#government-disclosure

#government-disclosure

On Feb. 19, 2026, President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon and other federal agencies to begin identifying and releasing government files related to UFOs-now formally referred to as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs)-including materials connected to "alien and extraterrestrial life" [1]. The directive follows several years of increasing institutional attention to UAPs. Congress has held formal hearings with sworn testimony from military personnel and a former intelligence official [2]. Lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing transparency and establishing a formal UAP records collection process [3].

Over the past few years, there have been televised congressional hearings, repeated news segments across major networks, and a recent release of a mind blowing documentary called The Age of Disclosure that brings much of this information together, featuring on-the-record disclosures and sworn testimony from dozens of current and former high-level U.S. government, military, and intelligence officials describing secret classified government programs tasked with investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs).