What Was Announced
On April 29, 2026, the Disclosure Project issued a press release distributed via PR Newswire announcing that Dr. Steven Greer, founder and president of the Disclosure Project, will host a press conference at the National Press Club on May 8, 2026, from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM Eastern, with doors opening at 2:00 PM. The event is to be held at the National Press Club Ballroom, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20045.
The event is presented as a 25th anniversary of the Disclosure Project’s May 9, 2001 press conference at the National Press Club, at which Greer assembled a group of former military, intelligence, and government personnel to give testimony on UAP and related programmes.
Per the press release, the May 8, 2026 event is to be followed by a workshop and a livestream component on May 8 and 9. The National Press Club’s events page lists the May 8 press conference as a public-facing event at its Ballroom.
Stated Programme
Per the April 29 press release, the event is to include first-hand whistleblower testimony, video and photographic material, and analytical findings concerning UAP, what the release describes as “covert programs,” and government transparency. Speakers identified in the press release include former U.S. military personnel.
The release states that Dr. Greer is to conclude the event with recommendations for Presidential executive actions and Congressional initiatives directed at oversight, accountability, and transparency related to UAP and associated programmes. The text of those recommendations was not published with the April 29 release.
Context
The Disclosure Project’s May 9, 2001 press conference at the National Press Club is the event most often cited as the origin point of the modern public UAP disclosure movement. That 2001 event was livestreamed and is held in archived video form by the Disclosure Project. The May 8, 2026 announcement is positioned by the Disclosure Project as a 25th anniversary continuation of that earlier event.
The May 8 announcement comes during a period of sustained attention to UAP records release, including: President Donald Trump’s February 11, 2026 directive to release government files on alien life, UAP, and UFOs; the House Oversight Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets investigation, including the still-unmet April 14 deadline for the Pentagon to produce 46 military UAP videos; and the announced May 13 Luna task force hearing on Project MK-Ultra. md, 2026-04-18-pentagon-misses-luna-deadline-46-uap-videos.md, 2026-04-30-luna-mk-ultra-hearing-may-13.md`.
What Remains To Be Confirmed
The identities of the speakers named at the May 8 event have not been independently corroborated by government sources at the time of this draft. The video and photographic material referenced in the April 29 press release has not been published with the announcement. The Disclosure Project press release language is preserved in this entry as the source of the testimonial claims it previews, without independent corroboration of those claims.
This entry records the announcement of the event and its time and place. Reporting on what is presented at the event itself can be drafted on or after May 8 once primary material is available.
