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ブリーフィング概要

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

注目人物の最近の発言

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

今後の動き

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

評価

  • 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.

過去のブリーフィング

Past editions are preserved by their UAPRAD publication date.

13 Sep 2026

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ブリーフィング概要

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

注目人物の最近の発言

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

今後の動き

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

評価

  • 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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ブリーフィング概要

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

注目人物の最近の発言

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

今後の動き

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

評価

  • 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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ブリーフィング概要

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

注目人物の最近の発言

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

評価

  • 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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ブリーフィング概要

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

今後の動き

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

記録から裏付けられること

  • 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.

評価

  • 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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ブリーフィング概要

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

今後の動き

PURSUEの追加公開

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.

米国国立公文書記録管理院 — UAP記録の追加公開

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.

記録から裏付けられること

  • 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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ブリーフィング概要

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

公開日：

ブリーフィング概要

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

公開日：

ブリーフィング概要

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

今後の動き

PURSUEの追加公開

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.

米国国立公文書記録管理院 — UAP記録の追加公開

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 — 上院の対応

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.

AAROによる議会向けUAP説明会

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.

次回のAARO年次UAP報告書

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.

記録から裏付けられること

  • 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.

2026年8月12日

第5回公開分 — 米国戦争省PURSUE (2026年8月7日)

Official PURSUE Release 05 digital rendering of a triangular object
PURSUE Release 05の公式画像。出典：米国戦争省。
  • 未解決現象を記録した41ファイル。
  • 米特殊作戦部隊のAC-130Jに関連する、2021年にオマーン湾で撮影された複数の映像。赤外線表示を携帯電話で撮影した映像を含みます。
  • 報告に基づいてデジタル描画された三角形の航空機。

Watch the Gulf of Oman videoView PURSUE Release 05

Eric Burlison下院議員 — UAP秘密保持契約覚書 (2026年8月1日)

  • Eric Burlison下院議員は、Trump大統領によるUAP秘密保持契約に関する指示について、政権の指針を公表しました。
  • この指針は、秘密保持契約の対象となり得るUAP関連情報を持つ、現職および元政府職員・請負業者に関係します。

Read the announcement and memorandumUAPRAD Member Deep Dive — Eric Burlison

AARO FY2025年次報告書 (2026年7月20日)

  • 319件のUAP報告を受理。
  • そのうち114件を解決し、過去の報告期間からの256件も併せて解決。
  • 解決した370件すべてを通常の物体または事象に帰属。
  • 238件を衛星のフレア現象として解決。
  • 9件を追加の情報分析または科学技術分析に付託。
  • 191件を、追加の裏付けデータ待ちとして継続案件のアーカイブに収録。

Read the AARO FY2025 Annual ReportAARO Congressional Reports

下院、UAP記録審査委員会修正案を採択 (2026年7月22日)

  • 下院は、FY2027 National Defense Authorization Actに対するEric Burlison下院議員の超党派UAP修正案を採択しました。
  • 修正案は、UAP記録を審査し、その一般公開を促す独立したUAP記録審査委員会を設置する内容です。
  • 修正案は、連邦機関に対し、関連記録の特定、整理、移管を義務付けます。
  • その後、下院はH.R. 8800を216–212で可決しました。
  • 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

ドイツ — CENAP報告センター (2026年8月9日)

  • ドイツの異常天体現象中央研究ネットワーク（CENAP）は、約14,000件の事例を調査したと報告しています。
  • 報告された識別結果には、航空機、ヘリコプター、衛星、流星、惑星、恒星、気球、ロケット段、レーザーが含まれます。
  • 十分な情報が得られないため、一部の事例は未解決のままです。

Read the Euronews report

今後の動き

PURSUEの追加公開

米国戦争省は、追加のUAP資料を数週間ごとに分割して継続的に公開するとしています。Release 06の日程はまだ発表されていません。PURSUEの公開状況を確認。

米国国立公文書記録管理院 — UAP記録の追加公開

連邦機関は、UAP記録を米国国立公文書記録管理院の記録群615へ引き続き移管しています。NARAは、新たな記録を継続的にオンラインへ追加し、ダウンロード可能なUAPデータセットを少なくとも年3回更新するとしています。NARA UAP記録コレクション · NARA一括ダウンロード。

FY2027 NDAA — 上院の対応

上院軍事委員会は、FY2027 NDAAをS. 4784として提出しました。下院のUAP記録審査委員会条項は、より広範なNDAA手続きの中で引き続き審議されています。上院軍事委員会の発表 · 上院審議日程。

AAROによる議会向けUAP説明会

AAROは法律により、2026年12月31日まで、少なくとも年2回、関係する議会委員会に機密扱いのUAP説明を行うことが義務付けられています。次回説明会の公表日程は発表されていません。成立したFY2026 NDAAのUAP条項を読む。

次回のAARO年次UAP報告書

連邦法は引き続き、AAROにUAPに関する年次報告を義務付けています。FY2025報告書は2026年7月20日に公開されましたが、次回年次報告書の公開日は現在AAROに掲載されていません。AAROの議会向け報告を確認。

記録から裏付けられること

  • PURSUE、NARA、議会の対応を通じて、公式なUAP情報公開は拡大しています。
  • 政府が記録を公開したこと自体は、その記録に記載された現象を立証するものではありません。
  • AAROは多くの事例を通常の原因で解決し続ける一方、情報不足のため未解決の事例も残っています。
  • 現在公開されている証拠資料は、未解決事例の性質や起源について確定的な結論を裏付けていません。

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.