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VERIFIED – U.S. Military Drones Are Shooting Missiles at UFOs // Alex Hollings
Alex Hollings | Trusted Newsmaker
MQ-9 Reapers, UFOs, and the Hellfire Mystery
A startling revelation has surfaced from U.S. military operations: MQ-9 Reaper drones have allegedly engaged unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) using Hellfire missiles off the coast of Yemen. What’s more shocking is that one of these missiles appeared to strike its target — yet failed to detonate, leaving the mysterious object to continue on its path undisturbed .
The Engagement Off Yemen
According to Congressman Eric Burleson, footage leaked by a whistleblower shows a Reaper drone firing a laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire missile at an unidentified orb moving at high speed. The missile makes contact, debris can be seen, but the UAP appears to recover and keep flying . For veteran observers, this was unlike anything previously documented in combat footage.
The Hellfire Conundrum
The Hellfire missile is not traditionally an air-to-air weapon. It is designed to obliterate tanks and armored ground targets, carrying a 20-pound warhead with devastating effects within a 65-foot radius . On paper, it should be more than capable of destroying most airborne targets. So why didn’t it explode?
Experts suggest the answer lies in the missile’s crush-switch fuze system. Unlike air-to-air missiles with proximity fuses that detonate near their targets, the Hellfire requires a direct, forceful impact. A glancing strike against a relatively small or resilient object may not have triggered detonation — leaving only raw kinetic energy to cause damage .
Kinetic Energy vs. Reality
Even without detonation, the missile carried immense kinetic energy — equivalent to being hit by a Ford F-150 truck traveling at 134 miles per hour. But because the impact appeared to be glancing, much of that energy dissipated instead of destroying the object . History offers precedent: aircraft have survived direct missile hits, even with detonations, and continued flying. What makes this case unusual is that a small, fast-moving orb withstood such an encounter.
Witness Testimony and Congressional Hearings
The event was highlighted during a House Oversight Committee hearing on UAPs. Lawmakers pressed military witnesses on whether the U.S. possesses any technology capable of surviving a Hellfire strike. The responses were uniformly “no” — though analysts caution that not all military witnesses are weapons experts, and technical nuances may have been overlooked .
Possible Explanations
Skeptics argue that the “UFO” may not have been otherworldly at all. The region is rife with Houthi-operated drones — some modeled on Iranian Shahed designs — that have been known to survive missile strikes or near misses . It is plausible that what looked extraordinary through infrared footage was in fact a hardened or lucky drone.
Others, however, see the footage as one of the most compelling pieces of evidence yet for advanced technology beyond conventional explanation. The fact that a high-explosive missile made contact without neutralizing the target has reignited debate in both Congress and the public sphere .
The Call for Transparency
At the heart of this story lies a broader issue: the Pentagon holds far more sensor data, video footage, and telemetry than what has been leaked. Without full transparency, speculation runs wild. Lawmakers, researchers, and defense analysts continue to press for declassification of UAP encounters so that both ordinary and extraordinary explanations can be tested .
Whether this was an alien craft shrugging off human weaponry or simply a rugged drone that lucked out, the event highlights a new era of aerial mysteries. With Reapers now occasionally doubling as UFO hunters, the line between science fiction and military reality has blurred. Until more evidence emerges, Occam’s razor suggests the simplest answer may be best — but the possibility of the extraordinary still lingers in the skies above .
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