Policy Research

A multidisciplinary research initiative focused on connecting data, governance, and public understanding to advance evidence-based UAP policy.

Policy Brief No. 4

July 30, 2025

Disclosure of Classified Information to Congress

This policy brief by Kirk McConnell, Advisory Board Member; Christopher Mellon, Chairman of the Board; and Hunt Willis, Chief Legal Officer, clarifies legal considerations around the sharing of classified UAP information with Congress, outlines whistleblower protections, and charts a path to informing congressional oversight.

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July 30, 2025

Policy Brief No. 3

April 5, 2025

Will the Declassification Task Force or President Trump Compel the DoD to Release its Trove of Unclassified UAP Videos?

This policy brief by Christopher Mellon, Chairman of the Board, explores how a congressional declassification task force—or a second Trump administration—could unlock improperly withheld UAP videos, challenging systemic overclassification and renewing momentum for public transparency.

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April 5, 2025

Policy Brief No. 2

January 29, 2025

Flying Saucers and the Ivory Dome: Congressional Oversight Concerning Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena

This policy brief presents a groundbreaking legal analysis by Dillon Guthrie, Member of the Advisory Board, published in the Harvard National Security Journal as the first known legal scholarship on UAP.

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January 29, 2025

Policy Brief No. 1

January 9, 2025

Prioritizing Emerging All-Domain Technologies

This policy brief by Luis Elizondo, a former Director of the Board, highlights one of the most pressing challenges to American and global security: Emerging All-Domain Technologies (EADT), which comprise drones, UAP, and other cutting-edge platforms.

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January 9, 2025

Future Areas of Research

Exploring the policy, scientific, and societal challenges of a post-disclosure world.

Governance Structures

Designing transparent frameworks for interagency coordination, oversight, and accountability.

Governance Structures

Designing transparent frameworks for interagency coordination, oversight, and accountability.

Governance Structures

Designing transparent frameworks for interagency coordination, oversight, and accountability.

Oversight Mechanisms

Developing practical models for independent review, compliance, and information stewardship.

Oversight Mechanisms

Developing practical models for independent review, compliance, and information stewardship.

Oversight Mechanisms

Developing practical models for independent review, compliance, and information stewardship.

Interagency Process

Mapping efficient pathways for collaboration across defense, intelligence, and civilian sectors.

Interagency Process

Mapping efficient pathways for collaboration across defense, intelligence, and civilian sectors.

Interagency Process

Mapping efficient pathways for collaboration across defense, intelligence, and civilian sectors.

Criminal Justice and Legal

Assessing evidentiary standards, whistleblower protections, and accountability under law.

Criminal Justice and Legal

Assessing evidentiary standards, whistleblower protections, and accountability under law.

Criminal Justice and Legal

Assessing evidentiary standards, whistleblower protections, and accountability under law.

Declassification

Defining protocols that balance public right-to-know with legitimate national security concerns.

Declassification

Defining protocols that balance public right-to-know with legitimate national security concerns.

Declassification

Defining protocols that balance public right-to-know with legitimate national security concerns.

Research and Data Acces

Establishing open standards for data sharing, validation, and peer review of anomalous findings.

Research and Data Acces

Establishing open standards for data sharing, validation, and peer review of anomalous findings.

Research and Data Acces

Establishing open standards for data sharing, validation, and peer review of anomalous findings.

Technology Integration

Evaluating potential applications and risks of recovered or emerging technologies responsibly.

Technology Integration

Evaluating potential applications and risks of recovered or emerging technologies responsibly.

Technology Integration

Evaluating potential applications and risks of recovered or emerging technologies responsibly.

Aviation Safety

Advancing detection, reporting, and mitigation strategies for unidentified aerial encounters.

Aviation Safety

Advancing detection, reporting, and mitigation strategies for unidentified aerial encounters.

Aviation Safety

Advancing detection, reporting, and mitigation strategies for unidentified aerial encounters.

Nuclear and Strategic Security

Analyzing implications of unknown aerospace activity for deterrence, defense, and escalation risk.

Nuclear and Strategic Security

Analyzing implications of unknown aerospace activity for deterrence, defense, and escalation risk.

Nuclear and Strategic Security

Analyzing implications of unknown aerospace activity for deterrence, defense, and escalation risk.

Environmental Impact

Studying atmospheric, ecological, and material effects associated with anomalous phenomena.

Environmental Impact

Studying atmospheric, ecological, and material effects associated with anomalous phenomena.

Environmental Impact

Studying atmospheric, ecological, and material effects associated with anomalous phenomena.

Global Finance and Geopolitics

Exploring economic, industrial, and diplomatic dimensions of UAP-related technology disclosure.

Global Finance and Geopolitics

Exploring economic, industrial, and diplomatic dimensions of UAP-related technology disclosure.

Global Finance and Geopolitics

Exploring economic, industrial, and diplomatic dimensions of UAP-related technology disclosure.

Social Implications

Examining cultural, religious, and psychological responses to transformative scientific realities.

Social Implications

Examining cultural, religious, and psychological responses to transformative scientific realities.

Social Implications

Examining cultural, religious, and psychological responses to transformative scientific realities.