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Whistleblower2024-10-02 9 min

Second whistleblower files formal IC IG complaint on retrieval program

A current intelligence community officer reportedly filed a protected disclosure echoing David Grusch's 2023 testimony, citing first-hand access to crash-retrieval programs.

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Government2024-03-08

AARO publishes its first historical record review report

The DoD office concludes no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial technology, while documenting decades of internal study programs from Project Sign through AAWSAP.

AARO / DoD12 min
Disclosure2024-09-18

House Oversight schedules follow-up UAP hearing with new witnesses

The subcommittee on national security confirmed an autumn hearing focused on legacy program funding pathways and Special Access Program oversight.

House Oversight6 min
Science2024-05-22

Peer-reviewed kinematic analysis of Aguadilla CBP thermal footage

The Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies released a 161-page kinematic analysis of the 2013 Puerto Rico incident, ruling out conventional craft and lanterns.

SCU14 min
Military2023-02-11

NORAD intercepts unidentified high-altitude object over Yukon

An F-22 downed an unidentified cylindrical object operating at ~40,000 feet near the Alaska/Yukon border. Object is unrecovered.

NORAD / DoD5 min
UAP2024-08-01

FAA pilot reports of unidentified objects double year-over-year

FAA records obtained through FOIA show a sustained increase in commercial pilot reports of unidentified airborne objects since 2022.

Black Vault FOIA8 min
Government2023-09-12

Mexican Congress holds public hearing on UAP, presents alleged specimens

The Mexican Chamber of Deputies hosted hearings on the UAP question, including controversial purported non-human bodies later disputed by scientists.

Cámara de Diputados7 min
Disclosure2023-12-14

Senate UAP Disclosure Act stripped of eminent domain provision

The bipartisan UAPDA was significantly narrowed in conference; Schumer publicly criticized the removal of the eminent-domain mechanism for retrieved materials.

U.S. Senate10 min
Science2023-04-18

Galileo Project deploys observatory at Harvard's Oak Ridge

Avi Loeb's team brings online a multi-spectral observatory continuously surveying the sky for anomalous objects, sharing data openly.

Harvard / Galileo6 min
Whistleblower2024-01-19

Former AARO chief Sean Kirkpatrick rebuts whistleblower claims in op-ed

Writing in Scientific American, Kirkpatrick describes the investigation he led and disputes characterizations of legacy programs.

Scientific American11 min