White House-Approved Trip Allegedly Took Congressman to Maryland Base to Examine Suspected UFO Facility
Written by Christopher Sharp - 6 March 2026
Liberation Times understands Representative Eric Burlison, a key congressional Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena advocate, visited Naval Air Station Patuxent River (Pax River) in Maryland last month on a White House-approved trip.
The alleged visit examined claims that materials of advanced, non-human origin were earmarked for transfer between Lockheed Martin and billionaire businessman Robert Bigelow more than a decade ago.
Two sources told Liberation Times that Burlison visited a hangar that Lue Elizondo, the former head of the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, has alleged in writing to Congress was built to accommodate the machinery and its transfer to Bigelow.
Liberation Times understands that Burlison was able to verify the hangar exists, but that it remains empty. The alleged transfer was blocked by the CIA, the original custodian of the machinery, which is understood to have been recovered since the 1950s.
One source told Liberation Times the visit confirmed long-held suspicions that the facility was built for a specific purpose that had not materialised.
The source added that Burlison and other officials saw a private runway said to have been built for Bigelow, as well as a crane allegedly intended to support the transfer of materials by air and by river. Liberation Times understands that the findings were reported back to the White House.
Liberation Times is aware of allegations that UAP-related materials, including an exotic vehicle of unknown origin, may be stored at the U.S. base in Maryland. Those materials are understood to be stored within different facilities within Pax River.
Liberation Times has contacted Representative Burlison for comment on this story, but has not received a response to date.
In a recent interview with Stephen Diener, Burlison stated:
“I fully expect that, at many of these sites [associated with UAP materials], there isn't going to be material there. But, for example, if I went to a site, which I did go to recently, and I'm going to wait until I’ve visited all of them because I don’t want to ruin my opportunity to visit the other sites.
“What I was looking for was this: I had information that there was no material there, but there is enough evidence of infrastructure on the property to indicate that there was.
“What I was trying to do was prove, or find, any kind of evidence or proof of the narrative. So, if I could prove, for example, that there was a building created for the purpose of receiving a transfer of goods, then, at least if the building exists, I can identify and prove that there may be some validity to that story.”
Speaking on The Resilient Show last month, Burlison said he had obtained permission from the White House to visit facilities associated with the reverse engineering and storage of UAP materials.
In written testimony submitted to Congress following a 2024 hearing before the House Oversight Committee, Elizondo wrote that the hangar had been allocated at the request of then-Representative Steny Hoyer, who represented Maryland’s 5th congressional district:
‘I was informed that funding for the hangar, approximately $10 million, was allocated at the request of then-Representative Steny Hoyer.’
Last year, journalist Matt Laslo questioned Hoyer on the allegation, asking:
“Do you - you might not remember this - but do you remember the $10 million for a new hangar that you helped get at Pax [River Naval Air Station] do you remember why that was important? That new hangar, I think, was for Lockheed Martin…?”
Hoyer responded:
“Well, it’s a private — public partner.”
He added:
“Public partner. Um, but I don’t remember the specifics. How long did we — did we did we get that in this bill?”
The alleged visit by Burlison happened against the backdrop of President Trump announcing he would direct US agencies, including the Department of War (DoW), to ‘begin the process of identifying and releasing’ government files on aliens and extraterrestrial life.
Last week, investigative journalist Jeremy Corbell said in an interview with Piers Morgan that discussions are taking place within the White House and the Pentagon over how any disclosure should be handled, including whether radical honesty should shape the core public message.
Pax River is home to the headquarters of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and is a major center for naval aviation research, development, test and evaluation.
In 2020, the NAVAIR’s FOIA reading room became the official repository for the ‘Gimbal’ and ‘GoFast’ Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) videos, which had circulated publicly for years before their formal release.
Contractors associated with NAVAIR programs have included Lockheed Martin and the MITRE Corporation, which operates Federally Funded Research and Development Centers that support the U.S. government in an advisory and technical capacity.
It is known that Lockheed Skunk Works does have a significant presence at the base.
While employed at Pax River with NAVAIR, the aerospace engineer and inventor, Salvatore Pais, filed a series of patents describing unconventional propulsion and field effects - including a triangular or diamond-shaped craft that he claimed could produce anti-gravity - like behaviour - features some observers have argued resemble reported UAP shapes.
