
The Trump Administration Sends a New Signal to Alien Disclosure Whistleblowers
But there were some questions he couldn’t answer.Nearly half a dozen times during the hearing, he told members of Congress he could only answer their questions, such as whether a private company he worked for was reverse engineering nonhuman technology, inside a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or SCIF. Basically, if you signed a secrecy agreement and know something about UFOs, you can now tell PURSUE without being sued or losing your clearance, though the same protections don’t extend to speaking with Congress, the press, or the public. The release announcing the waiver says nothing about criminal law, and only covers agreements "previously executed within the United States."President Donald Trump telegraphed the move over the summer when he reportedly directed the Defense Department and the intelligence community to waive UAP-related NDAs.
- ▪But there were some questions he couldn’t answer.Nearly half a dozen times during the hearing, he told members of Congress he could only answer their questions, such as whether a private company he worked for was reverse engineering nonhuma
- ▪Basically, if you signed a secrecy agreement and know something about UFOs, you can now tell PURSUE without being sued or losing your clearance, though the same protections don’t extend to speaking with Congress, the press, or the public.
- ▪The release announcing the waiver says nothing about criminal law, and only covers agreements "previously executed within the United States."President Donald Trump telegraphed the move over the summer when he reportedly directed the Defense
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Nathaniel JanowitzScienceSep 17, 2026 5:30 AMThe Trump Administration Sends a New Signal to Alien Disclosure WhistleblowersThe Defense Department issued a legal waiver authorizing current and former personnel to share unidentified anomalous phenomena–related classified information, but it doesn’t extend to other agencies.Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyJust over a year ago, Dylan Borland—a former Air Force geospatial intelligence specialist—told a House Oversight task force that he'd watched a roughly 100-foot triangular craft lift silently off the flight line at Langley Air Force Base in 2012.
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