'The Earth is flat': Lauren Boebert taunts Defense Department experts at UFO hearing

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) taunted Defense Department officials by declaring "the Earth is flat" at a hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

During Wednesday's House Oversight Committee hearing, Boebert said she had been cautioned not to discuss the Defense Department's Immaculate Constellation program, which collects information about UAP encounters.

"Now that we have all been cautioned in this committee hearing that the mention of Pentagon's Immaculate Constellation program could put us on a list," Boebert said. "Well, I already find myself on many lists, I'm sure, as I speak my mind often. So why not just keep going with it?"

"May as well just go all out and say it. The Earth is flat, birds are government drones, and we've never set foot on the moon, and Joe Biden received 81 million votes in the 2020 election," she continued.

"So, let's just see how many lists we could get on here today."

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The lawmaker went on to ask author Michael Shellenberger, a supporter of Donald Trump, if he agreed that classifying UAPs "is not in the best interest of the people."

"You know, President-elect Trump has repeatedly committed to greater transparency both on the UAP issue, on JFK files, on covert origins and many other things so I think that we need to make sure that the next administration is held accountable for that," Shellenberger said.

Watch the video below from the House Oversight Committee.