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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.