Trump Promised the Truth About UFOs. These Scientists Are Waiting.

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Key points

Ilan Greenberg reports from inside Avi Loeb's UAP Science Advisory Council, which months after its creation had received no new government data. Council members describe their weekly work, the raw data they say they need, and the agencies they blame, chiefly the CIA. The White House, the Pentagon, and the CIA each deny any resistance.

Why it is notable

It is the most detailed account found of how the advisory council works and what it says it has not received, with on-the-record responses from the White House, the Pentagon, and the CIA and criticism of Loeb's leadership from political scientist Alexander Wendt.

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Editorial notes

• Claims that the CIA resists disclosure and that the intelligence community holds technologies "not of human provenance" are Peter Skafish's and Garry Nolan's attributed statements. The White House, the Pentagon (Deputy Press Secretary Joel Valdez), and the CIA deny resistance.
• The description of Trump's own beliefs comes from an anonymous "UAP expert" relaying others' conversations. The report of an ODNI preparedness plan comes from council member Jennice Vilhauer's Substack.
• The article calls the UAP Disclosure Act an amendment to "the defense appropriations bill." The House-passed version is an amendment to the FY2027 defense authorization bill (NDAA); see the site's Legislation record.
• The article says Loeb gives the council until the end of the calendar year to receive meaningful data.
• Reviewed from a full printout of the original page supplied by Jim, and from an archived copy of the page.