On January 20, 2026, filmmaker and UFO researcher James Fox held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., bringing forward Brazilian witnesses and experts connected to the Varginha incident, a UFO crash that took place in Brazil on January 20, 1996. Speakers included medical professionals and eyewitnesses who described encounters with a non‑human being and claimed U.S. involvement in recovering materials from the alleged crash site. They presented sworn testimony and called for greater transparency, access to records, and protections for whistleblowers. The event aimed to shift the debate from UFO folklore to formal scrutiny in the U.S. political context, urging lawmakers and the press to take the contents seriously.