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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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 -
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.
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Witnesses prepare to testify before the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets at the U.S. Capitol on September 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brandi Vincent) Tech Military whistleblowers share new evidence of alleged UAP at transparency hearing
Tuesday marked the first UAP-focused hearing convened by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets.
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A Capitol Police officer stands outside the US Capitol building on June 27, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) Tech Next UAP disclosure hearing set, as lawmakers consider new whistleblower protections
The UAP Whistleblower Protection Act, introduced last week by Reps. Tim Burchett (R-TN) and Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), marks the latest move by lawmakers to help shield people who want to share information with Congress but fear retaliation — and motivate more of them to come forward.
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In a an open hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) before the House Intelligence Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee on May 17, 2022, Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Mr. Scott Bray shared a video of a US. Naval aviator encounter with an unknown object in a fleeting pass. This image is a screen capture of the UAP observed in a video of the flyby captured by the pilot in the cockpit of a Navy fighter jet. (DVIDS) Tech UAP disclosure advocates call for expanded reforms in fiscal 2026 NDAA
A Senate committee draft of the annual defense policy bill includes three provisions that would impact the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
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Screenshot from video of the “Puerto Rico Object” shown during a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearing, Nov. 19, 2024. Tech Pentagon’s UAP investigators exploring new options to better track and manage confidential reports
The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office is looking into buying a custom case management system to handle UFO reports.
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Christopher Mellon, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence, briefs lawmakers and attendees during an event hosted on Capitol Hill by the UAP Disclosure Fund and the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Photo by DefenseScoop’s Brandi Vincent. Tech Former defense officials raise concerns about unexplained drone and UAP threats to U.S. airspace
The public is largely in the dark about what’s happening with airspace vulnerabilities, and more accountability measures and coordination is needed, the officials argued.
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The U.S. Capitol building at dusk as vehicles travel on Pennsylvania Avenue on November 05, 2023 in Washington DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Tech New UAP legislation in the works as Congress prepares for more hearings
Lawmakers are drafting new legislative proposals and preparing to host hearings as part of a their ongoing campaign to enhance the U.S. government’s investigations into reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena.
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WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 31: The U.S. Capitol building is reflected in a car parked on the East Front plaza. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Emerging Tech UAP disclosure advocates call for transparency on drone incursions
Lue Elizondo and Chris Mellon returned to the Hill last week for closed-door discussions with several lawmakers.
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US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on February 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Tech UAP enthusiasts ‘hopeful’ for more transparency during Trump’s second term
Sources told DefenseScoop they’re optimistic that President Donald Trump will prioritize new and existing disclosure pursuits.