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What are the latest UAP disclosure developments?
The UAP Disclosure Act passed the full House for the first time in history on July 22, 2026 — a landmark milestone. However, the Pentagon's parallel PURSUE waiver program has been structured so that the same office that grants disclosure permission also reviews what gets released, and critically, the Espionage Act remains entirely untouched, meaning genuine whistleblowers still face federal prosecution. The architecture of 'disclosure' is being built to route information back to the very institutions that have classified it.
Evidence
- However, as UAPNOW reported (Sept 22, 2026), the Pentagon's PURSUE waiver program — announced Sept 16, 2026 — routes disclosure through the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where the same designee who grants the waiver also reviews its classification impact.
- The New Paradigm Institute, per UFO Disclosure (Oct 22, 2026), is now pressing congressional leadership to preserve the Burlison provisions in NDAA conference, warning that Senate negotiators — whose bill contains no UAP text — could strip the provisions entirely.
- Eric Burlison's UAP Disclosure Act passed the House as Title XVII, Subtitle D (Secs.
- This is the first time the full Act has cleared a chamber — a development Richard Dolan and other researchers have long argued was structurally blocked.
- UFO Feed (Oct 20, 2026) further confirmed that PURSUE covers disclosures only to program representatives, not the public.