--- title: "Leaked Video Shows US Military Shooting UFO With Hellfire Missile" description: "A video leaked to Congress shows a strange, orb-like UFO being struck by a Hellfire missile from a Reaper drone — and the object keeps going." date: "2025-09-13" modified: "2025-09-13" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/video-military-ufo-hellfire-missile" categories: - "Off-World" - "Space" tags: - "drone" - "military" - "uap" - "UFO" --- # Leaked Video Shows US Military Shooting UFO With Hellfire Missile ![A video leaked to Congress shows a strange, orb-like UFO being struck by a Hellfire missile from a Reaper drone — and the object keeps going.]() *\Image: Department of Defense / Futurism\* Someone has leaked a video of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) — the military's preferred term for unidentified flying objects, better known as UFOs — to Congress. As [*USA Today* reports](), this never-before-seen video was provided anonymously to Eric Burlison, a Missouri Republican and member of the House of Representative's UAP Caucus, and shows a bizarre encounter that occurred last October off the coast of Yemen. In the video, an Air Force MQ-9 "Reaper" drone tracks the object that Burlison referred to as an "orb" over the water until a second Reaper fires a precision Hellfire missile at the UAP. Although it's unclear what mission was occurring during the footage, it did occur the same time that the US and its allies were [conducting strikes]() against Houthi rebels in Yemen. https://www.twitter.com/RepEricBurlison/status/1965438792493355291 The strange object took the hit and was momentarily pushed off its trajectory by the missile, which also appeared to cause some debris to eject from it, before correcting course. It's unclear from the video, which zoomed out just after the strike, where the debris went. Hellfire missiles pack a punch. As [*Military.com* details](), these missiles can be launched both air-to-air or air-to-ground, and are "capable of defeating any known tank in the world today." Whatever that orb was, in other words, its ability to bounce back from a Hellfire strike would suggest it was tougher than a tank. During the hearing, as *USA Today* notes, witnesses to the event — including three military veterans — said there is no known human technology that could survive a Hellfire hit. Discussing the video, neither Burlison nor UAP journalist George Knapp chose to hypothesize on what the video showed — but still remarked at how strangely the objected acted after the missile strike. "That's the Hellfire missile smacking into that UFO and just (bouncing) right off," Knapp said, [per *ABC News*' write-up]() of the hearing. "And it kept going." "And it looks like the debris was taken with it," Burlison responded. "Yeah," the reporter responded. "What the hell is that?" In response to *ABC*'s requests for comment, a Department of Defense spokesperson demurred. "I have nothing for you," they said. Knapp, meanwhile, was glad that the video had been released, even if outside official channels. "The public should be seeing this stuff," the UAP journalist said during the hearing, and "why you're not allowed to, I don't know." **More on UAPs:** [*Air Force Colonel Gave Out Photos of Flying Saucers Near Area 51*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()