(NewsNation) — Whistleblower Jacob Barber tells NewsNation helium not lone knows of concealed unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs, much commonly known arsenic UFOs) retrieval programs successful the authorities but has worked for one.
For the past 30 years, Barber said he’s worked successful some an authoritative and unofficial capableness for the United States authorities and its partners successful the quality community.
"We're successful this uncommon accidental successful quality past wherever it's precise wide that we cognize that determination are things flying successful the entity that are unexplained and un-understood," Barber told NewsNation investigative newsman Ross Coulthart exclusively.
During his clip arsenic a contracted chopper pilot, helium retrieved each kinds of downed craft, immoderate of which helium believes are of nonhuman origin.
“Just visually looking astatine the entity connected the ground, you could archer that it was bonzer and anomalous,” Barber said. “It was not human.”
Barber claims helium is "uniquely providing accusation on" UAPs and wants the nationalist to cognize what helium knows.
Witnesses astatine the congressional UAP hearings person been saying the aforesaid thing.
"The Pentagon, the quality assemblage is treating america similar children. It's clip for america to cognize the information astir this. I deliberation that we tin grip it," writer Michael Shellenberger said during his testimony.
Barber has been to Capitol Hill too. NewsNation confirmed that this past fall, helium met with staffers for Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is present President-elect Donald Trump's prime for caput of state.
"I consciousness I was capable to capable successful gaps that person been determination for a agelong clip that nary different whistleblower has been capable to do," Barber said.
Rubio is expected to spot a creaseless confirmation from the Senate.
NewsNation checked Barber's records and confirmed helium was an airman successful the U.S. Air Force who worked arsenic an aerospace mechanic successful the precocious 1990s. He was besides recruited into Air Force Special Operations, known arsenic “combat control.” He would yet spell connected to enactment successful a nonofficial capableness for the Defense Department and the quality community.
In summation to reviewing his authoritative documentation, NewsNation spoke with 3 erstwhile peculiar operations soldiers who corroborated Barber’s credentials.