Washington, Sept. 21 -- Representative Eric Burlison issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A previously unavailable 1952 recording sought by Congressman Eric Burlison (MO-07) was released today as part of the Trump administration's ongoing effort to declassify and release government records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).

In May, Burlison wrote to MIT Lincoln Laboratory seeking the preservation and review of a reel-to-reel recording identified as "AF-ATIC-FILM, 03/52" and labeled "flying saucer talk," which featured a presentation by Air Force officer Edward J. Ruppelt discussing the Air Force's knowledge of UAP at the time. Burlison requested that the recording be located, preserved, digitized, and rev...