In December 2017, Lue Elizondo, Chris Mellon, and investigative journalists Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal published the New York Times article that revealed AATIP. Three Navy UAP videos were released simultaneously. The story went global in hours. This is the complete account of how it happened.
Liberation Times obtained the Pentagon’s formal response to a query about whether the government has discovered materials of non-human origin. The answer — unable to confirm or deny — is itself significant. ‘NCND’ language is the official US government posture on its most sensitive programs. This is the written record.
On June 24, 1947 Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine shiny objects flying near Mount Rainier at speeds he estimated at 1,700 mph. His report coined the term ‘flying saucer’ and triggered the modern UAP era. Liberation Times took a fresh analytical look at what Arnold actually witnessed — and whether the Air Force’s explanations hold up.
Liberation Times reported Congressional confrontation with Lockheed Martin over alleged UAP legacy programs. The Wilson-Davis memo directly names Lockheed as holding a crash retrieval program. Congressional pressure mounted as the 2023 hearings approached. Lockheed has never directly responded to the allegations.
Liberation Times reported that a BBC journalist who covered the 1994 Ariel School UFO landing in Zimbabwe was allegedly threatened by CIA personnel over the story. The Ariel School incident involved 62 children who witnessed a landed craft and beings. It remains one of the most thoroughly documented mass UAP witness events in history.
Liberation Times documented the moment Senator Marco Rubio, then chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, asked what has become one of the most famous questions in UAP disclosure history. His reaction to UAP whistleblower testimony — and what the whistleblowers told him — is now part of the congressional record.
The Senate Intelligence Committee formally proposed amnesty provisions for defense contractors who voluntarily disclosed possession of materials ‘of non-earth origin or exotic nature’ obtained via UAP programs. Liberation Times reported this extraordinary provision — it presupposes contractors are holding exactly what Grusch alleged.
Liberation Times investigated AARO’s handling of the GoFast UAP video case — one of the most-watched UAP videos in history. AARO’s resolution: atmospheric phenomenon. Critics including the pilot who filmed it and independent analysts say AARO’s math is wrong. The institutional credibility implications are serious.
Liberation Times April 23, 2026: A late senior Air Force officer has been linked to alleged UAP legacy programs. Christopher Sharp reports new details about the connection between the officer’s work and classified UAP program infrastructure. Identity and details of the connection.
Liberation Times May 3, 2026: Christopher Sharp investigates whether AARO can be trusted to tell the public what it knows about UAP. Whistleblowers say AARO has classified information it isn’t sharing. The hearings say the responses are ‘insufficient.’ So what does AARO actually know?
In August 2025, AARO hosted a private workshop with civilian researchers, universities, and government agencies to standardize UAP data collection. A Debrief report from February 26, 2026 detailed the workshop outcomes — including plans for structured public data sharing. This is AARO’s most significant institutional shift toward civilian collaboration.
On September 9, 2025 the House Oversight Task Force on Declassification held a UAP hearing titled ‘Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection.’ George Knapp testified. Witnesses told the task force that AARO possesses classified UAP information not shared with Congress. Full record here.
On May 8, 2026 the Department of War launched PURSUE — the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. 162 files released. war.gov/UFO is live. DOW statement: ‘in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency.’ Here is everything you need to know about what was released.
The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) at nuforc.org has been collecting civilian sighting reports since 1974. Over 100,000 reports indexed by date, location, shape, and duration. 2025 saw 2,800+ reports. 2026 is already tracking above average. This is the largest open civilian UAP dataset in the world.
The CIA maintains a UFO collection in its Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room at cia.gov/readingroom. The collection spans 1940s-1990s and includes internal CIA analysis of UFO reports, Robertson Panel documents, and hundreds of field intelligence reports. Full guide to accessing and using the collection.
The NSA has its own UAP declassification page at nsa.gov with historical releases of UFO-related signals intelligence documents. The collection includes 1970s-era intercept analysis and a 1968 document describing UFO operations. Full document index catalogued here.
Retired USAF Major General William Neil McCasland — former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB — disappeared in Albuquerque in early 2026. McCasland had been linked to UAP program knowledge. Authorities are still searching. The Debrief reported March 11, 2026.
The AARO Historical Record Report Volume I was released February 2024. The Pentagon said it found no evidence of recovered craft or hidden programs. But the report’s own findings tell a more complicated story — Project SAUCER, Robertson Panel, AATIP, and 50+ years of USG UAP investigation are all documented inside.
war.gov/UFO is the Pentagon’s live UAP document portal. The first tranche includes FBI infrared footage from western US (2025), Apollo 17 lunar anomalies, Middle East military reports (2022), UAE (2023), Greece (2023-2024), Africa (2025), Indo-Pacific Japan, and a composite sketch from a 2023 southeastern US sighting. All documents catalogued here.
On July 26 2023, three witnesses testified before Congress under oath: David Grusch (IC whistleblower), Ryan Graves (Navy pilot), and David Fravor (Nimitz TicTac pilot). Grusch alleged craft of non-human origin. Graves documented unreported UAP encounters. Fravor described the TicTac. This is the full record.
