Euronews: EU Commission Has Monitored UAP Since 2023
August 17, 2026 – August 23, 2026
Monday, August 17
Euronews: Brussels Has Been Tracking UAP ‘Under the Radar’ Since 2023
Euronews published an exclusive based on a European Commission defence-department document: the EU executive has been engaged with unidentified anomalous phenomena since at least 2023, more actively than its public line suggests. A Commission letter said officials are “getting better at seeing it (UAPs) and better identifying it” as technology improves, “but we need to get even better.” The paper trail starts with a 2022 appeal from Malaysian amateur astronomers who sent 37 sky/space images to Brussels, including alleged UAP near aircraft and sensitive sites. The Commission said it lacked authority over Malaysia but would propose that the 27 member states “increase its ability to detect objects in the space environment around the Earth” – in part to identify UAP and space debris. A spokesperson still told Euronews that “UAP are the responsibility of EU member states.” MEP Fabio De Masi and Dutch pilots are pressing for a dedicated aviation-reporting category; EASA says existing occurrence reporting already covers UAP and it has not found a systemic safety issue. Full article →
Sources: Euronews exclusive · Ross Coulthart on X
NORTHCOM Deputy: U.S. Bases Are ‘Ill-Equipped’ to Stop Drone Swarms
Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Jarrard, deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command and vice commander of the U.S. NORAD element, told the Space and Missile Defense Symposium (Thursday) that homeland bases lack the sensors and effectors to handle a small-drone swarm. “We are ill-equipped right now to handle something like that,” he said, adding detection is “the biggest issue.” Fox News published the remarks Monday and placed them next to Secretary Marco Rubio’s line that objects over U.S. installations are “not ours” – while noting Jarrard was talking about cheap attack drones, not labeling every overflight a UAP. The comments sit in the same Huntsville panel week as retired Gen. Glen VanHerck’s Langley remarks. Langley article → · Rubio coverage →
Sources: Fox News · The War Zone · DefenseScoop
Loeb: Most Reported UAP Orbs Look Like Adversary Drones – Some Speeds Still Don’t
Avi Loeb, chair of the White House UAP Science Advisory Council, argued in a new Medium essay that orb reports in PURSUE files are a mixed bag. Meter-scale size, formation flying, no visible exhaust, and clustering in conflict zones (Gulf of Oman, Bagram, CENTCOM) fit small electric drones. What does not: claimed supersonic speeds for those same small objects, and cold infrared signatures. His working split: most low-speed, radar-quiet orbs are likely human-made; high-speed or strong-radar cases may be measurement error, a different object in the same scene – or still unexplained. He says better digital data via the council is required to decide. Council article →
Sources: Avi Loeb on Medium
