{"type":"people","slug":"andy-ogles","title":"Andy Ogles","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/andy-ogles","description":"Tennessee congressman who co-signed UAP caucus demands and questioned 2025 hearing witnesses on airspace evidence","date":"2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Politician"],"updated":"2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","disclosureRating":5,"connectionCount":13,"content":{"markdown":"Andy Ogles is a Republican U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 5th district whose public UAP role comes through caucus activity, House Oversight hearing participation, and airspace-safety legislation.[^1][^2][^3]\n\n## Tennessee Republican and Committee Seats\n\nThe U.S. House historian identifies Ogles as born in Nashville on June 18, 1971, educated at Franklin High School and Middle Tennessee State University, a former Maury County mayor from 2018 to 2022, and a Republican elected to the 118th and 119th Congresses beginning January 3, 2023.[^1]\n\nOgles's member office lists him on the House Financial Services Committee and the House Committee on Homeland Security, including Homeland Security subcommittees for Border Security and Enforcement, Cybersecurity, and Oversight.[^2] The same official committees page lists him as a member of the UAP Caucus, while a later office release says he was appointed chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection on November 18, 2025.[^2][^4]\n\n## UAP Caucus Entry\n\nOgles entered the public congressional UAP network in August 2023 through the launch of the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Caucus led by [Tim Burchett](/people/tim-burchett). Burchett's office said the group included Burchett, [Jared Moskowitz](/people/jared-moskowitz), [Anna Paulina Luna](/people/anna-paulina-luna), Nancy Mace, Eric Burlison, and Ogles, and that the members asked Intelligence Community Inspector General Thomas Monheim for follow-up information after [David Grusch](/people/david-grusch)'s July 26, 2023 testimony.[^5]\n\nThe August 21, 2023 letter signed by Ogles and the other five members asked the IC Inspector General which people, facilities, military bases, or other actors were involved with alleged UAP crash-retrieval and reverse-engineering programs, directly or indirectly, and requested secure access if answers contained classified material.[^6]\n\n## Nuclear-Site and Pilot-Safety Questioning\n\nAt the November 13, 2024 House Oversight joint hearing \"Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth,\" Ogles arrived near the end of the questioning and was recognized for five minutes.[^7] He asked Luis Elizondo whether UAP sightings were especially common near nuclear sites, linked that question to Oak Ridge in Tennessee, and asked whether the Department of Energy or affiliated entities might have a role in possessing or developing such technology.[^7]\n\nOgles then asked retired Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet whether UAPs posed a threat to pilots. Gallaudet answered that they did, and Ogles framed the issue as a need for congressional oversight when service personnel could be at risk.[^7]\n\n## 2025 Airspace-Evidence Hearing\n\nOn September 9, 2025, the House Oversight Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets held [Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection](/events/2025-09-09-restoring-public-trust-uap-hearing), a hearing chaired by Luna with witnesses [Jeffrey Nuccetelli](/people/jeffrey-nuccetelli), [Alexandro Wiggins](/people/alexandro-wiggins), [George Knapp](/people/george-knapp), [Dylan Borland](/people/dylan-borland), and [Joe Spielberger](/people/joe-spielberger).[^8][^9]\n\nOgles's office said his questions centered on whistleblower-obtained footage from October 2024 that had been presented at the hearing, describing an MQ-9 Reaper drone allegedly tracking a flying orb off Yemen and launching a missile that caused no identifiable damage before the object continued its flight path.[^10]\n\nIn the printed hearing record, Ogles told Nuccetelli that the hearing made advanced technology in American airspace appear clear to him, repeated his earlier framing of the attribution problem as \"ours,\" \"theirs,\" or \"otherworldly,\" and asked which one piece of evidence the public should start with.[^11] Nuccetelli answered that people should start with the hearing and the first hearing, while later witnesses and members continued to discuss whistleblower protection, evidence handling, and public transparency.[^11]\n\n## Legislation and Network\n\nThe same day as the 2025 hearing, Representative Robert Garcia introduced H.R.5231, the Safe Airspace for Americans Act, for himself, Glenn Grothman, Moskowitz, and Ogles.[^12] Congress.gov lists Ogles as an original cosponsor dated September 9, 2025, and records referral to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Oversight and Government Reform Committee, with a later Aviation Subcommittee referral on September 10, 2025.[^12][^13]\n\nThe bill text would require the Federal Aviation Administration to standardize collection, reporting, and analysis of UAP-related incidents reported by civilian aircrew, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation maintenance personnel, aviation dispatchers, air carriers or operators, and airports; it would also create FAA employee reporting procedures and require FAA to share submitted reports and archived incident data with AARO.[^14]\n\n## Public-Record Boundaries\n\nThe cited records place Ogles in four public roles: 2023 ICIG letter signer, UAP Caucus member, 2024 and 2025 hearing questioner, and original cosponsor of H.R.5231.[^2][^6][^7][^10][^13]\n\nThey do not show Ogles reporting a personal UAP sighting, publishing original sensor data, chairing the UAP Caucus, chairing the 2025 declassification task force, or releasing classified evidence he personally reviewed. When Ogles framed the attribution problem as U.S., foreign, or otherworldly, [AARO](/programs/aaro)'s public 2024 historical report still said it had found no empirical evidence that any U.S. government investigation or review confirmed a UAP sighting as extraterrestrial technology.[^7][^11][^15]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [U.S. House of Representatives History, Art & Archives, \"OGLES, Andy\"](https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/O/OGLES,-Andy-(O000175)/)\n[^2]: [Representative Andy Ogles, \"Committees and Caucuses\"](https://ogles.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses)\n[^3]: [Congress.gov member page for Andrew Ogles](https://www.congress.gov/member/andrew-ogles/O000175)\n[^4]: [Representative Andy Ogles, \"Rep. Ogles Appointed Chairman of House Homeland Cybersecurity Subcommittee,\" November 18, 2025](https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-appointed-chairman-house-homeland-cybersecurity-subcommittee)\n[^5]: [Representative Tim Burchett, \"Rep. Burchett launches UAP caucus, leads letter to Intelligence Community Inspector General about UAP retrieval programs,\" August 22, 2023](https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-burchett-launches-uap-caucus-leads-letter-intelligence-community-inspector)\n[^6]: [Burchett, Moskowitz, Luna, Mace, Burlison, and Ogles letter to Intelligence Community Inspector General Thomas Monheim, August 21, 2023](https://burchett.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/burchett.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/letter-to-ic-ig-re-uap-hearing.pdf)\n[^7]: [Congress.gov printed hearing record, \"Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth,\" November 13, 2024](https://www.congress.gov/118/chrg/CHRG-118hhrg57440/CHRG-118hhrg57440.pdf)\n[^8]: [House Oversight hearing page, \"Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection\"](https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/restoring-public-trust-through-uap-transparency-and-whistleblower-protection/)\n[^9]: [House Oversight, \"Luna Announces Hearing on Transparency Relating to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena,\" September 3, 2025](https://oversight.house.gov/release/luna-announces-hearing-on-transparency-relating-to-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena/)\n[^10]: [Representative Andy Ogles, \"Rep. Ogles on UAPs: Is It Ours? Is It Theirs? Is It Otherworldly?,\" September 9, 2025](https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-uaps-it-ours-it-theirs-it-otherworldly)\n[^11]: [Congress.gov printed hearing record, \"Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection,\" Serial No. 119-44](https://www.congress.gov/119/chrg/CHRG-119hhrg61718/CHRG-119hhrg61718.pdf)\n[^12]: [Congress.gov H.R.5231 overview, Safe Airspace for Americans Act](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5231)\n[^13]: [Congress.gov H.R.5231 cosponsors](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5231/cosponsors)\n[^14]: [Congress.gov H.R.5231 text](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5231/text)\n[^15]: [All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, \"Historical Record Report Volume 1,\" March 2024](https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/AARO_Historical_Record_Report_Vol_1_2024.pdf)","readingTime":"5 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"tim-burchett","title":"Tim Burchett","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/tim-burchett"},"direction":"mutual","weight":2},{"ref":{"type":"events","slug":"2025-09-09-restoring-public-trust-uap-hearing","title":"Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/2025-09-09-restoring-public-trust-uap-hearing"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"jeffrey-nuccetelli","title":"Jeffrey Nuccetelli","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/jeffrey-nuccetelli"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"alexandro-wiggins","title":"Alexandro Wiggins","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/alexandro-wiggins"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"dylan-borland","title":"Dylan Borland","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/dylan-borland"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"joe-spielberger","title":"Joe Spielberger","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/joe-spielberger"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"eric-burlison","title":"Eric Burlison","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/eric-burlison"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"programs","slug":"aaro","title":"All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)","url":"https://disclosdex.com/programs/aaro"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"anna-paulina-luna","title":"Anna Paulina Luna","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/anna-paulina-luna"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"david-grusch","title":"David Grusch","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/david-grusch"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"jared-moskowitz","title":"Jared Moskowitz","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/jared-moskowitz"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"george-knapp","title":"George Knapp","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/george-knapp"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/people/andy-ogles","title":"Andy Ogles","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/people/andy-ogles","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}