, Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee hearing on "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena," on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon).