UAP in the United States: New Pentagon Releases and a White House UAP Initiative | MHP 06.16.26.
Release Date: 06/16/2026
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Show Notes
Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode:
- SCU EVENT: UFO conference lands in Canada as Trump administration continues to release documents
- UAP ADVISORY COUNCIL: Avi Loeb Announces New UAP Science Advisory Council
- UAP PRESS CONFERENCE: Push for UAP Transparency Intensifies
- PURSUE RELEASE 03: Department of War Publishes Third Release of UAP Files
- CIA Report of UAP from Zimbabwe
- FBI Forensic Sketch Interview of “Potato-shaped” UAP
- LINK TO IMAGE (artistic rendering)
- FBI Report of Orbs Below the Treeline
- SECOND OBSERVER, SAME FBI REPORT
- Suspected Chinese Lantern Video
- ANALYSIS: The Pentagon Just Released Its Third Batch of UAP Files—What Have We Learned from the PURSUE Releases So Far?
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