Loeb Medium piece warns the White House may release UAP videos but not the most intriguing ones

Avi Loeb published a Medium essay in late April 2026 titled 'The White House Will Release UAP Videos, But Will They Be the Most Intriguing Ones?'. The piece sets out a structural concern about the Trump UAP file release programme: that the videos most likely to clear interagency declassification review are those whose content is least anomalous, while footage of objects displaying unexplained kinematics is the material most likely to be held back. Loeb argues that any release should be paired with a documented chain of custody and a peer-reviewed scientific evaluation before the public draws conclusions. The piece sits alongside Loeb's prior April commentary on Newsmax and his 17 April meeting with Representative Anna Paulina Luna at the Harvard College Observatory. It is the most detailed public articulation to date of the academic position that selection bias inside the release pipeline is a real and ranked editorial risk.