Book · 1 June 2026
Lies Above: How the Pentagon Misled Congress and Cost America Its Skies
Also known as Lies Above
David A. Burkett; foreword by Michael Ian Black; research and editing by Rob Jones · Lies Above (self-published) · 530 pages · ISBN 979-8-218-81307-9
An argument, by the cybersecurity researcher David Burkett, that the Pentagon has misled the public and Congress about UAP for seventy years, by ridicule, by investigations built to debunk and by testimony that, he argues, does not survive comparison with the record. It is the author's reading of the published record and others' testimony, not a first-hand account. The sources it cites are linked by QR code and listed on the author's site.
Sources: Bookshop.org listing and publisher's description; NewsNation Reality Check interview, November 2026
Facts and claims
- claimed Self-published in hardcover on 1 June 2026 (530 pages), with a foreword by the comedian and writer Michael Ian Black; the publisher's description says QR codes on nearly every page open the source material, and that it traces the pattern from Projects Sign and Grudge, the Robertson Panel and Blue Book to Malmstrom, the Nimitz encounter and David Grusch's 2023 testimony. Source: bookshop.org (archived)
- claimed Interviewed on NewsNation's Reality Check in November 2026, Burkett called the Condon Committee his best example of a cover-up, and disputed the 2025 explanation of the 1967 Malmstrom shutdown as a secret EMP test. — David Burkett Source: Whistleblowers 'fear being murdered': Ross Coulthart with David Burkett, author of Lies Above (NewsNation Reality Check, 2026) at 12:24
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