A physicist who worked on top-secret Pentagon projects has told Congress that the US government is aware of four distinct types of alien beings piloting unidentified craft. Dr Eric Davis, speaking during a May briefing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), named the species as 'Grays, Nordics, Insectoids, and Reptilians.'
Davis described the entities as humanoid and roughly human-sized, and suggested they may be linked to classified reverse-engineering programmes. The disclosure came in response to a question from Missouri Representative Eric Burlison, a member of the House Oversight Committee and UAP caucus, who later said he had heard the same classifications in private briefings.
'I've heard those four classifications discussed in meetings in this office by others,' Burlison told The Endless Void podcast. 'But what I wasn't expecting was for him to say it. I wasn't expecting Eric Davis, you know, respected scientists, to say that.' Burlison, a self-described skeptic, acknowledged uncertainty over whether Davis's comments were based on firsthand knowledge or secondhand reports.
The four types have long featured in UFO lore. Grays, popularised by the 1961 Betty and Barney Hill abduction case, are described as small humanoids with smooth gray skin and large black almond-shaped eyes. Nordics are tall, slender beings resembling Scandinavian humans, often linked to the Pleiades star cluster. Insectoids, dating back to early 20th-century science fiction, exhibit insect-like traits such as exoskeletons and mandibles. Reptilians, a theory promoted by conspiracy theorist David Icke, are said to be shape-shifting reptilian beings.
Burlison, however, leaned toward a more earthly explanation, suggesting UAPs are likely advanced human-made technologies from private contractors. 'If we have advanced propulsion, I'm going to be really angry,' he joked, recalling a flight delay due to weather. Critics have dismissed the hearings as veering into science fiction, but Burlison stressed that if the claims are true, 'the government has no right to keep such a secret from the public it serves.'
