UAP Governance Board
The UAP Governance Board (GB) is a permanent U.S. interagency body co-established by odni, the FBI, and the department-of-war under President Trump’s February 19, 2026 UAP transparency directive. It provides policy-level coordination, guidance, and declassification oversight across all government entities involved in UAP investigation.
Establishment
- Founded: June 2026, under Trump’s February 19, 2026 Truth Social directive to release UAP files
- First meeting: June 15–16, 2026 (sources conflict: src-uap-governance-board-2026-06 gives June 15; src-defensescoop-uap-science-council-2026-06 gives June 16)
- Authority basis: Executive Order 13526 (2009 classification/declassification framework)
Founding members
- odni (Office of the Director of National Intelligence)
- FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
- department-of-war (formerly Department of Defense)
Mission
Per the board’s charter:
“The mission of the GB is to serve as an interagency body that can use each member’s capabilities and unique authorities to cohesively address national security threats posed by UAP.”
Functions include:
- Integrating and optimizing interagency UAP investigation processes
- Coordinating declassification of UAP-related materials per EO 13526
- Providing more effective support to aaro
Structure
- Board membership, voting structure, budget, and meeting schedule are classified
- External advisory groups report to the Board, including the uap-science-advisory-council led by avi-loeb
- All data shared with advisory groups is unclassified — the Board itself retains classified custody
Relationship to other UAP institutions
| Institution | Role | Access |
|---|---|---|
| UAP Governance Board | Policy/coordination/declassification | Classified |
| aaro | Investigation/resolution | Classified |
| uap-science-advisory-council | Scientific advisory to Board | Unclassified only |
| pursue portal | Public document release | Unclassified |
July 2026 — confirmation membership is secret
A July 2 2026 Scientific American profile (src-sciam-uap-science-council-2026-07) carries avi-loeb’s direct confirmation that Board membership is being kept secret — some members are classified government employees who “don’t want to be exposed” — and his assessment that President donald-trump is likely not a member, though “people report to him.”
July 2026 — sole communication channel confirmed
The Harvard Crimson (src-loeb-harvard-uap-council-ties-2026-07), which refers to the body as the “UAP Governing Board,” confirms it remains the uap-science-advisory-council’s sole channel for communication with ODNI/the White House — all requests (including a still-unanswered request to declassify 50 Pentagon items) route through avi-loeb and the Board.
Sources
- src-loeb-harvard-uap-council-ties-2026-07 — Jul 11 2026: confirms sole-communication-channel role; alt name “UAP Governing Board”
- src-uap-governance-board-2026-06 — Liberation Times (Christopher Sharp, Jun 16 2026) — first detailed report
- src-uap-science-council-access-denied-2026-06 — Above the Norm News (Freeman, Jun 16 2026) — critical analysis of classified-access structure
- src-defensescoop-uap-science-council-2026-06 — DefenseScoop (Vincent, Jun 17 2026) — ODNI official on-record confirmation
- src-sciam-uap-science-council-2026-07 — Jul 2 2026: Loeb confirms secret membership, Trump likely not a member