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Al Jazeera Interview: Jordan Flowers on UAP File Release and Government Transparency
May 17, 2026
Executive Director Jordan Flowers joined Al Jazeera to discuss the recent UAP file release and the need for a more serious public process around government transparency, oversight, and accountability.
Jordan Flowers
Executive Director
Executive Director Jordan Flowers joined Al Jazeera alongside Keith Cowing, former NASA astrobiologist and editor at nasawatch.com, and Jason Campbell, former Pentagon official, to discuss the significance of the Pentagon's UAP file release and what meaningful transparency requires beyond a document dump.
In the interview, Jordan emphasized that while the presidential initiative to release UAP files is a historic development, releasing documents is only the beginning. The public also deserves analysis, oversight, and accountability for what remains unresolved.
Whatever the truth is here is sensational. Whether this is US breakthrough technology, whether this is a foreign adversary over the continental United States, whether this is an undiscovered natural phenomena, or whether this is a form of non-human intelligence. It's a question of whether it's the story of the decade, the century, or all of human history.
Key Points from the Interview
Document dumps are not enough
Transparency requires meaningful analysis of what has been released and what remains unexplained. As Jordan noted: "We got this document dump. Some of these files have been available previously. Some have not. But what's lacking critically is an analysis of what these things are. Certainly, the intelligence community has some kind of analysis to try and put forward a hypothesis of what is happening in our airspace."
AARO already exists
Congress has created and funded the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office specifically to study UAP across all domains. Jordan pointed out that the head of AARO has stated unequivocally that he is seeing objects that his team, with all of their PhDs in physics, cannot explain.
Congress has already identified a path forward
The UAP Disclosure Act, co-sponsored by Senators Rounds and Schumer, uses the term "non-human intelligence" over a dozen times. Jordan emphasized how far ahead leadership in the United States Senate and House are with respect to this issue: "They take this extremely seriously and they do not dismiss it."
The stakes are real
Jordan highlighted the ongoing security implications, including six consecutive days of drone incursions over Barksdale Air Force Base in March 2026 — waves of 12 to 15 objects at a time over a base housing B-52 bombers — that the military was unable to defend against.
Why This Matters
The question before the public is no longer whether UAP are worthy of serious attention. Congress has already acted, military personnel continue to report unresolved incidents, and sensitive installations have faced repeated incursions.
The Disclosure Foundation is advocating for a National Intelligence Estimate on UAP, stronger Congressional oversight, and continued transparency from agencies holding relevant records and data. As Jordan put it: "There is actual presidential will behind pursuing transparency with respect to this topic. So, if the answer to that question were ever to be yes, it's happening now — and of course it should be done in a careful and thoughtful way."