Rep. Luna Requests UAP Video, With a List of Names.

[Kyle Ferriter]

David A. Kozik has been doing for this UFO saga since it started in Congress, being present and sitting next to Burlison on ALL Congressional hearings

Can you elaborate? First time I've seen this name.

 

[John J.]

David A. Kozik has been doing for this UFO saga since it started in Congress, being present and sitting next to Burlison on ALL Congressional hearings

Can you elaborate? First time I've seen this name.

David A. Kozik is a/ the (unsure which) Director Congressional Activities, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Intelligence.

NewsNation (home of Ross Coulthart) journalist Rob Jones claims Kozik acts as a gatekeeper of UAP- related material, and had a role in denying some politicians (including Eric Burlison) access to a site supposedly linked to UFOs:

According to Jones's research, the alleged gatekeeper is David Kozik, a career Department of Defence civil servant reportedly connected to congressional intelligence coordination. Jones claims that nearly every UFO or UAP-related file heading to Congress has passed through his office.

The claims surfaced as lawmakers investigating UAPs say they were blocked from accessing a facility tied to the UFO issue, raising new concerns about who actually controls disclosure inside the US government.
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Representative Tim Burchett stated in recent remarks that he and other lawmakers, including Eric Burlison, were denied access to a facility connected to the UAP investigation.

Burchett claimed congressional leadership told them the restriction came from the intelligence community itself rather than from Congress.

"Pentagon Gatekeeper's Name Inside the DoD Finally Exposed as Congress Blocked From UFO Facility", International Business Times website,
15 May 2026, Rosemarie Zamora (any relation? ) https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pentagon-ufo-gatekeeper-washington-debate-1796969

It might be unlikely Burlison and Kozik are associates / confederates, though Kozik probably knows of Burlison, Burlison might know Kozik.

I suspect Kozik is getting attention and criticism from UFO enthusiasts just because of his job, which appears to involve some supervisory/ advisory responsibilities for AARO. He will have other responsibilities under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Intelligence, and part of that might include decisions on requests for access to some sensitive sites.
Being an elected politician in many democracies does not confer an automatic right to visit every defence/ intelligence site that they might be interested in.

There is documentary evidence Kozik works as part of a hierarchical chain, as we might expect. He is unlikely to be a sole "gatekeeper" of UAP- related information.

The records also capture friction between Congress and the Pentagon over AARO's responsibilities. During a Senate briefing on drone incursions, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand pressed officials on why the Department lacked a central database for unmanned aerial system (UAS) incursions, arguing that AARO should serve that function.

Internal Pentagon correspondence shows immediate pushback. "We do not want to see sUAS added to AARO's portfolio!" Pentagon spokesperson Gough wrote in an email to David A. Kozik, Director Congressional Activities, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Intelligence. Kozik repliesd that AARO should serve in a coordinating capacity on counter-UAS issues, but not as the lead office. The discussions underscored a disconnect between congressional expectations and the Department's vision for AARO's scope.

"FOIA Emails Reveal Pentagon's Tight Control Over AARO "Historical Record Report" Rollout and Messaging", The Black Vault website, 27 August 2025, John Greenewald https://www.theblackvault.com/docum...storical-record-report-rollout-and-messaging/

A bit off-topic, but re. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's proposal, there might be very good reasons why AARO, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, should not have the lead on investigating UAS (uncrewed aerial systems- drones etc..) Drones are known technology, they are not anomalous.
They might be the cause of some reported UAP, but so are airliners. AARO shouldn't take over the FAA's remit.
Various branches United States military have decades of experience operating UAS, and developing / using counter-UAS systems. Millions, probably billions of dollars have gone into this. AARO is essentially a modest office-based effort for investigating unusual reports.
Much better-resourced organisations (e.g. NORAD) are responsible for the air defence of the USA and enforcement of air policing.
Making AARO the lead organisation for investigating UAS (possibly including those of less friendly states) doesn't really make much sense in defense/ security terms.