This week in UAP: Pentagon confirms second file batch, France schedules first parliamentary hearing, Trump briefed on retrieval program

Former Pentagon investigator Luis Elizondo claims he handled recovered UAP materials and describes a classified Pentagon operation called Interloper aimed at capturing UAPs near nuclear weapons sites.

The SCU Board of Directors issues a statement addressing criticism on social media regarding case reviews, interactions with skeptical researchers, and the revisiting of the Aguadilla case for the 2026 conference.

Former Pentagon official Elizondo claims unreported knowledge of the Rendlesham case and hints at disclosure, while coauthor Semivan suggests encounters cause severe psychological trauma including suicides.

Journalist Ross Coulthart claims Luis Elizondo's true role in the Pentagon was as a counter-intelligence official involved with the Legacy Program, but Elizondo cannot publicly discuss it due to national security restrictions.

The Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies releases a preliminary evaluation of the first federal PURSUE UAP records release, finding it lacks scientific transparency due to missing metadata, limited context, and reporting gaps.

Avi Loeb criticizes prominent science communicators for dismissing UAP research in the past and now capitalizing on the topic as public interest grows.

A Reddit user reports that a website tracking UFO releases changed its URL structure from numbered releases to a single generic release label, speculating this indicates a shutdown.

A photo allegedly taken in Mallorca, Spain in 2017 shows an unidentified object that was not noticed until after review of the images.

A user reviews Jeremy Corbell's documentary 'Sleeping Dog' positively after initially dismissing it, noting that critics who haven't watched it dismiss the filmmaker as a grifter.