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Three releases expand the public record of U.S. UAP activity: Navy correspondence involving Scott W. Bray, AARO records of planned engagement with Uruguay’s CRIDOVNI, and a newly listed Customs and Border Protection series in National Archives Record Group 615. Together they document institutional structure, correspondence and international outreach while leaving substantial gaps through redaction, withheld pages and incomplete follow-on records.

The Galileo Project also published its first three-site infrared triangulation results. Its system reconstructed 365 objects during one week in May 2026, separating aircraft-like tracks from small clouds and identifying no distinct anomalous population within that sample. Matthew Szydagis separately described the UAP Science Advisory Council’s reliance on declassification requests and offered a preliminary view of a material sample.

U.S. Navy releases 1,019 pages of Scott Bray UAP records (23 September 2026)

  • The Department of the Navy completed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking UAP-related emails sent to, from or copied to former Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott W. Bray.
  • The Navy identified 1,321 responsive pages. It released 1,019 pages with redactions and withheld 302 pages in full.
  • The correspondence covers the development of the UAP Task Force, congressional briefings, the 2021 ODNI UAP assessment, public-affairs activity, classification questions and the April 2020 release of Navy UAP videos.
  • One released email describes Jay Stratton as leading the UAP Task Force effort for the Navy and “working directly for Scott Bray”.
  • The specified search terms define the collection's scope, while redactions and 302 fully withheld pages leave gaps in the public record.

The Black Vault — Navy FOIA release and document archiveNavy FOIA release package — DON-NAVY-2022-008648UAPRAD — Public Record

Galileo Project publishes first three-site triangulation results (24 September 2026)

  • The Galileo Project released a manuscript describing its first multi-site triangulation results from three long-wave infrared observing stations near Las Vegas, Nevada. The manuscript has been submitted to Sensors and is not yet a peer-reviewed publication.
  • The analysed period covers 24–30 May 2026. The team reconstructed 365 objects observed from all three sites with at least 201 samples.
  • Of 301 aircraft-like tracks, 284 matched ADS-B aircraft and 17 remained unidentified but had similar kinematic characteristics. A second group of 64 initially unidentified slow-moving tracks was identified on inspection as small clouds.
  • The triangulation pipeline was tested against ADS-B aircraft. The manuscript reports distance estimates within 5% for 99% of aircraft solved from three sites and speed estimates within 5% for 78%.
  • Within the sampled week and the array's sensitivity limits, the reconstructed objects were consistent with aircraft or small clouds; no separate anomalous population emerged.

Galileo Project manuscript — An Assessment of the Triangulation Capabilities of a Multi-Site All-Sky Infrared Camera ArrayAvi Loeb — first triangulation resultsUAPRAD — Avi Loeb profile

AARO records document Pentagon engagement with Uruguay's CRIDOVNI (released 25 September 2026)

  • A Freedom of Information Act release provides additional records from AARO's 5–6 August 2025 UAP Narrative Data Workshop. AARO identified 89 responsive pages; 19 were withheld in full and parts of the remaining records were redacted.
  • The records identify previously unpublished speakers and panel participants and document separate engagement with CRIDOVNI, Uruguay's official UAP investigative organisation.
  • Correspondence records plans for a 4 August 2025 Pentagon meeting involving reciprocal AARO and CRIDOVNI mission briefings followed by discussion of future collaboration.
  • AARO sought information on CRIDOVNI's investigative methods, analytical tools, handling of low-data cases, notable cases and relationships with scientific and government organisations.
  • The correspondence also records AARO efforts to involve other South American organisations, including an invitation routed to Chile's SEFAA, and refers to a planned follow-on data workshop in early 2026.
  • The released record ends with proposed cooperation and a planned follow-on workshop; it contains no subsequent agreement or workshop record.

The Black Vault — FOIA records and analysisAARO — 2025 UAP Workshop: Narrative Data, Infrastructures, and AnalysisUAPRAD — AARO workshop deep dive

U.S. Customs and Border Protection added to NARA UAP Records Collection (page reviewed 21 September 2026; archival update)

  • The National Archives Record Group 615 page now lists U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) among agencies that have transferred UAP records.
  • The CBP series is catalogued under National Archives Identifier 665701604.
  • CBP joins the FAA, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ODNI, Office of the Secretary of Defense, NSA, Department of State, FBI and Department of the Air Force in the current collection.
  • NARA states that agencies are transferring UAP material on a rolling basis and that further records will be added as they are received.
  • The addition expands the institutional coverage of the statutory archive. Record Group 615 preserves agency records; the evidential value of each record depends on its contents and supporting material.

NARA — Record Group 615: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records CollectionUAPRAD — Public Record

Déclarations récentes de personnalités

Matthew Szydagis — experimental physicist; UAP Science Advisory Council member (22 September 2026)

  • Szydagis said members of the UAP Science Advisory Council do not hold security clearances for access to classified UAP holdings and have submitted more than 50 declassification requests.
  • He identified the 1996 Varginha case in Brazil as the historical case he would most like to see declassified.
  • Discussing his ongoing examination of one of the materials commonly referred to as “Art's Parts”, Szydagis said millimetre-scale holes in the sample point towards human manufacture. No peer-reviewed materials analysis or complete laboratory report was released with the interview.
  • The interview therefore provides an account of the council's current access route and Szydagis's preliminary interpretation of the sample, rather than a declassification decision or published materials result.

Reality Check — Matthew Szydagis interviewUAPRAD — Matthew Szydagis profile

Évaluation

  • The documentary record expanded this week through the Navy's Scott Bray FOIA release, AARO workshop records and the addition of CBP to NARA Record Group 615. Their principal value is a clearer account of the organisations, correspondence and international engagement surrounding U.S. UAP activity.
  • The Galileo Project's triangulation study is the clearest new scientific result: its three-site system recovered testable three-dimensional trajectories and separated aircraft from small clouds, while finding no anomalous population in the analysed week. The result demonstrates a measurement method and a defined null sample rather than a general conclusion about UAP.

Briefings précédents

Past editions are preserved by their UAPRAD publication date.

22 Sep 2026

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Résumé

Footage attributed to Tehran circulated on 20 September, but the available copies do not establish the recording position or the identity, size, distance or speed of the lights. The reported location and time trace to one Persian-language account; republication by other outlets does not establish independent witnesses.

David Grusch, Dylan Borland and Matthew Brown have reportedly sought authority to discuss UAP information publicly. Their request is distinct from the Department of War’s PURSUE reporting waiver and includes no newly released evidence. Other statements this period interpret existing footage, released reports or disclosure procedures rather than adding independent observations.

Multi-coloured lights reported over Tehran (20 Sep 2026)

  • Phone footage attributed to Tehran began circulating on 20 September, showing clusters of blue, white, pink and yellow lights against the night sky.
  • A Persian-language source account cited by later reporting places one recording near Azadegan Expressway, Tehran, at approximately 19:30 local time.
  • Iranian and international outlets subsequently republished the footage. The available reposts do not establish additional independent witnesses.
  • Original camera metadata, a verified recording position and reliable estimates of range, altitude, size or speed have not been made public.
  • Iranian aviation and military authorities had not publicly identified the object as of 22 September. Suggested explanations online include aircraft, drones, drone formations and an LED-equipped kite; none has been established from the available footage.
  • The sighting occurred close to the 50th anniversary of the 19 September 1976 Tehran UFO incident. No evidential connection between the two events has been established.

Alien News — source-chain and footage reviewMoneycontrol — international reportingUAPRAD — Tehran UFO Incident, 1976

Grusch, Borland and Brown seek authority to discuss UAP information publicly (19 Sep 2026)

  • David Grusch, Dylan Borland and Matthew Brown were reported by the New York Post as making a coordinated appeal to President Donald Trump for relief from nondisclosure restrictions.
  • The request is broader than the Department of War's 14 September PURSUE waiver, which authorises covered disclosures to designated PURSUE representatives but does not authorise public release.
  • Grusch said he was prepared to provide a fuller historical account if authorised. His video message circulated before 19 September; the new development is the coordinated appeal involving all three men.
  • Borland and Brown also said existing restrictions prevent them from discussing information they encountered through classified work.
  • No documents, imagery, sensor data or other publicly testable material accompanied the appeal.
  • No broader presidential waiver or White House authorisation for public disclosure had been announced publicly as of 22 September.

New York Post — coordinated appealDepartment of War — PURSUE legal waiverWIRED — scope of the PURSUE waiverUAPRAD — David Grusch profile

Déclarations récentes de personnalités

Tim Burchett — U.S. Representative (21 Sep 2026)

  • Burchett commented on the Tehran footage during an interview clip published by Benny Johnson, saying it showed “something up there” while leaving the object's identity open.
  • He suggested U.S. technology or a psychological operation as possibilities. He provided no evidence identifying the object.
  • His comments constitute a congressional reaction to the footage; they do not authenticate its location or establish what was recorded.

Source-chain review including Burchett interview excerptUAPRAD — Tim Burchett profile

Avi Loeb — astrophysicist; UAPSAC chair (19–20 Sep 2026)

  • Loeb analysed PURSUE Release 06, focusing on the 2025 Middle East recording and accompanying report describing six small spherical objects, frequent changes of direction and an estimated speed of approximately 480 mph.
  • He also drew attention to reports describing objects as silent despite apparently high speeds.
  • The speed, manoeuvring and sound characteristics come from the released mission reports and witness record. The public footage does not contain all data required to reconstruct the objects' motion independently.
  • Loeb's analysis uses material already released through PURSUE; it is not a separate detection or dataset.

Avi Loeb — Insights from the Sixth UAP TrancheUAPRAD — Avi Loeb profile

Ross Coulthart — investigative journalist (20 Sep 2026)

  • Coulthart argued that the new disclosure rules create a protected government reporting route without providing equivalent public transparency.
  • He also criticised the absence of a federal reporting platform for civilian UAP witnesses.
  • These are Coulthart's assessments of the disclosure framework, not an official interpretation of the PURSUE waiver.

Reality Check — Coulthart Q&A

Tim Gallaudet — retired U.S. Navy rear admiral (published 16 Sep 2026; backfill)

  • Gallaudet described a past meeting with AARO officials that he characterised as an “influence operation” intended to change his views on UAP.
  • He said the meeting lasted approximately two and a half hours and covered AARO's historical conclusions and prominent UAP cases.
  • No transcript, recording or AARO account of the meeting has been released publicly for comparison.

The Good Trouble Show — original Gallaudet interviewUAPRAD — Tim Gallaudet witness profile

Christopher Mellon — former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (17 Sep 2026; backfill)

  • Mellon, writing as chairman of the Disclosure Foundation, asked The Wall Street Journal to correct aspects of its June 2025 UAP reporting and asked the National Press Club to reconsider an award given to the articles' authors.
  • His letter disputes the reporting's treatment of sources, factual claims and omitted evidence.
  • The letter documents Mellon's challenge to the reporting. It does not resolve the factual disputes raised in the underlying articles.

Disclosure Foundation — Mellon letter and supporting materialUAPRAD — Christopher Mellon profile

Quelle est la prochaine étape

Department of War — next PURSUE release

In its 18 September Release 06 announcement, the Department of War said it and partner agencies were working on the next UAP records release. No release date or description of the next tranche has been announced. Department of War — PURSUE archive

Nordita, Stockholm — UAP research meeting (30 Sep 2026)

Nordita and Stockholm University list an in-person meeting titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP): Emerging Scientific Evidence and Government Interest” for 30 September in Stockholm. The programme includes astronomical-transient research, analysis of military UAP cases and government responses, followed by discussion with researchers and witnesses. Nordita / Stockholm University — event programme

Évaluation

  • The Tehran footage remains an unverified sighting report. Its claimed date and approximate location can be traced through the reporting chain, but the object's identity and basic physical parameters cannot be established from the public material.
  • Other developments in this edition are testimonial, analytical or procedural. They add attributable statements and context to the disclosure process without adding new publicly testable evidence about UAP origin.
18 Sep 2026

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Since the 13 September briefing, the U.S. Department of War has published PURSUE Release 06. The tranche adds AARO sensor recordings from the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, the Middle East and Colorado, together with a 65-minute 1952 recording of Captain Edward J. Ruppelt’s presentation on the Air Force UFO investigation. AARO does not present the new footage as demonstrating anomalous performance; PR160 records the position described by an Air Force investigator in 1952 and is not a current Air Force or AARO assessment.

The same period also produced a PURSUE-specific legal waiver for covered Department personnel and contractors, public accounts of external advisers attending an 11 September ODNI UAP Governance Board meeting, and an NSA neither-confirm-nor-deny response on a FOIA appeal seeking alleged “Immaculate Constellation” records. Representative Eric Burlison, Yasukazu Hamada and Yoshiharu Asakawa issued a joint advocacy statement calling for interparliamentary UAP cooperation; it is not a new U.S.–Japan government agreement.

PURSUE Release 06 adds new sensor footage and the 1952 Ruppelt recording (18 Sep. 2026)

  • The U.S. Department of War published Release 06 under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE).
  • The release includes AARO material from U.S. military and law-enforcement reporting, including infrared and electro-optical footage associated with the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, the Middle East and Colorado.
  • DOW-UAP-PR135, recorded in the Middle East in 2025, is accompanied by a mission report describing six small spherical objects. The reporter described frequent changes of direction and estimated a speed of approximately 480 mph. AARO does not present the footage as demonstrating anomalous performance.
  • Several 2023 INDOPACOM recordings from the Yellow Sea and East China Sea show military sensors tracking areas of contrast. The public case descriptions do not identify the objects or provide a final resolution.
  • LLE-UAP-PR001 contains a 2023 Colorado cellphone recording submitted by a local law-enforcement officer, who reported a silent object with red, blue and green flashing lights. AARO notes that autofocus and automated image processing can affect the apparent shape and motion of distant subjects.
  • DOW-UAP-PR160 is a 65-minute recording of Captain Edward J. Ruppelt’s 26 March 1952 presentation on the U.S. Air Force UFO investigation. Ruppelt said that approximately 20% of roughly 800 cases reviewed by the Air Force remained unexplained after technical analysis and discussed reports concentrated around sensitive installations. He also said the Air Force had reached no conclusive determination about the nature or origin of the phenomena.
  • PR160 is the historical “flying saucer talk” recording previously identified by Representative Eric Burlison. It records the position described by an Air Force investigator in 1952; it is not a current Air Force or AARO assessment.

Department of War — PURSUE Release 06DVIDS/AARO — DOW-UAP-PR160, Edward J. Ruppelt presentation, 1952DVIDS/AARO — DOW-UAP-PR135, Middle East, 2025DVIDS/AARO — DOW-UAP-PR148, East China Sea, 2023DVIDS/AARO — LLE-UAP-PR001, Colorado, 2023UAPRAD — Public Record

Department of War issues PURSUE-specific legal waiver (14 Sep. 2026)

  • The U.S. Department of War issued a legal waiver establishing an authorised channel for current and former Department personnel and contractors to provide UAP-related National Defense Information to designated PURSUE representatives.
  • The mechanism covers current and former service members, civilian personnel and contractors who hold or previously held access to relevant information.
  • For covered communications to PURSUE, the waiver supersedes specified civil and administrative enforcement provisions in Non-Disclosure Agreements and Special Access Program Indoctrination Agreements.
  • The waiver does not declassify information or authorise general public disclosure. Material submitted through the channel remains subject to security review and, where applicable, declassification before public release.

Department of War — legal waiver announcementUAPRAD — Public Record

External advisers participate in ODNI UAP Governance Board meeting (11 Sep. 2026; publicly detailed 17–18 Sep)

  • Avi Loeb states that he attended a meeting of the UAP Governance Board at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on 11 September.
  • Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas publicly thanked Loeb and the UAP Science Advisory Council, together with representatives of the Disclosure Foundation and To The Stars, for participating as advisers to the Intelligence Community’s UAP Governance Board.
  • Lukas linked their participation to the administration’s disclosure effort and continuing PURSUE objectives.
  • Loeb states that UAPSAC is reviewing material released through PURSUE and advising on additional sensor collection in locations associated with government and military UAP reports.
  • No meeting minutes, technical findings, new case data or Board assessments have been released publicly.

Avi Loeb — account of the 11 September Governance Board meetingDisclosure Foundation — Aaron Lukas statementUAPRAD — Avi Loeb profile

NSA maintains neither-confirm-nor-deny response on “Immaculate Constellation” records (17 Sep. 2026)

  • The National Security Agency rejected a Freedom of Information Act appeal seeking intelligence records relating to the alleged “Immaculate Constellation” program and maintained that it can neither confirm nor deny whether responsive intelligence records exist.
  • The response, obtained through FOIA by The Black Vault, cites protections for classified and statutorily protected intelligence information.
  • The Department of War has separately stated that it has no record, present or historical, of a Special Access Program by that name. ODNI previously released an internal document summarising press allegations and the Department’s denial.
  • The NSA decision concerns access to records. It does not confirm the existence of the alleged program or NSA involvement in it.

The Black Vault — NSA FOIA appeal documents and analysisODNI — 2024 description of the alleged “Immaculate Constellation” program

Déclarations récentes de personnalités

Eric Burlison, Yasukazu Hamada and Yoshiharu Asakawa — Call for interparliamentary UAP cooperation · 16 Sep. 2026

  • U.S. Representative Eric Burlison, Japanese House of Representatives member and former Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada, and former Japanese House member Yoshiharu Asakawa jointly called for greater cooperation between democratic allies and legislatures on UAP oversight and access to information.
  • The authors identified the Emerging Technologies Interparliamentary Caucus (ETIC) as a platform for international dialogue on UAP and emerging-technology security issues. Asakawa later described the statement publicly in Japan and said it followed a proposal from Burlison.
  • The article is an advocacy statement by the three authors. It is not a new U.S.–Japan government agreement or bilateral policy.

Read the joint statementYoshiharu Asakawa — Japanese-language account of the joint statementUAPRAD — Eric Burlison profile

Quelle est la prochaine étape

Galileo Project — first triangulation results

Avi Loeb states that the Galileo Project will publish a paper reporting the research team’s first triangulation results. No publication date, journal or preprint identifier has been announced. Avi Loeb — Galileo Project update

Nordita, Stockholm — UAP research meeting (30 Sep. 2026)

Nordita and Stockholm University list an in-person event titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP): Emerging Scientific Evidence and Government Interest” for 30 September in Stockholm. The programme includes presentations on astronomical transient research, analysis of military UAP cases and government responses, followed by discussion with researchers and witnesses. Nordita / Stockholm University — event programme

Évaluation

  • Release 06 materially expands the public record with new military and law-enforcement sensor recordings and a historically significant 1952 Air Force presentation. The released material remains mixed in evidential value and does not establish a specific origin for the reported phenomena.
  • Other developments this week concern process and access: the PURSUE reporting waiver, external participation in the ODNI UAP Governance Board and the NSA FOIA appeal decision. None adds new publicly assessable evidence about UAP origin.
13 Sep 2026

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Since the 9 September briefing, the Sección de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos (SEFAA) of Chile’s Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics has published eleven case files. The batch comprises three reports from 2021 and eight from June to August 2026, with conclusions involving insects and optical reflections, drones, space traffic, Venus and an aircraft contrail; one case was closed because the original material needed to support the investigation was not provided.

In the United States, WIRED obtained a direct White House response denying that President Donald Trump has a planned speech announcing an extraterrestrial or non-human presence. Newly published interviews with Representatives Tim Burchett and Nancy Mace also add statements from the two lawmakers about White House attention to UAP and unreleased material, without making new underlying evidence public.

Chile’s SEFAA publishes eleven case files (10 Sep. 2026)

  • SEFAA, the anomalous-aerial-phenomena section within Chile’s civil aviation authority, published eleven case reports on 10 September as part of its August 2026 release.
  • The batch contains three reports from March 2021 and eight reports from June to August 2026. In the files, SEFAA attributed or assessed the observations as insects, optical reflections or lens flare, drones/RPA, satellites or other space traffic, Venus and an aircraft contrail.
  • The Til-Til case concerns an observation at 04:22 on 11 June 2026, reported on 13 June. SEFAA classified the case as possibly resolved and concluded that the photographed object may have corresponded to the passage of a Chinese Long March 5 mission carrying the TJS-25 satellite.
  • A separate 18 July case was assessed as highly likely to involve space traffic. Another August case was closed because the original images, audio or video needed for the investigation were not provided.

SEFAA — August 2026 cases and all eleven case filesUAPRAD — International government research resources

WIRED reports White House denial of a planned presidential ‘disclosure speech’ (11 Sep. 2026)

  • WIRED asked the White House about circulating claims that President Trump had a prepared speech announcing that humanity is not alone or that some UAP are of non-human origin.
  • A White House spokesperson told WIRED by email that no such speech is planned and that the administration will continue releasing files as they become available.
  • This is an attributable White House response published through WIRED, not an independent White House release. It addresses the specific claim about a speech; it does not provide a broader White House assessment of UAP origin.

WIRED — White House response and reportUAPRAD — President directs agencies to identify and release UAP files

Déclarations récentes de personnalités

Tim Burchett — U.S. Representative (recorded 1 Sep.; published 10 Sep. 2026)

  • Burchett told Ask a Pol that Stephen Miller had made UAP disclosure a priority and assigned people to work on it. Burchett characterised this as a sign that the issue had reached the ‘highest levels’ of the White House.
  • Asked about rumours of major forthcoming UAP news, Burchett said he would withhold judgement until he saw evidence.
  • The claim about staff assignment is Burchett’s account. No White House document or statement identified in this review independently confirms it.

Ask a Pol — Original Burchett interview and transcriptUAPRAD — 2025 whistleblower legislation and House UAP hearing

Nancy Mace — U.S. Representative (recorded 1 Sep.; published 11 Sep. 2026)

  • Mace told Ask a Pol that she had participated ‘a couple of times’ in UAP-related discussions involving different agencies; she did not identify the agencies.
  • She also said she had seen UAP-related recordings that had not been publicly released and wanted the public to be able to see them.
  • No recordings were identified or released with the interview, so the statement adds testimony rather than new material available for public examination.

Ask a Pol — Original Mace interview and transcriptUAPRAD — 2025 whistleblower legislation and House UAP hearing

Quelle est la prochaine étape

FY2027 NDAA — UAP Records Review Board provision remains pending

The House-passed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, H.R. 8800, includes an amendment strengthening the National Archives’ UAP Records Collection and establishing an independent UAP Records Review Board. The House passed H.R. 8800 on 22 July by 216–212; the provision is not yet law. The Senate’s FY2027 NDAA, S. 4784, remains pending. A 14 July cloture vote on the motion to proceed failed 50–46. The Senate returns to regular business on 14 September. Its published schedule for that day lists other business and does not include NDAA or UAP-specific floor action, so there is currently no confirmed date for further consideration of the Review Board provision. House Armed Services Committee — FY2027 NDAA amendment trackerU.S. House Clerk — Passage of H.R. 8800, Roll Call 278U.S. Senate — Floor activity on S. 4784, 14 July 2026U.S. Senate — Floor schedule

Évaluation

  • SEFAA’s release of eleven files adds official case-level conclusions from a national civil aviation authority. Its conclusions point predominantly to conventional or probably conventional identifications, with one case closed because the source material required for investigation was unavailable.
  • The U.S. developments during this period are primarily institutional or testimonial, not newly released public evidence: the White House response narrows one specific disclosure claim, while the Burchett and Mace accounts remain dependent on their testimony.
9 Sep 2026

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Since the 5 September briefing, the clearest new development is a change in research planning: Avi Loeb says the Galileo Project will design its next observatory as a radar-cued, metre-class “orb imager” with spectroscopic capability. The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) also reports that its civilian database reached 200,000 sighting reports in August.

Separately, Representative Eric Burlison says a 1952 Air Force-era “flying saucer talk” recording has been digitised and fully declassified for a future UAP records tranche. U.S. Navy Senior Chief Alex Wiggins has also appeared in a newly published recording describing what he characterises as pressure from AARO after his 2025 congressional testimony.

Galileo Project plans a radar-cued “orb imager” observatory (06 Sep. 2026)

  • Avi Loeb published a proposed observatory design pairing wide-area radar detection with a fast-slewing, approximately metre-class telescope.
  • The concept would use radar coordinates to cue higher-resolution optical observations; Loeb also proposes spectroscopy to examine light from detected targets.
  • Loeb states that the Galileo Project will design its next observatory as an “orb imager” based on this concept.
  • This is a proposed instrumentation programme. It does not report a new detection, dataset or research result.

Avi Loeb — original proposalUAPRAD — The Galileo ProjectUAPRAD — Avi Loeb

NUFORC reports its 200,000th sighting report (07 Sep. 2026)

  • NUFORC says it logged its 200,000th UFO/UAP sighting report during August, 52 years after the organisation was founded.
  • Its public database contains witness-submitted reports from across the United States and internationally.
  • The milestone records the scale of a civilian reporting archive; it does not independently verify individual reports or establish the nature or origin of reported objects.

NUFORC — 200,000th report milestone

Déclarations récentes de personnalités

Eric Burlison — U.S. Representative (04 Sep. 2026)

  • Burlison stated that his office had received confirmation from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) that a recording identified in his earlier request had been digitised, fully declassified and was set to be released in a forthcoming UAP records tranche.
  • Burlison’s 8 May request identifies the reel-to-reel recording as AF-ATIC-FILM, 03/52, labelled “flying saucer talk”, with former Project Blue Book head Edward J. Ruppelt listed as the briefer. The recording is not currently listed under that identifier on NARA’s public UAP moving-image and sound page, so the release status remains based on Burlison’s attributed statement pending publication of the record itself.

Eric Burlison — original statementBurlison congressional office — 8 May requestNARA — UAP moving images and sound recordings

Alex Wiggins — U.S. Navy Senior Chief (published 08 Sep. 2026)

  • In a newly published recording, Wiggins says AARO sought to interview him in a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) after his September 2025 congressional testimony concerning a 2023 USS Jackson UAP encounter. He says that after he declined, AARO contacted his chain of command and raised the possibility of escalating the matter to the Secretary of War to compel his participation.
  • The account is Wiggins’s first-hand allegation about subsequent witness handling. No public AARO correspondence substantiating the account was identified in this review, and the recording does not add new publicly testable evidence to the underlying 2023 encounter.

Weaponized — published recording and episode pageUAPRAD — 2025 congressional whistleblower hearing deep diveUAPRAD — AARO

Quelle est la prochaine étape

1952 Ruppelt recording — announced for a forthcoming UAP records tranche

Burlison says his office was informed that the recording has been digitised, fully declassified and is set for release in an upcoming tranche of UAP records. No public release date has been stated, and the recording is not yet available under the cited identifier on NARA’s current UAP moving-image and sound page. Eric Burlison — original statementNARA — UAP moving images and sound recordings

Évaluation

  • The strongest new development is prospective rather than evidential: the Galileo Project has announced a more targeted observatory design, while NUFORC’s 200,000-report milestone expands the scale of a public civilian reporting archive. Neither provides new independently testable evidence about UAP origin.
  • Burlison’s statement identifies a potentially useful historical record if the 1952 recording is published, while Wiggins’s account raises a separate question about AARO’s handling of a congressional witness. Stronger conclusions require the underlying recording, correspondence or an institutional response.
5 Sep 2026

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The most substantive new documentary development is a U.S. Department of Defense procurement action concerning AARO's historical research. Washington Headquarters Services, acting for AARO, published a notice of intent to obtain multi-year digital access to the National Unidentified Flying Object Historical Records Center's pre-1990 archive. The proposed access would extend AARO's historical review into a large body of privately held case files and archival material.

Separately, UAP Science Advisory Council chair Avi Loeb says the council held its first in-person meeting at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on 31 August. His account indicates that government-held UAP information was discussed, but no underlying dataset or resulting government assessment has been made public.

An international backfill check also identified an Australian Department of Defence FOI release documenting that, as of May 2026, Defence's standard media position was that it did not have a dedicated protocol for reporting or recording UAP or UFOs.

These developments expand the documented institutional record. None provides new publicly testable evidence establishing the nature or origin of unresolved UAP.

AARO seeks access to a major private historical UAP archive (notice 31 Jul.; reported 02 Sep. 2026)

  • Washington Headquarters Services, acting on behalf of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, issued a notice of intent to obtain a sole-source commercial subscription from the National Unidentified Flying Object Historical Records Center (NUFOHRC) in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
  • The stated requirement is digital access to proprietary pre-1990 UAP data, metadata and analytical products. It is specifically a data-access requirement rather than a contract for outside professional or advisory labour.
  • The proposed structure comprises a one-year base period with four additional one-year options. DefenseScoop reports that the collection contains hundreds of thousands of historical case files, including major legacy civilian archives and material formerly held by researchers including J. Allen Hynek.
  • The acquisition is relevant to AARO's statutory historical-review function because privately preserved records may contain contextual material or copies of government documentation no longer readily accessible through federal repositories.
  • Evidence limitation: the public document is a notice of intent to award, not evidence that the proposed contract has been completed. Nor does government access to a private archive validate the accuracy or interpretation of the individual cases contained within it.

Official SAM.gov procurement noticeDefenseScoop — Pentagon seeks access to private UFO records collectionUAPRAD — APRO deep dive and history of the recovered archive

UAP Science Advisory Council holds first in-person meeting at ODNI (31 Aug. 2026)

  • Council chair Avi Loeb states that the UAP Science Advisory Council held its first in-person meeting at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on 31 August.
  • Loeb said government participants possess data concerning observations they do not fully understand and are interested in applying scientific methods to their assessment. This is a first-hand statement by the council chair, rather than a published ODNI analytical conclusion.
  • The council describes its formal role as advisory: reviewing information provided by the UAP Governance Board, identifying evidential gaps and advising on instrumentation, analysis, collection methods and resolution standards. It states that its work is restricted to unclassified information.
  • UAPSAC's public announcements page currently lists 19 August as its latest formal council update; no meeting minutes, analysed case files or technical results from the 31 August meeting are presently published there.
  • Evidence limitation: the meeting is a meaningful implementation step for the new advisory architecture, but the public record does not yet allow independent assessment of what data were supplied, their provenance, or whether the council reached any case-level conclusions.

Avi Loeb — account of the 31 August meetingUAP Science Advisory Council — role and methodologyUAPRAD Deep Dive — UAP Governance Board and Science Advisory Council

Australia — Defence FOI release documents absence of a dedicated UAP reporting protocol (released 31 Jul. 2026)

  • Australia's Department of Defence FOI disclosure log published 1842/25/26, described as a UAP/UFO media-enquiry release, on 31 July. The underlying correspondence dates from 28 May 2026.
  • Internal Defence Media correspondence records the approved background response that Defence did not have a protocol specifically for reporting or recording UAP or UFOs.
  • A subsequent email identifies the enquiry as concerning “UAP monitoring” and records that the standard response had been cleared before being supplied to the journalist.
  • This is useful institutional evidence because it documents Defence's own administrative position in 2026 rather than relying on commentary about Australian UAP policy.
  • Evidence limitation: the statement concerns a dedicated UAP/UFO reporting and recording protocol. It does not establish that Australia lacks wider air-defence, aviation-safety, intelligence or unidentified-aircraft reporting mechanisms, and it provides no information about the nature or number of individual observations.

Australian Defence — FOI disclosure logAustralian Defence — FOI 1842/25/26 documents

Déclarations récentes de personnalités

Jennice Vilhauer — UAP Science Advisory Council member (03 Sep. 2026)

  • Vilhauer states that, during the 31 August meeting at ODNI, the council was told that the U.S. government has a preparedness plan for the contingency that the existence of non-human intelligence were to be confirmed, and that the United States was prepared to take an international leadership role if required.
  • Importantly, Vilhauer herself explicitly cautioned that the existence of contingency planning does not mean the government has confirmed NHI, expects such confirmation to occur, or is preparing an announcement.
  • The statement is therefore significant as a first-hand participant account of what the council says it was told, but it should not presently be described as confirmed U.S. government policy. No public ODNI, AARO or other government document independently confirming the claimed preparedness plan was identified in this review.

Jennice Vilhauer — original 3 September statement

Évaluation

  • The clearest development is institutional rather than evidential: AARO is seeking access to a substantial private historical archive while the UAP Science Advisory Council has progressed to direct in-person engagement with the intelligence-community governance structure. Neither development supplies new public sensor data or physical evidence capable of resolving the origin of UAP.
  • The Australian FOI release adds a useful international policy comparison, while the claimed U.S. NHI preparedness plan remains attributable participant testimony pending independent government documentation; current public evidence therefore does not justify a stronger conclusion about NHI or the origin of unresolved phenomena.
1 Sep 2026

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Résumé

The National Archives has added the Department of the Air Force to the agencies represented in Record Group 615, the statutory UAP Records Collection.

The addition expands the body of government UAP material available through the National Archives. It establishes the transfer and archival availability of Air Force records; it does not establish the accuracy, explanation or origin of events described within them.

Department of the Air Force Added to National Archives UAP Collection (28 Aug 2026)

  • The National Archives now lists the Department of the Air Force within Record Group 615: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection. Its National Archives Identifier is 656595571.
  • Record Group 615 was established under the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act to receive UAP records transferred by federal agencies. NARA states that agencies are transferring material on a rolling basis.
  • The Air Force joins records already listed from the FAA, NRC, ODNI, Office of the Secretary of Defense, NSA, Department of State and FBI.
  • NARA provides a direct catalog entry for the Air Force series, allowing the transferred record set to be examined through the National Archives Catalog.
  • The archival listing establishes that the records exist within the statutory collection. It does not independently verify observations, assessments or claims contained within individual records.

National Archives — Record Group 615

Quelle est la prochaine étape

National Archives — Further UAP Records

NARA states that federal agencies are continuing to transfer UAP records into Record Group 615 and that additional material will be made available through the National Archives Catalog on an ongoing, rolling basis. No date or agency has been announced for the next addition. Monitor Record Group 615

Ce que le dossier permet d’établir

  • The Air Force is now formally represented within the statutory UAP Records Collection, expanding the set of agency records available for direct historical examination.
  • The development concerns documentary access rather than new case evidence. Assessment of individual records requires examination of their provenance, contents and supporting evidence.

Evidence position

The addition increases the primary-source material available for UAP research but does not itself alter the evidential position of any particular case. Government custody or archival release establishes the existence and provenance of a record; it does not establish that the underlying event occurred exactly as reported or that it remains unexplained.

Évaluation

  • The Air Force addition materially expands the government record available through the National Archives and confirms continued implementation of the statutory UAP records-transfer process.
  • Its significance is archival rather than evidential: conclusions about individual incidents must remain dependent on the contents and quality of the underlying records.
28 Aug 2026

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Résumé

This briefing examines recent institutional and policy developments in the United Kingdom and United States. They include Clive Lewis MP’s discussion of UK UAP policy and Five Eyes cooperation, Scottish Government correspondence on administrative responsibility for UAP enquiries, and Daryl Johnson’s account of reported drone and UAP flyovers at commercial nuclear facilities.

The Sol Foundation has also outlined a prospective study of public responses to UAP disclosure and published a policy paper on the implications of a hypothetical competition to exploit non-human technology. Taken together, these materials extend the public record on government handling, attribution, research and policy. They do not provide new publicly testable evidence establishing the origin of unresolved UAP.

Clive Lewis MP and the Sol Foundation — UK UAP Policy and Five Eyes Questions (28 Aug 2026)

  • Labour MP Clive Lewis, who represents Norwich South, joined Sol Foundation executive director Peter Skafish for an on-record discussion of UAP disclosure in the United Kingdom.
  • Lewis’s earlier parliamentary questions provide the relevant policy context. In September 2025, the Ministry of Defence stated that it had ended its UAP investigation function in 2009 because more than 50 years of reported sightings had not indicated a military threat to the UK. It stated that historical material up to 2009 had been transferred to The National Archives.
  • In separate answers, the MOD said it had neither conducted nor commissioned UAP studies since 2013, and had not participated in a grouping specifically focused on UAP since May 2023.
  • The released agenda lists Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand under ‘FVEY Partner UAP Updates’. It establishes that the United Kingdom was among the partners represented at the inaugural May 2023 caucus; it does not establish continued UK participation after that meeting.
  • These materials show sustained parliamentary scrutiny of UK UAP policy and document the existence of a Five Eyes forum. They do not show that Lewis spoke for the Government or that the UK maintains an undisclosed UAP investigation programme.

Sol Foundation — Clive Lewis discussionUK Parliament — MOD information held on UAPUK Parliament — international UAP groupingsAARO EFOIA Reading Room

Scottish Government Releases UAP Correspondence (18 Aug 2026)

  • The Scottish Government released records under FOI reference FOI/202600520032 in response to a request for material held since 2015 on UAP, UFOs, unexplained aerial activity and unusual observations in Scottish airspace.
  • The release consists principally of administrative correspondence from July 2025, rather than material documenting a new UAP incident.
  • Officials stated that they were unaware of a Scottish Government team responsible for UAP and considered whether the matter fell within responsibilities reserved to the UK Government.
  • The records therefore clarify how an enquiry about institutional responsibility was handled. They do not evidence a Scottish UAP programme, previously undisclosed sightings or a change in UK defence policy.

Scottish Government — UAP FOI release

Former NRC Security Specialist Describes Nearly 300 Nuclear-Facility Flyover Reports (25 Aug 2026)

  • Former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission senior security specialist Daryl Johnson told Ross Coulthart that close to 300 reported drone or UAP flyovers were logged across the U.S. commercial reactor fleet between 2014 and 2025.
  • Johnson stated that fewer than one percent were ultimately traced to an operator and described continuing limitations in aerial detection and attribution around nuclear facilities. Those totals are attributable to Johnson; this review has not identified a complete public NRC dataset that independently reproduces them.
  • NRC records independently place Johnson within UAP/UAS reporting activity. A 2023 communication records him supplying flyover data in response to an AARO request, and later correspondence sought AARO reporting guidance for NRC instructions to nuclear licensees.
  • The available documentation supports Johnson’s institutional role and an NRC-AARO exchange of UAP/UAS information. It does not independently verify every reported event or establish that unattributed flyovers represented a single phenomenon.

Listen to the Daryl Johnson interviewNRC FOIA response — UAP/UAS data supplied to AARO

Sol Foundation Details Disclosure Response Study (Aug 2026)

  • The Sol Foundation describes a prospective research project on how Americans may respond to different forms of UAP disclosure.
  • The proposed study, led by epidemiologist Christian Salazar and Sol executive director Peter Skafish, would use a nationally representative discrete-choice experiment.
  • Participants would compare scenarios that vary the source of an announcement, the evidence presented, its verification and its framing. The researchers also propose examining differences associated with demographic characteristics, prior UAP interest, and trust in government and science.
  • This is a research design rather than a published finding. The project page does not yet report results.

Sol Foundation — Disclosure Response Study

Sol Foundation Publishes UAP Technology Arms-Race Policy Paper (Aug 2026)

  • Sol Foundation fellow Marik von Rennenkampff published The Civilizational Risks of a UAP Technology Arms Race: Nonhuman Technology and Global Security, Volume 2 No. 3.
  • The paper examines possible geopolitical consequences if allegations that states possess and seek to exploit technology of non-human origin are correct. Its executive summary expressly qualifies that premise with the formulation “should it indeed exist.”
  • It compares an uncontrolled arms race, open scientific exchange and closed international scientific exchange, and proposes an international Advanced Technology Development Authority with research, inspection and verification functions.
  • The paper is conditional policy analysis. It does not independently establish that recovered non-human technology exists or that a UAP technology arms race is underway.

Read the Sol Foundation policy paper

Quelle est la prochaine étape

Nouvelles publications PURSUE

Department of War Release 05, published on 7 August, remains the latest PURSUE tranche at the time of this briefing. The Department states that further material will be released on a rolling basis, but it has not announced a date for Release 06. Department of War — PURSUE.

Archives nationales — nouveaux dossiers UAP

Federal agencies continue transferring UAP records to National Archives Record Group 615. NARA says additional records will be added to the collection on an ongoing, rolling basis as they are transferred by federal agencies. NARA UAP Records Collection.

FY2027 NDAA

The Senate motion to invoke cloture on proceeding to S. 4784, the Senate FY2027 NDAA, failed 50–46 on 14 July. The Senate returns for regular business on 14 September. The House provision for a UAP Records Review Board remains pending within the wider NDAA process and has not been enacted. U.S. Senate — floor activity, 14 July 2026U.S. Senate Daily Press.

Sol Disclosure Response Study

Sol states that the Disclosure Response Study should launch quickly if it is to inform policymakers while federal UAP initiatives are developing. Its public page sets out objectives and methodology, but provides neither results nor a confirmed completion date. Sol Foundation — Disclosure Response Study.

Ce que le dossier permet d’établir

  • The principal development in this update is institutional rather than evidential. The materials make UK parliamentary scrutiny more visible, clarify Scottish administrative handling, document NRC-AARO reporting exchanges, and extend Sol’s policy and social-science work.
  • Johnson’s figures raise substantive questions about attribution around critical infrastructure, but the reported totals remain partly dependent on his account.

Evidence position

None of these developments supplies new publicly testable evidence capable of establishing the nature or origin of unresolved UAP. The briefing therefore supports conclusions about institutional activity, reported figures and proposed research, rather than conclusions about the underlying phenomenon.

26 Aug 2026

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Résumé

This four-day update recorded no new official document release, hearing or statutory action. The public record moved through statements by Avi Loeb, chair of the UAP Science Advisory Council, offering competing interpretations of already-released orb reports. Neither claim was supported by new sensor data.

Avi Loeb — Competing Interpretations of Released Orb Reports (24–25 Aug 2026)

  • On 24 August, Loeb restated a hypothesis from his preprint with Shaun Fell that some reported Pentagon orbs could be explained by tiny spacetime bubbles.
  • On 25 August he recirculated a separate assessment that the majority of low-speed, formation-flying, radar-quiet orbs could be human-made drones, while high-speed or high-radar-cross-section outliers could reflect measurement or attribution error.
  • Both statements were interpretations of existing PURSUE and AARO material. They did not add range, telemetry, recovered material or a new official case resolution.
  • Loeb said none of the five PURSUE tranches released to date demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that they were non-human-made, and advocated new unclassified sensors at sites of prior reports.

Avi Loeb — 24 August statementAvi Loeb — 25 August statementFell & Loeb preprintAARO Western U.S. event memorandum

Evidence position

Current public evidence did not support a firm conclusion about the nature or origin of unresolved UAP. Interpretations concerning drones, spacetime bubbles or any other explanation remained hypotheses unless supported by underlying records, sensor data, imagery, physical material or independently testable evidence.

22 Aug 2026

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Résumé

This edition recorded new public positions from the UAP Science Advisory Council, implementation activity around UAP NDA assistance, planned government-linked field research, and uncorroborated claims from Rep. Eric Burlison concerning an alleged multi-agency UAP observation effort.

UAP Science Advisory Council — Legal Assurances and Historical Records (19 Aug 2026)

  • The council publicly supported legal assurances, including immunity where necessary, for current or former government and military personnel wishing to provide information concerning alleged non-human technology.
  • It also said it was pursuing historical UAP records and legacy data through the PURSUE process for scientific evaluation. These steps concerned evidence-gathering and did not establish that alleged technology exists.

Avi Loeb’s original statement

Rep. Eric Burlison — UAP NDA Assistance (20 Aug 2026)

  • Burlison’s office stated that it was assisting qualified individuals seeking waivers from UAP-related nondisclosure agreements.
  • No accompanying public information identified applicant totals, approved waivers, or newly authorised disclosures.

Burlison’s original statement

Evidence position

The developments concerned access to evidence, witness permissions and plans to collect better data, rather than newly released evidence establishing the nature or origin of UAP. Burlison’s statements about a multi-agency observation remained attributable but uncorroborated claims, without a public incident report, dataset, imagery or agency confirmation.

18 Aug 2026

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Résumé

This edition follows new technical analysis of the PURSUE sensor-video releases, European institutional handling of UAP reporting and new public claims from former intelligence officer David Grusch.

PURSUE Sensor Videos — Velocity Analysis (12 Aug 2026)

  • Researchers Jacob Haqq-Misra and Ravi Kopparapu analysed all 112 sensor videos released through the Department of War’s PURSUE programme.
  • They found that no video provides the complete set of information needed to derive an object’s physical velocity: range, observing-aircraft velocity, aspect angle and camera field angle.
  • For DOW-UAP-PR113, the available data cannot distinguish between substantially different combinations of object size, distance and velocity.
  • For DOW-UAP-PR149, using a vessel in the frame as a scale reference produced an estimated upper bound of approximately Mach 0.4 for relative velocity.
  • The authors conclude that the released videos, in their present form, cannot establish anomalous velocities or fully resolve the unidentified cases.
  • The analysis is an arXiv preprint; no peer-reviewed publication is currently listed.

Read the technical analysisView the PURSUE archive

European Commission and EASA — UAP Reporting (17 Aug 2026)

  • Euronews reported on correspondence from the European Commission’s defence department dating from at least 2023 that discussed improving capabilities to detect objects in the space environment, including some reported as UAP.
  • The Commission told Euronews that UAP remain the responsibility of individual EU member states, handled according to national-security and defence priorities.
  • The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said its existing occurrence-reporting framework can accommodate reports involving UAP.
  • EASA said it has not identified evidence that UAP reports represent a systemic aviation-safety issue requiring additional measures.
  • The underlying Commission correspondence was seen by Euronews and was not published with the article.

Read the Euronews report

Quelle est la prochaine étape

Nouvelles publications PURSUE

The Department of War states that additional UAP material will be released on a rolling basis, with tranches posted every few weeks. Release 05, published on 7 August, remains the latest tranche and no date for Release 06 has been announced. Follow PURSUE releases.

Archives nationales — nouveaux dossiers UAP

Federal agencies continue transferring UAP records to National Archives Record Group 615. NARA says additional records will be added to the collection on an ongoing, rolling basis as they are transferred by federal agencies. NARA UAP Records Collection.

NDAA FY2027 — action du Sénat

The House-passed FY2027 NDAA includes Rep. Eric Burlison’s amendment creating an independent Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Review Board. The Senate’s motion to invoke cloture on proceeding to its FY2027 NDAA, S. 4784, failed on 14 July. The Senate is scheduled to return for regular business on 14 September. No confirmed date for further NDAA floor consideration has been announced. The House UAP Review Board provision is not yet law and remains subject to the wider congressional NDAA process. House FY27 NDAA Amendment TrackerSenate roll-call recordSenate schedule.

Briefings UAP de l’AARO au Congrès

AARO remains subject to statutory congressional briefing requirements. No public date for the next classified UAP briefing has been announced. Monitor AARO Congressional and Press Products.

Prochain rapport annuel de l’AARO sur les UAP

Federal law continues to require annual AARO reporting on UAP. The FY2025 report was published on 20 July 2026; no publication date for the next annual report is currently listed by AARO. Monitor AARO Congressional Reports.

Ce que le dossier permet d’établir

  • New technical analysis of the public PURSUE sensor-video corpus finds that missing range, platform-motion and camera information prevents firm conclusions about physical velocity in the released footage.
  • European institutions acknowledge that UAP reports can fall within existing space, aviation-safety and national-security frameworks, while Grusch’s additional allegations remain unsupported by publicly testable evidence released with the interview.

Evidence position

The growing PURSUE archive provides substantially more government-released material for independent examination. The new analysis of its sensor videos also demonstrates a central evidential limitation: imagery alone cannot establish unusual speed or performance where range, platform motion, viewing geometry and other necessary data are unavailable.

The European reporting broadens the documented institutional discussion of UAP beyond the United States. New public allegations from individual witnesses remain a separate category of evidence and require independent documentation, data or physical material before stronger conclusions can be drawn.

12 août 2026

Cinquième tranche — PURSUE du département de la Guerre (07 août 2026)

Official PURSUE Release 05 digital rendering of a triangular object
Imagerie officielle de la publication PURSUE 05. Source : département de la Guerre des États-Unis.
  • 41 fichiers documentant des phénomènes non résolus.
  • Plusieurs vidéos de 2021 dans le golfe d’Oman associées à un AC-130J des forces d’opérations spéciales américaines, y compris une vidéo de téléphone montrant un affichage infrarouge.
  • Un engin triangulaire rendu numériquement à partir de signalements.

Watch the Gulf of Oman videoView PURSUE Release 05

Représentant Eric Burlison — mémorandum NDA sur les UAP (01 août 2026)

  • Le représentant Eric Burlison a publié des orientations de l’administration concernant la directive du président Trump sur les accords de non-divulgation liés aux UAP.
  • Ces orientations concernent les employés et sous-traitants actuels ou anciens du gouvernement détenant des informations sur les UAP potentiellement couvertes par des accords de non-divulgation.

Read the announcement and memorandumUAPRAD Member Deep Dive — Eric Burlison

Rapport annuel FY2025 de l’AARO (20 juil. 2026)

  • 319 signalements d’UAP reçus.
  • 114 de ces cas résolus, en plus de 256 cas provenant de périodes de signalement antérieures.
  • Les 370 cas résolus ont tous été attribués à des objets ou événements ordinaires.
  • 238 signalements résolus comme des reflets de satellites.
  • Neuf signalements transmis pour une analyse complémentaire du renseignement ou des sciences et technologies.
  • 191 signalements placés dans une archive active dans l’attente de données corroborantes supplémentaires.

Read the AARO FY2025 Annual ReportAARO Congressional Reports

La Chambre adopte un amendement sur un comité d’examen des dossiers UAP (22 juil. 2026)

  • La Chambre a adopté l’amendement bipartisan du représentant Eric Burlison sur les UAP au National Defense Authorization Act FY2027.
  • L’amendement créerait un comité indépendant d’examen des dossiers sur les phénomènes anormaux non identifiés afin d’examiner et de faciliter la divulgation publique des dossiers UAP.
  • Il exige que les agences fédérales identifient, organisent et transmettent les dossiers pertinents.
  • La Chambre a ensuite adopté H.R. 8800 par 216 voix contre 212.
  • The provision is not yet law and remains subject to the Senate and final NDAA process.

House UAP Amendment TrackerRep. Burlison — UAP Disclosure FrameworkHouse Passage of H.R. 8800

Allemagne — centre de signalement CENAP (09 août 2026)

  • Le Central Research Network for Extraordinary Celestial Phenomena (CENAP) allemand indique avoir examiné environ 14 000 cas.
  • Les identifications signalées comprennent des avions, hélicoptères, satellites, météores, planètes, étoiles, ballons, étages de fusée et lasers.
  • Certains cas restent non résolus faute d’informations suffisantes.

Read the Euronews report

Quelle est la prochaine étape

Nouvelles publications PURSUE

Le département de la Guerre indique que du matériel UAP supplémentaire sera publié progressivement, avec des tranches mises en ligne toutes les quelques semaines. Aucune date n’a encore été annoncée pour la publication 06. Suivre les publications PURSUE.

Archives nationales — nouveaux dossiers UAP

Les agences fédérales continuent de transférer des dossiers UAP au Record Group 615 des Archives nationales. La NARA indique que de nouveaux dossiers seront ajoutés en ligne au fil de l’eau et que les jeux de données UAP téléchargeables seront actualisés au moins trois fois par an. Collection de dossiers UAP de la NARA · Téléchargements groupés de la NARA.

Briefings UAP de l’AARO au Congrès

L’AARO est légalement tenue de fournir, au moins tous les six mois jusqu’au 31 décembre 2026, des briefings UAP classifiés aux commissions compétentes du Congrès. Aucune date publique n’a été annoncée pour le prochain briefing. Lire les dispositions UAP promulguées dans la NDAA FY2026.

Prochain rapport annuel de l’AARO sur les UAP

La loi fédérale continue d’exiger de l’AARO un rapport annuel sur les UAP. Le rapport FY2025 a été publié le 20 juillet 2026 ; l’AARO n’indique actuellement aucune date de publication pour le prochain rapport annuel. Suivre les rapports de l’AARO au Congrès.

Ce que le dossier permet d’établir

  • La divulgation officielle sur les UAP s’étend par l’intermédiaire de PURSUE, de la NARA et de l’action du Congrès.
  • La publication d’un dossier par le gouvernement ne vérifie pas en elle-même le phénomène qui y est décrit.
  • L’AARO continue de résoudre de nombreux cas de manière conventionnelle, tandis que d’autres restent non résolus faute de données suffisantes.
  • Les éléments publics actuels ne permettent pas de conclure fermement sur la nature ou l’origine des cas non résolus.

Evidence position

There is now a substantial and growing body of UAP-related data, testimony and documented material in the public record. Taken collectively, this evidence is indicative, compelling and, for many, highly persuasive. However, when assessed against the narrower standard of scientifically analysable, independently verifiable data, the position is more measured: the needle of conclusive evidence has not yet moved very far, and significant questions regarding the nature and origin of unresolved phenomena remain open.