Overview
- The Department of War issued a targeted legal waiver on Monday that allows current and former U.S. government personnel to disclose Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) National Defense Information to designated PURSUE representatives.
- The waiver explicitly overrides existing nondisclosure agreements and Special Access Program Indoctrination Agreements when disclosures go to PURSUE and protects reporters from punishment, loss of clearance, or legal and administrative penalties.
- Officials framed the move as implementing President Trump’s transparency directive and as a step toward collecting, reviewing, and possibly declassifying UAP records rather than an immediate public release of all files.
- Reporting to the new channel is limited to current or former government employees, service members, and contractors with direct knowledge, and the public still has no formal government pathway for submitting UAP reports.
- The change could reduce fear of retaliation for insiders and may surface previously suppressed evidence for review, while independent public databases such as NUFORC and MUFON continue to handle civilian sightings.