New science advisory council forms to help US government ‘resolve the UAP mystery’
Theoretical physicist and Harvard University Professor Avi Loeb shared early details about the new UAP Science Advisory Council.
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Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University. (Photo by: Lotem Loeb, May 22, 2026; shared by Avi Loeb.) Tech -
Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Tech MITRE moves to comply with lawmaker’s request for UAP records and assets dating back to 1930
DefenseScoop obtained Rep. Eric Burlison’s 10-page legislative correspondence, which includes dozens of production requests.
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Actual site photo with FBI rendered graphic depicting corroborating eye witness reports from September 2023 of an apparent ellipsoid bronze metallic object materializing out of a bright light in the sky, 130-195 feet in length, and disappearing instantaneously. (U.S. Government Photo from war.gov/ufo) Tech ‘Data alone is not disclosure’: UAP research community reacts to Trump’s first PURSUE file drop
Experts said this moves the issue out of the fringe and into mainstream national security discourse — but concerns remain.
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(L/R) US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn on the White House in Washington, DC, March 18, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images) Tech White House registers new ‘alien’-related .gov domains as DOD tackles Trump’s disclosure directive
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told DefenseScoop in an email to “Stay tuned!” and included an alien emoji.
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A screenshot taken of a Defense Department video released as part of an investigation by the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force. (Department of Defense video) Tech Pentagon’s AARO quietly held an invite-only workshop to help shape the future of UAP research
The agenda and activities were designed to help participants explore best practices for collecting and storing narrative data associated with UAP sightings, and determine methods to integrate that data from disparate organizations and apply AI to large-scale datasets for pattern recognition and other purposes.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth provides remarks at a defense company during the Arsenal of Freedom Tour in Louisville, Colo., Feb. 23, 2026. (DoW photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Madelyn Keech) Tech Hegseth doubles-down on Trump’s UAP disclosure promise as AARO’s caseload exceeds 2,000
Pentagon officials said they welcome the Trump administration’s plan to supercharge UAP transparency.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing held at the White House February 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Tech Transparency proponents meet Trump’s UAP disclosure tease with hope — and caution
Multiple officials who have been involved for years in influential U.S. government disclosure efforts said they’ll remain skeptical until the second Trump administration generates tangible results.
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The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at sunset as an excessive heat wave takes over the region on June 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Tech Congress wants to know more about the military’s UAP intercepts around North America
The fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes three provisions that would impact DOD’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
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NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Aug. 7 to Aug. 15. (Image Credit: NASA/SPHEREx) Space NASA releases new high-res images of 3I/ATLAS after government shutdown delay
Senior officials supplied new details and pictures of the interstellar object at a highly anticipated event this week.
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This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Hubble photographed the comet on July 21, 2025, when the comet was 277 million miles from Earth. Hubble shows that the comet has a teardrop-shaped cocoon of dust coming off its solid, icy nucleus. Because Hubble was tracking the comet moving along a hyperbolic trajectory, the stationary background stars are streaked in the exposure. [Credit — Image: NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)] Space US government grapples with questions about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS amid shutdown
NASA experts are set to connect with at least one congressional lawmaker about the mysterious object this week.