Trump Directs Agencies to Waive UAP NDAs – Witnesses Can Talk to AARO and PURSUE
July 20, 2026 – July 26, 2026
- Trump directs DoW and IC to waive NDAs for former employees and contractors briefing AARO or PURSUE
- Officials: not a public declassification order – next PURSUE drop 'very soon'
- AARO posts FY2025 Consolidated Annual Report
- Burlison revised UAP Disclosure amendment tracked as Made in Order for FY27 NDAA
- Jay Stratton memoir Out of the Shadows set for October
- Loeb and Gallaudet: mother-orb case still unexplained
Monday, July 20
Burlison’s Revised UAP Disclosure Amendment Tracked for NDAA Floor Path
Advocacy accounts reported that the House Rules Committee labeled Rep. Eric Burlison’s revised UAP Disclosure Amendment (Version 2, July 15) as “Made in Order” for the FY2027 NDAA (H.R. 8800) – a potential path to a House vote after an earlier version was boxed out of the rules package in June. The amendment aims to create an independent UAP Records Review Board with subpoena-linked powers and force agency/contractor records into a NARA collection. Final Rules action and any floor vote still determine whether it becomes more than a submitted blueprint. Burlison article →
Source: OVERCLASSIFIED on X
Tuesday, July 21
Trump Orders NDA Waivers for UAP Witnesses Briefing AARO or PURSUE
Fox News Digital reported that President Donald Trump directed the Department of War and the intelligence community to allow former government employees and contractors with relevant UAP information to meet designated officials at AARO or the presidential PURSUE task force – and to have prior nondisclosure agreements abrogated for those authorized discussions.
Senior administration officials stressed the move is not a blanket public-speaking or declassification order. Information would still move through existing declassification procedures, with officials saying material that “sheds light on the UAP mystery will ultimately be made public.” One official said the next PURSUE tranche is coming “very soon.” Full article →
Sources: Fox News · Mario Nawfal on X · Chris Sharp on X
AARO Releases FY2025 Consolidated Annual Report
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office posted its Fiscal Year 2025 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – the congressionally mandated yearly product that had been overdue relative to prior reporting cycles. The PDF is hosted on AARO’s site under Congressional/Press Products. Analysts will spend the coming days comparing caseload figures, resolution rates, and unresolved categories against the FY2024 report and against the parallel PURSUE unresolved-file releases.
Sources: Grant Lavac on X · AARO FY2025 Annual Report (PDF)
Jay Stratton Memoir Out of the Shadows Set for October
Former UAP Task Force leader Jay Stratton announced a memoir, Out of the Shadows, scheduled for October 13, 2026 via HarperCollins. Stratton has been among the most senior U.S. officials publicly associated with modern UAP investigation architecture; the book is being framed as a firsthand account of the programs and briefings that sat behind the post-2017 disclosure wave.
Source: OVERCLASSIFIED on X
