In October 1955, US Senator Richard B. Russell Jr. — chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and one of the most powerful men in Washington — saw two disc-shaped craft rise from the ground in the Soviet Union while traveling on a train. His CIA debrief report confirms it. This may be the most senior government witness to a UAP encounter on record.
In 1989 Bob Lazar appeared on Las Vegas TV with George Knapp claiming he had worked on reverse engineering alien craft at a facility called S-4 near Area 51. He described propulsion using Element 115. In 2003 Element 115 (moscovium) was synthesized and confirmed to exist. This is a complete review of Lazar’s claims and their verification status.
Robert Bigelow purchased Skinwalker Ranch in 1996 and deployed the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS) to investigate paranormal phenomena on the property. What NIDS found over three years — cattle mutilations, orbs, poltergeist effects, craft sightings — fed directly into AAWSAP’s research agenda. The connection between Skinwalker and the government UAP program is documented.
The Journal of Scientific Exploration (JSE), published by the Society for Scientific Exploration, has been peer-reviewing UAP research since 1987. Founded by former NASA scientists and academics, JSE is the only major academic journal that has continuously published rigorous UAP research. Its archives are the academic backbone of serious UAP study.
NICAP was founded in 1956 and became the most credible civilian UAP research organization of the 20th century. Its director Major Donald Keyhoe pushed for Congressional hearings in the 1960s. Its archive — now at CUFOS — contains the most comprehensive pre-government-disclosure UAP case database in existence.
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.
