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historical

Five Witnesses in Fifty-One Weeks: APRO's Government-Witness Network, 1953 to 1957

The Aerial Phenomena Research Organization is usually remembered as one of the two large American civilian UFO groups of the post-war period, a small Wisconsin outfit that grew through the Lorenzens' methodical case investigation. The 1953 to 1957 APRO Bulletin records something the standard accounts have downplayed: APRO was the documented civilian destination of credentialed government and military witnesses across that period, from the Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee to a serving Air Force engineer.

· 11 min read
historical

Alamogordo to Rio: APRO's International Network, 1957 to 1958

By the summer of 1958, the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization had Carl Jung as its Psychology Consultant, Dr. Olavo Fontes as its Special Representative in Brazil, and Murray Sale as its Special Representative in Australia. The Lorenzens were running this network out of a post office box in Alamogordo, three miles from the Holloman test range. The 1957 to 1958 run of the APRO Bulletin is where it comes together.

· 10 min read
historical

Etheria Calling: The BSRA Ether-Ship Doctrinal Lineage, 1945 to 1956

The cosmology that flying saucers are vehicles from an adjacent vibrational plane, projected into our density by intelligences who choose to be visible, was articulated in print in San Diego in August 1949. By 1956 it had migrated to London and reorganised itself as a religion. The documentary trail runs through three publications in the archive and one specific editorial bridge.

· 9 min read
historical

Sixteen Years Early: The J. Allen Hynek That APRO Recorded, 1953 to 1955

J. Allen Hynek's public break with the Air Force position is usually dated to 1966, the year he proposed the swamp-gas explanation for the Dexter and Hillsdale Michigan sightings and was widely ridiculed for it. The APRO Bulletin records a private Hynek making the same arguments to civilian researchers thirteen years earlier, in 1953, while he was officially the Air Force scientific consultant on UFOs.

· 9 min read
historical

The Investigator Who Was Everywhere: Lincoln La Paz Across the 1948 to 1954 Documentary Record

The 22 May 2026 PURSUE release surfaced a 116-page Sandia Base correspondence file that puts Dr. Lincoln La Paz at the centre of the 1948 to 1950 Green Fireballs investigation. Four civilian-research traditions documented the same investigator across the same period from outside the security perimeter. Read together, they form the cleanest documentary thread the archive holds for the period.

· 10 min read
international

Japan Confirms It Holds UAP Footage: What Kihara's 11 May Statement Means

On 11 May 2026 Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara confirmed at a regular press briefing that the Japanese government possesses its own UAP video footage and is analysing the United States PURSUE material alongside allied partners. It is the first on-record acknowledgment by a Japanese cabinet minister that Tokyo holds operational UAP imagery. This piece sets out what Kihara said, what the PURSUE corpus already shows over Japanese airspace, and how the statement fits into a year of accelerating Japanese UAP policy work.

· 5 min read
historical

The Silence of the Engineers

MIT's Technology Review published 362 articles on radar, rockets, and nuclear energy between 1947 and 1955. It never once addressed the flying saucer reports those technologies were generating.

· 8 min read
disclosure

Data Alone Is Not Disclosure: The Research Community Delivers Its First Verdict on PURSUE

Six officials directly involved in the interagency UAP disclosure work told DefenseScoop on 14 May 2026 that the 8 May PURSUE tranche was a 'historic, yet incomplete' step. The phrase 'data alone is not disclosure' has since carried across UAP coverage. A clear-eyed look at what the verdict actually says, and what it does not.

· 4 min read
technology

Musk v. Altman: An $800 Billion Test of Whether a Charitable AI Trust Can Be Unwound

The Oakland trial pitting Elon Musk against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and OpenAI is, on its face, a contract fight between three men who once worked together. The legal question is narrower and more consequential: can a nonprofit that was started to keep artificial general intelligence in public hands be reconstituted as a for-profit corporation, and if it has been, what remedy is available a decade later. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is expected to rule in mid-May 2026.

· 5 min read
disclosure

After PURSUE: scientists, witnesses and Congress weigh in on the first UAP tranche

Three days after the Department of War posted 162 declassified UAP files to war.gov/UFO, the public, scientific and congressional reactions are now on the record. The portal cleared half a billion visits in 24 hours, Avi Loeb's team found nothing requiring an exotic explanation, Luis Elizondo called the release 'a drop in the proverbial ocean', and Representative Anna Paulina Luna said the next tranche, including more than forty videos she has formally sought, should arrive within roughly thirty days.

· 4 min read
disclosure

Patel Says FBI Has Delivered Its First Tranche of UFO Files. What That Actually Means

· 5 min read
disclosure

Pentagon Releases First Batch of 162 UAP Files Under PURSUE Programme

The Department of War posted 162 declassified UAP files to a new public-facing site at war.gov/UFO on 8 May 2026, the first tranche under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Material spans Apollo-era astronaut reports to encounters in Iraq in 2022 and Syria in 2024.

· 6 min read
disclosure

Sleeping Dog, a documentary on UFO journalist Jeremy Corbell, opens in select US theatres on 8 May 2026

Director Michael Lazovsky's biographical documentary about Jeremy Corbell, his partnership with George Knapp, and his role in delivering military UAP footage and whistleblower testimony to Congress, opens theatrically on the same day as the Disclosure Project's 25th-anniversary event at the National Press Club.

· 2 min read
disclosure

The Buga Sphere Joins the Disclosure Project Stage: What to Expect on 8 May

· 4 min read
military

Seventeen Shallow Quakes in a Day: The Area 51 Swarm of 29 April 2026

A magnitude 4.4 main shock and sixteen aftershocks struck within forty kilometres of the Nevada Test and Training Range on 29 April. The depth was unusual. The week's commentary was louder.

· 3 min read
historical

The Papua New Guinea Wave: 79 Sightings, One Oxford Priest, and the Case That Almost Changed Everything

Between 1953 and 1959, missionaries, patrol officers, and Papuan teachers across the Territory of Papua and New Guinea reported dozens of unidentified aerial objects. Rev. N.E.G. Cruttwell compiled 79 cases into a bound analysis that remains one of the most methodical UFO field studies ever produced. The centrepiece: the Boianai encounter, where Father William Gill and 37 witnesses watched humanoid figures on a hovering craft for three consecutive nights.

· 10 min read
international

Inside the 2023 Iino UFO Festival: 4,000 Aliens Descend on Rural Fukushima

In November 2023, a town of 5,000 people in rural Fukushima was overrun by 4,000 visitors dressed as aliens, robots, and interstellar ambassadors for the third annual Iino UFO Festival.

· 4 min read
international

UFO no Sato: Inside Japan's UFO Village and the International UFO Laboratory

In rural Fukushima Prefecture, a 462-metre pyramid-shaped mountain called Senkanmori has drawn reports of luminous aerial objects for decades. The community built a museum around them, and in 2021 it became home to Japan's only dedicated UFO research institute.

· 4 min read
disclosure

What 'Very, Very Soon' Actually Means: A Three-Month Audit of Trump's UFO Release Promises

From the February 2026 directive to a White House remark beside returning NASA astronauts, the President has promised an imminent UAP release at least four times. The Pentagon's actual paper trail tells a different story.

· 7 min read
disclosure

Trump Tells NASA Astronaut Event Pentagon Will Release 'Very Interesting' UFO Files; AARO Pledges 'Never-Before-Seen' Material

At a White House event for NASA astronauts on May 3, 2026, President Donald Trump said the Pentagon is preparing to release UFO files that will be 'very interesting to people,' and the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office issued a statement pledging to 'supercharge' efforts to release 'never-before-seen UAP information.'

· 3 min read
disclosure

Trump Tells NASA Event Pentagon Will Release 'Very Interesting' UFO Files; AARO Pledges 'Never-Before-Seen' Material

At a White House event for NASA astronauts on 3 May 2026, President Trump said the Pentagon is preparing to release UFO files that will be 'very interesting to people.' The same day, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office issued a statement pledging to 'supercharge' efforts to release 'never-before-seen UAP information.'

· 3 min read
disclosure

Twenty-Five Years On: Greer Returns to the National Press Club for a Second Disclosure Briefing

Steven Greer returns to the National Press Club on 8 May 2026, exactly 25 years after the original Disclosure Project event, promising new witnesses and visual evidence.

· 4 min read
disclosure

Trump Tells Reporter Missing Scientists Cases Show 'Not Much of a Connection'; Promises 'Full Report'

Asked by Fox News' Peter Doocy on 30 April about the deaths and disappearances of U.S. scientists at the centre of the White House investigation announced 17 April, President Trump replied that the cases are 'individual,' that 'there's not much of a connection,' and that the administration will produce 'a full report' which is 'very serious.'

· 3 min read
disclosure

David Wilcock's death and the missing-scientists narrative: how a final livestream became evidence in two opposing stories

On the evening of 18 April, paranormal author David Wilcock told his YouTube audience that scientists had been disappearing or dying and described the pattern as 'a little bit scary'. Two days later, on 20 April, Wilcock died by self-inflicted gunshot wound in the presence of Boulder County Sheriff's Office deputies. The Skeptic magazine fact-check published on 28 April uses the case as a base-rate example of how the missing-scientists narrative absorbs cases without distinguishing them. Wilcock's family rejects foul play. The two readings now sit side by side in the public record.

· 6 min read
disclosure

Disclosure Project Announces May 8 National Press Club Event Marking 25th Anniversary of 2001 Press Conference

On April 29, 2026, the Disclosure Project, founded by Dr. Steven Greer, issued a press release announcing a May 8 event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, marking the 25th anniversary of its May 9, 2001 press conference. The announcement says the event will present whistleblower testimony, video and photographic material, and policy recommendations.

· 3 min read
science

Luna meets Loeb at Harvard, opening a direct working line between the Oversight Task Force and the academic peer-review case

On 17 April, the chair of the House Oversight Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets travelled to Cambridge to meet the Harvard astrophysicist who has spent four years arguing that any UAP release should clear scientific peer review before it carries evidentiary weight. The meeting establishes a working line that will shape the editorial frame around any video that lands through the aliens.gov pipeline.

· 4 min read
disclosure

Mainstream debunking enters the missing-scientists story as Snopes and Wikipedia label the narrative

On 28 April, Snopes published a structured fact-check rating the missing-scientists narrative speculative absent independent evidence. The same day, Wikipedia editors moved the story onto a dedicated page filed under 'conspiracy theory'. The framing shift matters because the House Oversight Committee's deadline for the FBI, NASA, the Department of Energy and the Department of War lapsed the day before with no public readout.

· 5 min read
congressional

April 27 Briefing Deadline Passes Without Public Confirmation From Any Agency

FBI, NASA, Department of War and Department of Energy were given until 27 April to deliver staff-level briefings on thirteen missing or dead scientists. The deadline arrived with no public readout. Subpoena leverage now sits with the House Oversight Committee.

· 5 min read
sightings

Kacey Musgraves Films Three Orbs from a Private Flight: Pilots Tell Her They See Them Every Night

Country musician Kacey Musgraves filmed three glowing spherical objects on a 10 April flight from Fort Worth to Nashville. Both pilots reportedly told her they had seen the same objects on prior flights. The pilot-corroboration detail is the part of the story that warrants attention.

· 4 min read
whistleblower

The thirteenth name: Burlison's letter to the FBI puts Matthew James Sullivan back at the centre of the UAP scientists probe

An Air Force intelligence officer who had agreed to testify to Congress was found dead at his Falls Church home on 12 May 2024. The case was closed as an accidental overdose. Eighteen months later it has been reopened by name, in a letter from Representative Eric Burlison to FBI Director Kash Patel.

· 7 min read
whistleblower

Elizondo Motorcycle Accident and Tour Cancellations Reshape Disclosure Calendar

A near-fatal motorcycle crash in March has forced the cancellation of Elizondo's 20-date 'Persona Non Grata' tour. Only five dates remain on the schedule.

· 5 min read
science

Avi Loeb Asks Washington for Raw UAP Data, Not Processed Videos

Harvard's Avi Loeb is urging the Trump administration to release raw sensor data, not processed video, arguing that compressed broadcast clips cannot answer the question scientists actually need answered.

· 4 min read
congressional

Burchett and Luna Introduce UAP Whistleblower Protection Act to Shield Federal Employees

HR 5060 extends existing whistleblower protections across six categories of federal workers who disclose information about taxpayer-funded UAP programmes.

· 2 min read
congressional

Connecticut Advances State-Level UAP Study Bill as UConn Requests $300,000 for Research

HB 5422 would direct the University of Connecticut to study the feasibility of a state UAP research centre, following New Jersey's lead in establishing dedicated state-level programmes.

· 2 min read
congressional

Eleven Vanished: FBI Opens Formal Probe as Comer Calls Dead and Missing Scientists a 'National Security Threat'

· 5 min read
sightings

Silent Triangles Over Wright-Patterson: UFO Cluster Spotted Four Miles From Base Where Missing General Once Commanded

· 3 min read
congressional

Burchett Introduces Bill to Dismantle Pentagon's AARO: 'Four Years, Tens of Millions, Two Thousand Open Cases'

· 2 min read
congressional

Pentagon Misses Congressional Deadline for 46 UAP Videos as Cover-Up Accusations Mount

· 3 min read
disclosure

Trump Tells Phoenix Rally UAP File Releases Will Begin 'Very, Very Soon'

· 2 min read
whistleblowers

Vanishing Minds: Six UAP-Connected Scientists Dead or Missing as White House Orders FBI Investigation

· 2 min read
congressional

Rep. Burchett States Classified UAP Briefings Contain Information That Would Shake Public Faith

Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett stated in multiple April 2026 appearances that classified UAP briefings he attended contained specific names, dates, and locations related to UAP programs.

· 2 min read
congressional

Pentagon Misses April 14 Deadline for 46 UAP Videos

The Department of Defense did not deliver the 46 UAP videos requested by Rep. Luna's task force by the April 14 deadline. Luna stated the Pentagon had not responded until her office followed up.

· 2 min read
disclosure

Pentagon Issues Update on UAP Records Amid Growing Congressional Pressure

AARO stated it is coordinating across federal agencies to consolidate UAP records, as congressional frustration mounts over the missed video deadline.

· 2 min read
congressional

Luna's April 14 Deadline Arrives -- Pentagon Compliance Unconfirmed

The deadline set by Chairwoman Luna for delivery of 46 named UAP videos to the House Oversight Committee passed on April 14 with no public confirmation that the Department of Defense provided the requested footage.

· 2 min read
technology

Artemis II Crew Splashes Down off California After Record-Setting Lunar Flyby

NASA's Artemis II crew returned to Earth on April 10, 2026, completing the first crewed lunar mission since Apollo 17 and setting a new record for the farthest distance humans have travelled from Earth.

· 2 min read
disclosure

Trump Administration Disclosure Push Accelerates with Aliens.gov Registration and Executive Action

The White House registered the aliens.gov domain in March, following President Trump's February directive ordering the release of government UAP files, with allies in Congress and the administration expressing support for disclosure.

· 2 min read
science

AARO Held Invite-Only Workshop to Shape Future of UAP Research

The Pentagon's UAP office convened approximately 40 government, academic, and independent researchers for a private workshop focused on standardizing UAP data collection and applying AI to large-scale datasets.

· 2 min read
historical

The Ariel School Encounter: 62 Children Report Contact in Zimbabwe

On September 16, 1994, sixty-two students at Ariel School near Ruwa, Zimbabwe reported that one or more unidentified craft landed near their schoolyard during morning break and that they observed non-human beings, accounts documented by Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack and consistent across independent interviews conducted within days of the event.

· 5 min read
historical

The Belgian UFO Wave: Military Jet Pursuit and Government Transparency

Between November 1989 and April 1990, thousands of witnesses across Belgium reported sightings of large, silent, triangular craft, prompting Belgian Air Force F-16 scrambles, radar tracking, and an unprecedented official cooperation between the military and civilian investigators.

· 6 min read
historical

The Betty and Barney Hill Case: First Widely Documented Abduction Account

In September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill reported a close encounter on a New Hampshire highway that became the first widely publicized UFO abduction case in the United States, generating Air Force documentation, academic study, and lasting public interest.

· 3 min read
historical

Japan Air Lines Flight 1628: Pilot Encounter Over Alaska Investigated by the FAA

On November 17, 1986, the crew of Japan Air Lines cargo flight 1628 reported a prolonged encounter with unidentified objects over Alaska, an incident tracked on FAA radar and investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration, producing an extensive official case file.

· 3 min read
historical

The Kecksburg Incident: Unidentified Object Recovery in Pennsylvania

On December 9, 1965, residents of Kecksburg, Pennsylvania witnessed a fireball streak across the sky and reported that an object came down in nearby woods, followed by a rapid U.S. military response that removed the object under secrecy, generating decades of FOIA litigation.

· 5 min read
historical

The Kenneth Arnold Sighting: The Report That Launched the Modern UFO Era

On June 24, 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine unusual objects flying in formation near Mount Rainier, Washington, a report that introduced the term 'flying saucer' into public discourse and prompted the U.S. military to begin formal UFO investigations.

· 4 min read
technology

NVIDIA Releases Physical AI Models as Partners Deploy Next-Generation Robot Fleets

NVIDIA has released new physical AI models and simulation tools as industrial partners including Boston Dynamics and Hyundai begin deploying robot fleets in manufacturing and logistics operations.

· 2 min read
historical

The Pascagoula Abduction: Two Fishermen's Account Under Official Scrutiny

On October 11, 1973, shipyard workers Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker reported being taken aboard an unidentified craft while fishing on the Pascagoula River in Mississippi, an account subjected to police interrogation, polygraph testing, and investigation by multiple agencies.

· 4 min read
historical

The Phoenix Lights: Mass Sighting Over Arizona

On the evening of March 13, 1997, thousands of witnesses across a 300-mile corridor from Nevada to Tucson, Arizona reported seeing a large V-shaped formation of lights, an event that produced official government responses and remains one of the most widely witnessed UAP events in the public record.

· 3 min read
historical

The Rendlesham Forest Incident: Britain's Most Documented Military UFO Case

Over two nights in December 1980, U.S. Air Force personnel stationed at RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk, England reported encounters with unidentified objects in the adjacent Rendlesham Forest, producing official military documentation that has since been declassified.

· 3 min read
historical

The Roswell Incident: What the Public Record Shows

In July 1947, debris recovered from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico became the subject of the most consequential UFO controversy in history, one that remains central to congressional UAP inquiry eight decades later.

· 4 min read
historical

The Socorro Incident: Police Officer Lonnie Zamora's Close Encounter

On April 24, 1964, Socorro, New Mexico police officer Lonnie Zamora reported observing a landed egg-shaped craft and two small figures near it, an encounter investigated by the U.S. Army, FBI, and Project Blue Book, which classified the case as 'unknown.'

· 3 min read
historical

The Tehran UFO Incident: Iranian Air Force Jet Intercept Documented by U.S. Intelligence

On September 19, 1976, Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom jets were scrambled to intercept an unidentified object over Tehran after multiple civilian reports, an encounter that caused reported weapons systems malfunctions and was documented in a classified U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency report later declassified through FOIA.

· 5 min read
historical

The Travis Walton Case: Five-Day Disappearance in the Arizona Woods

On November 5, 1975, forestry worker Travis Walton disappeared for five days in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona after co-workers testified they witnessed him struck by a beam of light from an unidentified craft, a case investigated by law enforcement and subjected to multiple polygraph examinations.

· 4 min read
historical

The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' Encounter: The Case That Reopened Government UAP Investigation

In November 2004, the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group encountered an unidentified object off the coast of Southern California that was tracked on multiple sensor systems, an incident that would later catalyse the modern era of U.S. government UAP investigation.

· 4 min read
science

Two VASCO Papers Pass Peer Review: Link Pre-Sputnik Sky Transients to Nuclear Tests and UAP Reports

Dr. Beatriz Villarroel's VASCO project has published two peer-reviewed papers identifying statistically significant correlations between transient light events on 1950s sky survey plates, above-ground nuclear tests, and UAP sighting reports.

· 3 min read
historical

The 1952 Washington D.C. UFO Incidents: Radar-Confirmed Objects Over the Capitol

Over two consecutive weekends in July 1952, unidentified objects were tracked on radar at Washington National Airport and Andrews Air Force Base while visual sightings were reported across the capital, prompting the largest Pentagon press conference since World War II.

· 5 min read
historical

The Westall Encounter: Mass School Sighting in Melbourne, Australia

On April 6, 1966, over 200 students and teachers at Westall High School in Melbourne, Australia witnessed an unidentified object descend behind the school before rising and departing, an event documented by contemporaneous newspaper accounts and corroborated by dozens of on-record witnesses decades later.

· 3 min read
international

Japan Forms Parliamentary League for UAP, Proposes Defense Ministry Research Office

Over 80 Japanese lawmakers have formed a cross-party parliamentary league to investigate unidentified anomalous phenomena, delivering formal proposals to the Ministry of Defense for a dedicated UAP research division.

· 2 min read
international

Canada's Sky Canada Project: Federal Report Recommends Dedicated UAP Reporting Office

The Office of the Chief Science Advisor released the Sky Canada Project report recommending a centralized federal UAP reporting service led by the Canadian Space Agency, a bilingual public reporting app, and standardized data collection.

· 2 min read
technology

The Space Race: From Sputnik to Apollo (1957: 1972)

A factual timeline of the Cold War-era competition between the United States and Soviet Union that drove humanity's first ventures beyond Earth's atmosphere.

· 3 min read
international

From Brussels to Valletta: UAP Questions Reach Smaller European Parliaments

As UAP discussions expand beyond large military powers, smaller European nations, including Malta, are beginning to raise the topic in parliamentary settings, signalling a broadening of the global conversation.

· 2 min read
international

Global UAP Legislative Tracker: Parliamentary Activity by Country

A digest of verifiable parliamentary questions, government hearings, and legislative proposals related to UAP from legislatures worldwide, from the European Parliament and Brazil's Chamber of Deputies to Five Eyes coordination.

· 3 min read
technology

The International Space Station: A Record of Continuous Human Presence in Orbit

Since November 2000, the International Space Station has maintained an unbroken human presence in low Earth orbit, serving as a multinational laboratory for science, technology, and long-duration spaceflight research.

· 2 min read
congressional

Burchett Introduces H.R. 8197 to Terminate Pentagon UAP Office

Representative Tim Burchett filed legislation to shut down the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office within 60 days and prohibit any centralized replacement, a move that follows months of bipartisan criticism of the office's transparency record.

· 2 min read
technology

Mars Exploration: The Public Record of Robotic Missions

A factual overview of robotic missions to Mars from the first flybys in the 1960s through current rover and helicopter operations on the Martian surface.

· 2 min read
congressional

Congressional UAP Oversight: Key Hearings, Legislation, and Where It Stands

A guide to congressional action on UAP, from the first modern hearings to the bipartisan UAP Caucus and ongoing legislative efforts.

· 3 min read
historical

Declassified UAP History: From Project Blue Book to AATIP

A public-record history of U.S. government UFO/UAP investigation programs from the 1940s through the modern AATIP revelation, tracing eight decades of official involvement.

· 3 min read
international

Global UAP Transparency: What Other Governments Have Disclosed

A factual overview of how governments beyond the United States have addressed UAP, from France's GEIPAN to Five Eyes coordination and emerging international efforts.

· 3 min read
science

The Scientific Record on UAP: What Official Studies and Reports Have Found

A review of official scientific analyses, government reports, and academic research on UAP, including AARO's findings and the documented criticisms they've received.

· 3 min read
whistleblowers

UAP Whistleblowers: Who Has Gone on Record and What They've Said

A factual accounting of named individuals who have testified or made on-the-record statements about UAP through official channels, sourced to congressional testimony and verified public statements.

· 4 min read
disclosure

What Is UAP Disclosure? A Public Record Overview

A foundational overview of UAP disclosure, what it means, how the U.S. government has approached it, and where the public record stands as of 2026.

· 3 min read
congressional

The April 14 Deadline: What Happens If the Pentagon Doesn't Comply

With ten days until Luna's deadline for 46 UAP videos, attention is turning to potential congressional enforcement mechanisms should the Pentagon not comply, and whether Congress has the tools to force disclosure.

· 2 min read
technology

NASA Artemis Program: Lunar Exploration and the Search for Anomalous Materials

An overview of NASA's Artemis program, its lunar exploration objectives, and how surface missions may intersect with decades-old reports of anomalous materials on the Moon.

· 2 min read
technology

SpaceX Starship and the Commercial Space Race

As commercial launch providers expand capabilities, their growing role in government space operations raises questions about transparency and aerial monitoring infrastructure.

· 2 min read
technology

AI and Robotics in UAP Detection and Analysis

Machine learning systems and autonomous platforms are increasingly central to how governments and researchers identify, track, and analyze unidentified aerial phenomena.

· 2 min read
congressional

Luna Demands 46 Named UAP Videos From Pentagon by April 14

A four-page signed letter to Secretary Hegseth identifies specific operational footage by callsign, including an F-16C shoot-down over Lake Huron, fifth-generation aircraft encounters, and submarine USO footage. Luna sets April 14 deadline for delivery

· 2 min read
disclosure

Aliens.gov: Federal UAP Transparency Portal Goes Live

The U.S. government has launched aliens.gov, a centralized federal portal for UAP-related information, fulfilling a mandate from the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act.

· 2 min read
military

Unauthorized Drone Swarms Breach Barksdale Air Force Base Over Six-Day Period

Between March 9 and 15, 2026, multiple waves of 12, 15 custom-built drones breached restricted airspace over Barksdale AFB, a strategic nuclear-capable installation housing B-52 bombers. Four of five incursions remain unexplained. Senator Cassidy confirmed two drones were recovered.

· 3 min read
congressional

House UAP Caucus Expands to 44 Members: Bipartisan Coalition Signals Legislative Push

The rapid growth of the UAP Caucus from its initial 12 members to 44 reflects increased congressional engagement with UAP as a matter of national security oversight.

· 1 min read
whistleblowers

Grusch Deposition Transcript: Classified Portions Appeal Clears Lower Court

A federal court has cleared the way for previously classified portions of David Grusch's deposition to be reviewed by congressional oversight committees, marking a legal precedent for UAP whistleblower protections.

· 2 min read
disclosure

Domain Watch: Alien.gov and Aliens.gov: What the Federal Registrations Actually Show

The federal government registered two UAP-related .gov domains in March 2026. Here is what public records confirm, what remains unknown, and what the registrations do and do not establish.

· 3 min read
whistleblowers

ODNI UAP Inquiry Rocked by Allegations of Whistleblower Smears and Intimidation

Liberation Times reports that an ODNI UAP investigation led by the Director's Initiatives Group faced allegations of whistleblower intimidation, including claims that smear campaigns targeting Matthew Brown and Dylan Borland originated from within a SCIF. The initiative was wound down in February 2026.

· 3 min read
military

MQ-9 Reaper Drones Record Spherical Object Over Yemen: AGM-114 Hellfire Strike Deflects Without Detonation

Military witnesses testified that a missile strike on an unidentified spherical object over Yemen produced a deflection effect that witnesses described as inconsistent with expected ballistic behavior, prompting Congressional scrutiny.

· 2 min read
military

Coast Guard C-144 Captures 'Tic Tac' Thermal Signature in April 2024 Encounter

U.S. Coast Guard thermal infrared imaging documents two objects matching 'Tic Tac' characteristics previously observed in 2004 Nimitz incident

· 2 min read
historical

Lake Huron Shoot-Down: February 2023: What the Public Record Contains

A comprehensive accounting of the publicly available information regarding the February 12, 2023 shoot-down of an unidentified object over Lake Huron by an F-16C, including the official narrative, its gaps, and what Congress has been told.

· 2 min read
historical

The Yukon Shoot-Down

U.S. F-22 Raptor downs unidentified object over Canada in third early-February 2023 incident

· 2 min read
historical

F-22 Shoots Down Unidentified Object Over Alaska

A military F-22 Raptor engaged an unidentified object near the Arctic Circle on February 10, 2023, marking the second such incident in as many weeks.

· 2 min read
military

Four Craft Diamond Formation Over Gulf of Mexico

Military pilots documented four aircraft flying in coordinated diamond formation alongside a large floating orb over the Gulf of Mexico in January 2023, with radar systems recording the encounter.

· 2 min read
military

Iran UAP Formations: August 2022

Military sensors recorded four cigar-shaped objects in formation over Iranian airspace, part of a documented pattern of Middle East UAP activity.

· 2 min read
military

Submarine USO Encounters: Evidence of Transmedium Objects, 2019-2022

Congressional demand for submarine-recorded footage of unidentified submerged objects references documented encounters with spherical objects observed transitioning between air and water near classified fleet positions.

· 2 min read
military

Syria MQ-9 Reaper Encounter: 2021: UAP Over the Middle East Theater

A comprehensive accounting of the 2021 encounter between an MQ-9 Reaper drone and an unidentified object over southern Syria, including the sensor lock, object characteristics, and its place within broader Middle East UAP encounter documentation.

· 2 min read
military

Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Disc: November 2020: Thermal Infrared Imagery

Thermal infrared imaging captured footage of a massive disc-shaped object along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on November 23, 2020, estimated at 200-400 meters in diameter, maneuvering through cloud cover with abrupt directional changes.

· 2 min read
military

Persian Gulf UAP Encounters: 2020 ('Hackney' Series)

MQ-9 Reaper drones tracked multiple UAP formations over the Persian Gulf in 2020, documented under Pentagon classification code 'Hackney'

· 2 min read
military

The Iraq 'Jellyfish' UAP: 2018

Surveillance footage from an Iraqi military base captured an unidentified floating object with a jellyfish-like morphology and three dangling appendages.

· 1 min read
military

The Mosul Orb

A U.S. reconnaissance aircraft captured four-second footage of a metallic sphere flying alongside it over Mosul, Iraq in April 2016, with the object later designated unexplained by Pentagon analysis.

· 2 min read
Legend