Command Palette

Search for a command to run...

Anna Paulina Luna

Politician

Florida representative whose UAP oversight began with the July 26, 2023 House hearing and declassification task force

Occupation — U.S. Representative

Disclosure Rating — 5/10

Anna Paulina Luna is a Republican U.S. Representative from Florida whose public UAP role is rooted in congressional hearings, declassification oversight, and whistleblower-protection proposals rather than firsthand anomaly claims. The House History office records that Luna was born in Santa Ana, California, on May 6, 1989, served in the U.S. Air Force from 2009 to 2014, served in the Oregon Air National Guard from 2017 to 2018, and entered Congress on January 3, 2023.1 The House Clerk lists her as the member for Florida's 13th District in the 119th Congress, with assignments on Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Government Reform.2 Her official biography says she is the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress from Florida and identifies her as chairwoman of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets.3

  Florida Representative and Public Identity

The official House biography records Luna's Air Force service and University of West Florida degree, while the Clerk's profile ties her current authority to the House committees that can question defense, intelligence, and executive-branch officials.12 Her member office states that she is serving a second term for Florida's 13th District and chairs the declassification task force, placing her UAP work inside the broader congressional transparency portfolio rather than a standalone UAP office.3

  Entry Into UAP Oversight

Luna's first high-profile congressional UAP role came through the July 26, 2023 House Oversight hearing, "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency." The hearing record says Representative Glenn Grothman thanked Tim Burchett and Luna for "their leadership in pushing this hearing forward," and Luna used her questioning time to ask David Grusch and Ryan Graves about AARO, Defense Department review channels, witness reporting, and why Grusch used the term "nonhuman" instead of "extraterrestrial."4

Alongside Burchett and other members, Luna used the 2023 hearing to press UAP claims into formal oversight framed around national-security reporting and public accountability.4

  Declassification Task Force Mandate

On February 11, 2025, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced that Luna would lead a Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets. The committee release said the task force would examine declassification in the public interest and quoted Luna saying the panel would investigate UAPs and unidentified submerged objects alongside the Epstein list, COVID-19 origins, 9/11 files, and other federal secrecy disputes.5

On February 18, 2025, Comer and Luna announced Republican members, including Nancy Mace, Burchett, Lauren Boebert, Eric Burlison, Eli Crane, and Brandon Gill.6 The task-force page lists Luna as chairwoman and Jasmine Crockett as ranking member.7 A February 19, 2025 update from Luna's office said she had requested briefings on several declassification subjects, including UAPs and unidentified submerged objects.8

  2024 and 2025 Hearing Record

Luna also participated in the November 13, 2024 House hearing "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth," where witnesses included retired Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, former Defense official Lue Elizondo, journalist Michael Shellenberger, and NASA UAP Independent Study Team member Michael Gold.9 The transcript shows Luna questioning witnesses about submerged-object claims, alleged records, national-security concerns, and the limits of what each witness could confirm in public.9

On September 3, 2025, Luna announced a task-force hearing titled "Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection." The committee announcement said the hearing would examine disclosure of UAP-related information, Defense Department and intelligence-community transparency, and AARO's effectiveness.10 On September 9, 2025, the printed hearing record shows Luna presiding in HVC-210, opening the hearing, and questioning witnesses including Dylan Borland and George Knapp.1112 In her opening remarks, Luna framed the issue as a matter of public trust, whistleblower safety, and Congress' ability to review sensitive programs, while explicitly leaving the underlying explanation open to adversarial, natural, or currently unknown causes.11

  Legislation and Follow-Up Requests

On May 16, 2024, Burchett introduced H.R. 8424, the UAP Transparency Act, for himself, Jared Moskowitz, Luna, and Burlison. The bill would have required agency heads to declassify and publicly release records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena.13 On August 29, 2025, Burchett introduced H.R. 5060, the UAP Whistleblower Protection Act, for himself and Luna. The text focused on protecting disclosures about federal taxpayer funds used to evaluate or research UAP material.14

Luna's follow-up work also appears in document requests. On April 1, 2026, House Oversight said Luna was continuing a UAP investigation by requesting video files after September 2025 hearing witnesses claimed AARO possessed additional records.15 The March 31, 2026 letter to Secretary Pete Hegseth asked for 46 listed video files by April 14, 2026, including claimed incidents in Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Iraq, and U.S. airspace.16 The release and letter describe the files as requested materials, not released exhibits.1516

  Public Impact and Political Network

Luna helped convert UAP allegations into repeat hearings, task-force requests, and proposed statutory disclosure protections. Her public network spans Republicans such as Burchett and Mace, bipartisan legislation with Moskowitz, and hearing witnesses such as Grusch, Graves, David Fravor, Elizondo, Gallaudet, Borland, and Knapp.4691213

  Evidence Limits and Counter-Record

The June 2021 ODNI preliminary assessment said limited data and inconsistent reporting made evaluation difficult, noted that 144 reports remained the core dataset, and concluded that UAP probably lacked a single explanation.17 The November 2024 AARO and ODNI annual report said AARO received 757 UAP reports during the covered period, resolved 118 cases as prosaic objects or phenomena, and had discovered no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity, or technology.18

Those agency reports leave Luna's oversight questions focused on classification, witness access, congressional review, and UAP-related records without a public government finding of extraterrestrial technology.1718

  References

  References

  1. history.house.gov ↩ ↩2

  2. clerk.house.gov ↩ ↩2

  3. luna.house.gov ↩ ↩2

  4. congress.gov ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  5. oversight.house.gov ↩

  6. oversight.house.gov ↩ ↩2

  7. oversight.house.gov ↩

  8. oversight.house.gov ↩

  9. congress.gov ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  10. oversight.house.gov ↩

  11. oversight.house.gov ↩ ↩2

  12. congress.gov ↩ ↩2

  13. govinfo.gov ↩ ↩2

  14. govinfo.gov ↩

  15. oversight.house.gov ↩ ↩2

  16. oversight.house.gov ↩ ↩2

  17. dni.gov ↩ ↩2

  18. dni.gov ↩ ↩2

Born on May 6, 1989

6 min read