Sen. Chuck Schumer is one of a handful of lawmakers signaling a major shift in the U.S. government’s approach to UFO reports — further evidence people in power believe the truth needs to be uncovered.

The third part of the docuseries event, “TMZ Presents: UFO Revolution” investigates who’s leading the charge in Washington, DC, why they’re doing it … and what it means to the public.

Schumer and Sen. Mike Rounds introduced bipartisan legislation last year — the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — to increase the government’s transparency on reports of UAP activity, and it was passed last month.

Another critical voice in the fight for disclosure is Stanford Professor Dr. Garry Nolan, and he says the very public involvement of prominent lawmakers, particularly Schumer, proves UAP (or UFOs) are no longer a fringe issue.

As Garry puts it in episode 3, available now on Tubi, Schumer wouldn’t sponsor the NDAA and risk reputation — especially in a presidential election year — if he didn’t believe there’s something behind it.

Schumer was also a close friend of the late Sen. Harry Reid — one of the trailblazers of the UFO movement — and that’s another reason he’s pushing for transparency.

Filmmaker and journalist Jeremy Corbell, who’s been leading our investigation, says getting DC “pit bulls” on board could potentially take this search for answers to places he never before thought possible.