Coulthart Posts Single-Source Claim That Trump Is Now Briefed on Legacy UAP Crash-Retrieval Program

On 18 May 2026, journalist Ross Coulthart posted on social media that President Donald Trump is 'indeed now briefed on the legacy UAP crash retrieval program', crediting sustained pressure from Senator Marco Rubio, Representative Anna Paulina Luna, Representative Eric Burlison and Representative Tim Burchett. Cybernews carried the claim the same day. The post is uncorroborated by the White House and was not accompanied by named sources, documents or supporting material. Coulthart contrasted his assertion with the public record of physicist Eric Davis, who has previously stated that the UAP Task Force briefing sent to the first Trump White House excluded all legacy crash-retrieval material. Whistleblower David Grusch has separately maintained on the record that Trump was briefed on the full crash-retrieval program. Reddit and X commentators flagged the absence of concrete evidence accompanying Coulthart's claim. The archive treats the post as a single-source assertion, noted for record but not yet corroborated.