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Video shows Hellfire missile striking an orb off Yemen

When: 30 Oct 2024
Where: Off the coast of Yemen
Sources: 1 public source

Rep. Eric Burlison, who played the video at the 2025 House hearing House Creative Services, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

At a September 2025 House Oversight hearing, Rep. Eric Burlison played a video he said was taken on October 30, 2024 by an MQ-9 tracking an orb off Yemen as another MQ-9 fired a Hellfire missile that appeared to strike it. The video's source was not officially authenticated at the hearing.

Sources

OfficialRestoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection (Serial No. 119-44) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) / 2025-09-09

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How the story came out

Happened 30 Oct 2024. First made public 1 year later (9 Sep 2025).

30 Oct 2024It happened (this event)
9 Sep 2025Rep. Burlison plays the video at a House Oversight hearing U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) (opens in a new tab) - first made public

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