ODNI Confirms UAP Governance Board – Interagency Body to Coordinate Investigations and Declassification
June 15, 2026 – June 21, 2026
- Coulthart: Grusch 'cleared to reveal more' about UFOs and NHI
- Senator Rounds: UAPDA can work 'in tandem' with White House declassification
- Shermer appointed to advisory committee – deletes anti-Grusch tweets, draws fire
- Elizondo: NHI interest in the Moon confirmed
- Next PURSUE release targeted July 3
- Sheehan: McCasland disappeared days after learning he was on a subpoena list
- Vance: 'aliens could be real – weird shit out there'
- Liberation Times: CIA WCPMC studies 'origins and agendas of non-human craft,' craft landed in Russia 1994
- ODNI confirms UAP Governance Board
- Senate bill withholds Pentagon travel budget over UAP
Saturday, June 14
Grusch Confirms: “I’ve Seen the Recovered UFO Vehicles”
In a Fox News interview, David Grusch made his most direct public statement yet: “I’ve seen the recovered UFO vehicles.” He described multiple non-human craft morphologies in U.S. possession – different shapes, different sizes, from different recovery events. This goes beyond his previous testimony about being told of the programs; he is now claiming firsthand visual confirmation of the hardware.
Sources: Overclassified on X · The SCIF on X
Coulthart Worried Trump Will “Wimp Out” on Disclosure
Ross Coulthart told NewsNation he is worried President Trump will “wimp out” when it comes to being a “disclosure president.” The comment signals growing concern among disclosure advocates that despite the PURSUE releases, the administration may stop short of the crash retrieval and NHI acknowledgment that Grusch and Congress have been pushing for.
Source: NewsNation on X
Coulthart Calls Out Kirkpatrick as Legacy Program Gatekeeper
On his Reality Check show, Coulthart called out Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, former AARO director, as a “gatekeeper of the legacy UAP program” – accusing him of running interference rather than genuine investigation during his tenure. This follows months of criticism from whistleblowers and congressional sources about AARO’s role under Kirkpatrick.
Source: NewsNation on X
Burchett’s Classified Briefing Claim Still Not in Public Files
Unexplained2020 highlighted one of the strangest claims from Congress: Rep. Tim Burchett said he was told in a classified briefing about UAP material that remains absent from any public Pentagon release. Despite three PURSUE tranches, no public file corresponds to what Burchett described.
Source: Unexplained2020 on X
Sunday, June 15
Avi Loeb Tapped to Lead UAP Advisory Council
Avi Loeb revealed he has been tasked by the White House, AARO, ODNI, the FBI, and the Intelligence Community to lead and assemble a UAP advisory council. The council would bring scientific expertise to the government’s UAP evaluation process – a significant escalation from Loeb’s previous role as an outside academic voice.
However, AARO’s spokesperson is refusing to comment despite Loeb being tasked through AARO itself. Chris Sharp noted there has been “no official government comms” confirming the council, raising questions about whether the bureaucracy is already slow-walking the initiative.
The UFO Joe and others raised pointed questions: Will council members have TS-SCI clearance and access to all classified UAP compartments? Will there be public updates? Or is this a watered-down replacement for the independent Review Board proposed in the UAP Disclosure Act – a board that would have had subpoena power?
Sources: Chris Sharp on X · Chris Sharp – AARO refusing to comment · The UFO Joe on X · The UFO Joe – UAPDA comparison
Daily Mail: “Mother Orb” Launched Swarms Near Secret US Site
The Daily Mail ran heavy coverage of the PURSUE Tranche 3 orbs-launching-orbs documents, headlining a “glowing mother orb” that “launched swarms of mystery objects near a secret US site.” The story ran across multiple editions and social accounts, reaching mainstream audiences with the Pentagon’s own admission that 40% of the event can’t be explained.
Sources: Daily Mail US on X · Daily Mail on X
UAPGERB Questions Mellon’s Priorities
UAPGERB pushed back on Chris Mellon’s call for the release of UAP space data, satellite data, and detection from Ballistic Missile Defense systems – questioning why Mellon is asking for more data when the foundational question of crash retrievals and NHI remains unanswered. Good Trouble Show agreed: “I think we are all scratching our heads as to why we need more radar data.”
Sources: UAPGERB on X · Good Trouble Show on X
UK Has Zero Official UFO Reporting System
BBC published a piece highlighting that the UK has no official system for reporting UFOs – a “blind spot in the skies” that could be hiding either a national security threat or a scientific breakthrough. The report comes as the U.S. PURSUE releases put growing international pressure on allied nations to match American transparency.
Source: Overclassified on X
Monday, June 16
BREAKING: ODNI Confirms Establishment of UAP Governance Board
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence officially confirmed to Liberation Times and Douglas Dean Johnson the establishment of a UAP Governance Board – a new interagency body created by ODNI, the FBI, and the Department of War to coordinate UAP investigations, improve data collection and analysis, and assist with declassification of UAP files.
An ODNI official stated: “To support the President’s directive on UAP transparency, ODNI — alongside FBI and DOW — established a UAP Governance Board to coordinate UAP investigations, improve the collection and analysis of relevant data, and assist with the declassification of UAP files.”
The Board met for the first time yesterday (June 15). It operates with several supporting advisory groups, including the Science Advisory Council that Avi Loeb was tasked to assemble. Chris Sharp noted: “At first, we thought it was one UAP Science Advisory Council. But it is actually a UFO Board supported by several advisory groups.”
Sharp assessed: “While it is not the independent UAP Review Board proposed by Schumer and Rounds, it appears to address some of the same challenges the UAP Disclosure Act was designed to solve. A big development.” Key questions remain about whether board members will have TS-SCI clearance and access to all classified UAP compartments.
Sources: Chris Sharp / Liberation Times · Chris Sharp – ODNI statement · Chris Sharp – Board mission · Chris Sharp – met yesterday · Chris Sharp – not the UAPDA board but a big development · Douglas Dean Johnson
Luna Confirms Miller Meeting on Crash Retrieval Whistleblower Immunity
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna confirmed that she met with Stephen Miller and discussed whistleblowers who claim to know the locations of alleged crash retrieval programs. She said she requested immunity for those individuals – a direct follow-up to her Capitol steps demand for permanent whistleblower protection tied to providing “locations of craft and/or advanced technologies.”
Source: QuintessenceEli on X
Shellenberger: AARO Director Denying Existence of Released Video
Michael Shellenberger raised alarm that the AARO director is denying the existence of a video that the government has already released publicly. “We are exiting the age of UAP/UFO secrecy and ridicule to an age of transparency and disclosure. Why then is the Director of the Department of War’s UFO agency, AARO, denying the existence of a video?”
Source: Michael Shellenberger on X
Josh Boswell Joins CBS News Investigations
Josh Boswell, the Daily Mail reporter who has been one of the most aggressive mainstream journalists on the UAP beat – including breaking stories on the CIA’s ties to alien technology and PURSUE file details – announced he is joining CBS News’ investigations team. This puts a proven UAP investigative reporter inside one of America’s legacy broadcast networks.
Source: Josh Boswell on X
Good Trouble Show: “Radar Data Is Old Hat”
Matt Ford pushed back on the disclosure community’s focus on sensor data, arguing: “The entire push to make UAP disclosure about sensor logs, satellite imagery, and radar returns is fighting a war that is already over. We are long past that.” The comment reflects growing frustration among advocates who want the conversation to center on crash retrievals and NHI rather than additional sensor evidence.
Source: Good Trouble Show on X
Tuesday, June 17
Liberation Times: “The Architecture of Secrecy: MJ-12, Recovered Craft and the Origins of a UFO Legacy Program”
Liberation Times published a major investigation by Caplan, described by Sharp as “one of Britain’s leading barristers, with a career built on weighing evidence.” Key revelations from the piece:
- Debunking as official policy: Efforts to discredit UAP witnesses have involved multiple organizations including the CIA’s Air War division and the Robertson Panel – systematic and institutional, not incidental.
- “The Martians”: Four Hungarian physicists linked to the alleged program – John von Neumann, Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, and Theodore von Kármán – referred to themselves as “the Martians.” Robert Oppenheimer also had alleged connections.
- Senate briefings on craft recovery: A small number of members of the Senate Intelligence Committee have been informed – “on a very limited scale” – on the recovery of UAP craft. Some House Intel members received similar briefings.
- The WCPMC and State Department: The CIA’s Weapons and Counterproliferation Mission Center receives information from the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, which assists its role in studying “the origins and agendas of types of non-human craft.”
- Russia, 1994: During the Clinton presidency, the U.S. government learned that a craft had landed in Russia as part of an “anticipated encounter” and that its occupants had met with Russian officials.
Sources: Liberation Times · Chris Sharp thread
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Show the Alien”
Neil deGrasse Tyson urged the government to just “show the alien” after the latest PURSUE file release – representing a shift from his historically dismissive position to active engagement with the disclosure process. Coverage ran in the NY Post and Daily Mail.
Source: NY Post on X
Senate Armed Services Bill Would Withhold Pentagon Travel Budget Over UAP Info
A Senate Armed Services Committee defense policy bill would reportedly withhold 75% of War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget until the Pentagon provides lawmakers with information related to UAP. Financial leverage – a new tactic.
Source: Newsmax on X
Sharp: Governance Board Created by the Same Agencies Accused of Cover-Up
Chris Sharp raised a critical point about the new UAP Governance Board: “The Board was actually established by the same agencies alleged to be covering up UAP data: most notably ODNI and DOW.” He questioned whether a board created by the agencies under suspicion can be truly independent – and noted the CIA’s WCPMC, not AARO, actually performs the real UAP analysis work.
Source: Chris Sharp on X
Wednesday, June 18
Sheehan: McCasland Disappeared Days After Learning Congress Had His Name on Subpoena List
Attorney Danny Sheehan revealed on the Aliens Last Night podcast that Gen. Neil McCasland disappeared days after learning the House Oversight Task Force had his name on a subpoena list to testify on UFOs. Sheehan also stated that McCasland “was involved with UFOs and extraterrestrials at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.”
A dinner companion who saw McCasland the night before his disappearance said he “still held his poker face” – giving no indication he was about to vanish. This is the most specific timeline yet connecting his disappearance to congressional pressure and confirms the pattern of people dying or vanishing before scheduled testimony.
Sources: UAP James on X · UAP James – Wright-Patterson connection · InterstellarUAP on X
Vance: “Aliens Could Be Real – There’s Some Weird Shit Out There”
Vice President JD Vance said “aliens may be real” and that “there’s some weird shit out there that we cannot explain.” He added: “I 100% believe people have mystical experiences.” Vance also reiterated that he has “sworn to himself” that he would go through the highly classified UAP information – something he has repeatedly said but not yet done.
Source: UAP James on X
NY Post: China and Russia Retrieved Downed UAPs and Attempted Reverse-Engineering
The NY Post reported that newly released UFO files allege China and Russia have retrieved downed UAPs and attempted to reverse-engineer them. This tracks with Grusch’s statement at the Capitol that he was exposed to intelligence on “foreign adversary UAP crash retrieval and exploitation efforts.”
Source: NY Post on X
White House Aliens Website Called “Gross” and “Dehumanizing” by UFO Community
Gene Park (Washington Post) reported that the White House’s aliens website “insulted many in the UFO/UAP community,” who called it “gross on so many levels,” “a clown show,” and “dehumanizing.” The White House responded that Trump remains “focused on maximum transparency.”
Source: Gene Park on X
Friday, June 20
NY Post: “Trump Creates UFO Panel to Be Advised by Harvard’s Avi Loeb”
The New York Post ran prominent coverage of the UAP Governance Board and Loeb’s Science Advisory Council under the headline “Cosmic Council.” The mainstream framing – “Trump creates UFO panel” – marks another step in normalizing government UFO infrastructure.
Source: NY Post on X
Saturday, June 21
Coulthart: Grusch “Has Been Cleared to Reveal More About UFOs and Non-Human Intelligence”
Ross Coulthart confirmed that David Grusch has been “cleared to reveal more” about UFOs and non-human intelligence. The former senior intelligence officer who served as the UAP Task Force liaison reportedly now has authorization to disclose additional details about what he encountered in his official duties – including claims of “spacecraft from another species” in U.S. possession.
This follows Grusch’s Capitol steps press conference where he described four types of NHI, and his subsequent Fox News interview confirming he has personally seen recovered vehicles.
Sources: InterstellarUAP on X · Overclassified on X
Senator Rounds: UAPDA Can Work “In Tandem” With White House Declassification
Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD), co-sponsor of the UAP Disclosure Act, told AskaPol that the UAPDA can work “in tandem” with the White House’s declassification efforts under PURSUE. This suggests the legislative path and executive path are not competing – though Sharp noted “a lot more needs to be done to pass the UAPDA, which has been torpedoed for consecutive years.”
Sources: AskaPol_UAPs on X · Chris Sharp on X
Shermer Appointed to UAP Science Advisory Committee – Immediately Causes Controversy
Professional skeptic Michael Shermer was appointed to the UAP Science Advisory Committee – and immediately drew fire. Ross Coulthart called it “not an auspicious start,” noting Shermer had deleted “puerile and snide tweets” he’d posted about David Grusch. Coulthart invited Shermer onto Reality Check to discuss his advisory role. Good Trouble Show demanded Shermer issue a public apology to Grusch, noting Shermer’s organization earned over $4 million in 2024 from debunking.
Sources: Ross Coulthart on X · Good Trouble Show on X
Elizondo: NHI Interest in the Moon Confirmed
In a Liberation Times interview, former AATIP chief Lue Elizondo was asked if he has knowledge of non-human intelligence activity related to the Moon. His response confirmed NHI interest – adding a new dimension to the phenomenon that extends beyond Earth’s atmosphere.
Source: Overclassified on X
Insider: Next UFO Files Release Targeted for July 3
MAGA Aliens reported that a source close to President Trump says the next PURSUE file release is targeted for July 3 – the eve of Independence Day. If accurate, the source would be 4 for 4 on previous release date predictions. A holiday-weekend drop would guarantee maximum public attention.
Source: MAGA Aliens on X
AskaPol: Few Members of Congress Even Watching the UFO Footage
AskaPol reported that few rank-and-file members of Congress are “even bothering to watch” the newly declassified UFO footage – highlighting a disconnect between the disclosure advocates pushing for transparency and the broader congressional membership that remains disengaged.
Source: AskaPol_UAPs on X
