Hit by Hellfire, UAP Keeps on Trucking
Pentagon missile strikes object which splinters off 3 pieces that continue in flight following original UAP
Members of the US House of Representatives were treated Sept. 9, 2025 to a video, reportedly produced by the Pentagon, that recorded a remarkable encounter between a UAP and a Hellfire missile fired from a nearby MQ-9 Reaper drone. The incident took place over the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen on Oct. 30, 2024. A second drone taped the episode and directed the missile with laser targeting toward the Tic-Tac lozenge-shaped object.
From the infrared camera footage, the missile did not explode when it struck the UAP and continued on, either bouncing off the target or continuing powered flight on an altered course. The UAP appeared to flutter and change course on impact. The unknown object continued on by means unknown, accompanied by three pieces evidently knocked from it and able to continue following the larger object by means unknown.
The missile/UAP encounter was the visual highlight from a Congressional hearing on UAP transparency and protecting whistleblowers. From the House of Representatives:
The Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets held a hearing today titled “Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection.” During the hearing, members heard from witnesses on continued concerns regarding disclosure of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) and information held by federal agencies. Members examined transparency issues within the federal government’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and the intelligence community. Members also analyzed ways Congress can better protect whistleblowers who come forward with information on UAPs. Source w/links and details.
Here’s the video, courtesy Space.com:
Personally, I don’t believe firing an armed warhead at unknown aerial phenomena is a smart thing to do. Two individuals whose expertise I respect provide their perspectives and analyses.
Astrophysicist Avi Loeb, director of the Galileo Project, says the UAP itself may be military drone, possibly controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The video may have recorded the collision and fins from the missile may have continued in flight, drawn by the damaged drone. Click here for a complete analysis from Dr. Loeb, who readers will note looks first for a terrestrial explanation.
Writer and ufologist Marik von Rennenkampff says the tape evidently records the moment a UFO took a direct hit from a missile in flight — and kept on moving through atmosphere by unknown means, followed by three apparently similar pieces. While a more exotic interpretation, the objects did behave in extraordinary ways following impact. The following offers a detailed explanation from Mr. von Rennenkampff and the SOL Foundation.
Here’s a blow-up on the objects from a screen grab.
The various shades from white to black represent different temperature levels as recorded by infrared camera. To my eye, the three trailing objects are from the original UAP. In Mr. von Rennenkampf’s detailed analysis, the objects have even more unusual properties.
Democracy Shouldn’t Declare War Lightly
It seems an excellent idea to let the American public in on what Uncle Sam knows about UFOs, perhaps excepting under Congressional review what impacts national security. Firing a warhead at a UFO traveling through a war zone does not seem like a good thing to do.
One thing is a good idea: the Congressional hearing featuring the UAP Hellfire recording is important. It marks the continuation of efforts by Congress and ufologists to shed light on federal departments, agencies and the archives for public study of the phenomenon. That is real progress for those of use who have followed the phenomenon for decades.
Thanks to brave members of Congress and a number of patriotic whistleblowers, today We the Poeple know a bit more. Who knows? With luck, we may actually see sound, scientific and public awareness applied to study a mysterious phenomenon that impacts humanity in innumerable and important ways.