Visual Briefing · Policy Brief No. 5
Three fronts for UAP disclosure, and what should be released now.
Raw file releases alone are not disclosure. The Foundation calls for analyzable data, the intelligence assessments built on it, and safeguards for witnesses who can help Congress establish the facts.
Christopher Mellon · Admiral Tim Gallaudet, PhD · Kirk McConnell
The framework
- 01Data
- 02Assessments
- 03Witnesses
The recommendations
What responsible disclosure requires
Part 01
Release data scientists can analyze
- Release raw sensor data, including mensuration, range, and kinematics, not only video clips.
- Fund and empower the UAP Science Advisory Council.
- Release data from the space and undersea domains, not only air.
- Review Solid State Phased Array Radar records.
- Inventory and release the UAP Task Force files.
- Requisition all Intelligence Information Reports referencing UAP.
Part 02
Release the intelligence assessments
- Publish the Intelligence Community's conclusions alongside the underlying files.
- Account for material retained beyond ordinary declassification timelines.
- Clarify whether UAP-related disinformation activity occurred and, if so, confirm that it has ended.
- Commission a public National Intelligence Estimate on UAP.
- Assess plainly whether UAP represent a national security threat.
Part 03
Protect witnesses and use immunity strategically
- Ensure agreements do not obstruct lawful disclosures to Congress.
- Safeguard witnesses against retaliation for protected disclosures.
- Pass targeted whistleblower protection legislation.
- Empower a special congressional committee to examine allegations concerning crash retrieval programs.
- Direct the Department of Justice to consider non-prosecution agreements when testimony reveals potential illegality.
Released to date
A growing public record
Federal releases have confirmed that UAP information is distributed across numerous agencies.
What remains unavailable
Critical source material
Underlying sensor data, government analytic judgments, and records that could test claims concerning alleged crash-retrieval programs.
The standard
All three fronts together
Data, assessments, and protected testimony should advance together. Any one category is incomplete on its own.
Bottom line
Recent federal releases have expanded the public record, but critical categories remain unavailable. Data, analysis, and meaningful witness protections should move together, with clear congressional oversight.
Discovery belongs in daylight.
Source: Disclosure Foundation, “Concrete Next Steps for UAP Disclosure,” Policy Brief No. 5, June 30, 2026