Disclosure Foundation to review NASA archives for UAP

The Disclosure Foundation will assemble an executive committee to review NASA archival material for unidentified anomalous phenomena, using experts and AI tools to identify anomalies worth further study. The group says the work aims to expand transparency and share findings with the public and government entities.

Why it matters: - NASA archival material may contain public UAP data that has not yet been systematically analyzed. - The review could surface imagery, records and other evidence that warrant deeper scientific investigation. - The initiative aims to make findings available to the public and to interested federal and state entities.

What happened: - The Disclosure Foundation said June 29, 2026, it will review NASA archives for information related to unidentified anomalous phenomena. - The effort will be led by an executive committee that includes former NASA Associate Administrator for Space Policy and Partnerships Mike Gold, Disclosure Foundation Executive Director Jordan Flowers, astronomer Beatriz Villarroel, theoretical physicist Maaneli Derakhshani, astrophysicist and aerospace engineer Travis Taylor, former DHS science and technology chief Reggie Brothers, and biomedical researcher Stephen Bruehl. - Gold and Brothers both served on NASA’s UAP Independent Study Team. - The committee has already met virtually and plans its first in-person meeting in July. - The Disclosure Foundation said updates will be posted on its website, more information.

The details: - The Disclosure Foundation described itself as a non-partisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on public understanding and scientific discourse around UAP. - The review will leverage additional experts, voluntary corporate contributions and citizen science. - The initiative will use artificial intelligence and machine learning, where possible, to identify anomalies for further study. - The Foundation said the project will look for imagery, data and other forms of information relevant to understanding UAP. - The objective is to identify anomalies that merit additional investigation. - The Foundation said its findings will be shared with the public and, where relevant, with government entities. - The release said materials from NASA have already appeared in the Pentagon’s three tranches of UAP disclosures and were already publicly available. - The Foundation praised the Trump administration’s efforts to increase UAP transparency and to highlight NASA-related information.

Between the lines: - The project reflects a push to shift UAP review from classified release to broader analysis of public records. - The emphasis on AI, machine learning and citizen science suggests the Foundation wants to crowdsource and scale a problem that has outgrown ad hoc review. - Public trust is a key theme in the announcement, with the Foundation framing NASA as the government entity most trusted by the public on UAP, based on its polling.

What's next: - The executive committee’s first in-person meeting is scheduled for July. - The Foundation said it will continue providing progress updates through its website. - The review is expected to move toward identifying the most promising anomalies for follow-up study.

The bottom line: - The Disclosure Foundation is turning NASA’s archive into a structured UAP research project, with expert oversight and a public-transparency message at the center of the effort.