At the Forum, policymakers, researchers, journalists, and former intelligence officials will convene to address oversight, accountability, scientific inquiry, and how institutions can move this issue forward.
More speaker announcements coming soon.
We’re honored to announce U.S. Senator Mike Rounds as a featured speaker at Disclosure Forum 2026, taking place June 25 in Washington, D.C.
Senator Rounds has been a leading Senate voice on UAP and helped introduce the bipartisan UAP Disclosure Act alongside Senator Schumer.
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As this bill advances, we will remain actively involved in helping bring the study to a successful conclusion and build on this momentum.
The Disclosure Foundation has been proud to help educate legislators on the national security, airspace safety, and scientific dimensions of UAP, and to advocate for this legislation. Our testimony package included statements from former senior defense, intelligence, NASA, and NSF officials.
Major update: Connecticut’s HB 5422, An Act Concerning a Study of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, is on track to be included in the state’s budget implementer bill, significantly increasing its likelihood of passage this session.
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As public attention continues to grow, the Forum is intended to help frame the next phase of this conversation: not only what is being disclosed, but how disclosure should unfold and what follows from it.
We’re excited to announce the Disclosure Forum 2026.
Taking place June 25, 2026, this all-day event on Capitol Hill will bring together voices across government, science, and public life to advance the conversation around unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).
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While there are real risks of retaliation and career harm, it is a myth that going to Congress is itself illegal.
Our brief below goes into the legal dynamics at play:
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Glad to see Rep. Eric Burlison elevating the legal reality here.
For too long, confusion around protected disclosures to Congress has chilled potential whistleblowers. Our policy brief lays out the facts clearly: Congress can lawfully receive classified UAP information.
A second independent analysis has now been posted to arXiv reporting transient events in archival sky survey data consistent with the class of phenomena identified by Dr. Beatriz Villarroel.
Across independent datasets, researchers are now identifying similar signals.
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Advisory Board Member Marc Vigliotti joined WFSB to discuss why Connecticut should take a measured, bipartisan approach to UAP through scientific study, improved reporting, and stronger public accountability. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6FV...
States are increasingly recognizing that responsible research, transparent reporting, and academic study are essential to understanding the phenomenon.
Momentum for state-level UAP research is already building. Earlier this year, New Jersey enacted legislation establishing the nation’s first state-funded UAP research center.
This is how public policy develops: experts submit testimony, lawmakers evaluate evidence, and institutions determine how best to approach emerging scientific and national security questions.
Raised Bill No. 5422 would direct the University of Connecticut to evaluate how the state can better collect and analyze UAP-related data.
The Disclosure Foundation has submitted formal testimony to the Connecticut General Assembly supporting legislation that would authorize a state study of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).
We have respectfully asked arXiv to reconsider this decision.
Read the letter:
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Dr. Villarroel’s papers had already passed peer review at established journals, yet were denied posting on arXiv. Meanwhile, a critique of those same papers was accepted and posted to the platform.
Scientific progress depends on open inquiry and consistent standards.
The Disclosure Foundation has sent a formal letter to arXiv regarding the rejection of two submissions from Dr. Beatriz Villarroel.
arXiv is a major preprint repository operated by Cornell University where researchers share scholarly articles prior to journal publication.
We are cautiously optimistic and look forward to seeing this process move forward in a comprehensive and transparent way.
Here’s the bottom line: the tools already exist. The laws are already on the books. There are unclassified photos and videos sitting in government archives that could be released now.
Jordan Flowers, Executive Director of the Disclosure Foundation, in DefenseScoop’s coverage of Secretary Hegseth’s comments on potential new UAP disclosure efforts.
“While far from perfect, the existing statutory framework for declassification and disclosure… provides the administration a path — right now — to show that they’re committed to pursue this process in good faith."
DefenseScoop covers the President’s UAP records directive — with comments from Christopher Mellon.
A directive can signal urgency. The real test is whether agencies identify, preserve, and responsibly release what they have.
Full article:
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Engagements like this are a core part of our mission to expand serious, evidence-based discussion of UAP within academic institutions and to integrate the topic into rigorous scholarship and research.
We’re grateful for the invitation to present the work of the Disclosure Foundation to a multidisciplinary group of students and professionals engaging seriously with complexity and emerging risk. The discussion explored UAP not just as a scientific question, but one with real implications.
Last week, our Executive Director (Jordan Flowers) had the opportunity to serve as a keynote speaker at MIT for Confronting Unknowns, an interdisciplinary course focused on how institutions, markets, and societies respond to uncertainty, ambiguity, and incomplete information.
A brief update on what we advanced in 2025, including congressional briefings, legal work, and institutional engagement related to UAP transparency and oversight.
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We’re pleased to welcome Dr. Hal Puthoff and Dr. Carlos Eire to the Disclosure Foundation Advisory Board.
Hal brings deep experience in physics and government research.
Carlos adds a leading humanities perspective from Yale.
Full announcement: disclosure.org/releases/hal...
Former DNI James Clapper says the Air Force ran a secret UAP program. Christopher Mellon explains why it’s time for Congress to bring USAF leadership under oath and release the data.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBFg...