Burlison MQ-9 'Yemen orb' footage (shown Sept 2025 hearing).
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Video shown by Rep. Burlison at the 9 Sept 2025 House Oversight hearing purporting to show an MQ-9 Reaper's Hellfire striking an 'orb' off Yemen (30 Oct 2024); object appears to deform, continue, shed debris. Burlison says it arrived via an anonymous 'dead drop'.
The HEARING/showing is documented; what the video IS remains ALLEGED. A US defense official declined to confirm; provenance is an anonymous drop (broken chain of custody); object ID unverified; 'undergoing independent review'. Notable to defense press (TWZ) as a possible first Reaper air-to-air engagement. Tagged disputed.