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, distributed a press release via PR Newswire announcing a press conference at the National Press Club Ballroom in Washington, DC on May 8, 2026 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM Eastern. The event is positioned as a 25th anniversary of the Disclosure Project's May 9, 2001 National Press Club press conference, which is widely cited as the origin point of the modern public UAP disclosure movement. Per the announcement the event is to include whistleblower testimony, video and photographic material, and policy recommendations directed at executive action and Congressional oversight on UAP. The National Press Club events page lists the May 8 press conference at its Ballroom. Underlying testimonial claims described in the announcement have not been independently corroborated by Tier 1 sources at the time of this entry; reporting on the event itself can be drafted on or after May 8.