Summary
David Freeman reports that ODNI, the FBI, and the department-of-war have established a permanent UAP Governance Board that controls UAP declassification authority under Executive Order 13526. The board’s structure, membership, and procedures are almost entirely classified; its existence rests on a single ODNI statement. Critically, avi-loeb’s uap-science-advisory-council — assembled to lend the program scientific credibility — holds no security clearance and no legal authority, a fact Loeb confirmed directly to journalist Michael Shellenberger on June 16, 2026. The article also scrutinizes pursue Release 03: the government’s centerpiece western-U.S. case rests entirely on written witness testimony, and the six released “videos” are artist reconstructions, not instrument sensor feeds.
Key Claims
- The uap-governance-board is run by ODNI, FBI, and DoW; its membership, voting structure, budget, and meeting schedule are classified.
- avi-loeb confirmed to Michael Shellenberger (June 16, 2026) that the uap-science-advisory-council holds no classified access and no legal authority.
- pursue Release 03’s centerpiece October 2023 western-U.S. case has no video, photograph, or sensor recording — only written testimony from six federal law enforcement agents.
- aaro under jon-kosloski matched ~60% of that incident to military aircraft dropping IR countermeasure flares (confirmed via flight logs and radar); the remaining 40% is labeled “Unrecognized Technology, Pending.”
- The six “videos” in pursue Release 03 are artist reconstructions drawn from witness descriptions, not instrument sensor feeds.
- The most notable clip — a glowing red sphere (~1 m, white plasma center) — derives from a July 2025 backyard home video.
- pursue has logged over 1.7 billion website hits across three releases since May 8, 2026.
- Michael Shellenberger described an alleged classified program called Immaculate Constellation said to hold UAP imagery — unverified by any released document.
Notable Quotes
“His five scientists can argue for better sensors and pick over whatever the government chooses to hand them, and nothing beyond that.” — David Freeman (paraphrasing confirmed Loeb position)
“The people attached to the program for credibility cannot see the evidence the program is built on.” — David Freeman