Pentagon offers new ‘targeted legal relief’ for UAP whistleblowers supporting Trump’s PURSUE work

During a congressional hearing on Wednesday, July 26, military witnesses and members of Congress called for greater US government transparency on UFOs. A whistleblower testified that the government is hiding evidence of non-human intelligence, a claim that the excerpt presents without independent verification. This refers to the July 2023 House Oversight subcommittee hearing, where David Grusch testified about alleged federal UAP retrieval programs. The government has publicly disputed claims of retrieved non-human craft, and the testimony's specifics remain unverified.

The Department of War has established a new legally protected pathway enabling U.S. government personnel to disclose UAP-related national defense information. The waiver creates official protection for potential insiders seeking to share sensitive UAP data.

President Trump directed the Department of War and intelligence community via a national security presidential memo to waive prior nondisclosure agreements for former government employees and contractors involved in UAP study, enabling them to disclose relevant information to designated officials.

Astrophysicist Avi Loeb was recruited by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to establish and lead a new UAP Science Advisory Council for the US government. The post references a UAP video sighting in the northeastern United States in July 2025 included in Pentagon and FBI-released files.

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been appointed to head a new White House group studying UFOs, now referred to as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs). The appointment reflects the federal shift in terminology from UFO to UAP that has developed in recent years. Loeb is known for his work on interstellar objects, including the 2017 object 'Oumuamua, and for arguing that some anomalous objects could be technological in origin. The excerpt does not give the group's mandate, full membership, funding, or access to government data. The formal scope and output of the group remain unverified in this report. Many anomalous sightings in past official reviews have received mundane explanations, so the group's eventual conclusions are still open.

DefenseScoop reports that AARO seeks access to large private UFO records collections, specifically pre-1990 archives. The effort is described as part of its work to meet a congressional call to review US government UAP involvement since 1945.

DefenseScoop reports that the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office is investigating a UAP event reported by the Navy near Virginia's coast. The article ties the investigation to AARO's latest annual UAP caseload analysis, released that week. The excerpt gives no details about the event itself.

Avi Loeb shared early details of a new UAP Science Advisory Council intended to help the US government resolve the UAP mystery. The council is reported by DefenseScoop as a newly formed advisory body. The excerpt provides limited detail on its membership, mandate, or timeline.

DefenseScoop obtained a 10-page legislative correspondence from Rep. Eric Burlison that includes dozens of production requests for UAP records. MITRE has moved to comply, with the requested records and assets reaching back to 1930. The excerpt provides few details on the volume or content of the material.