US Department of War issues waiver for UAP disclosures to PURSUE

The United States Department of War has issued a legal waiver authorising current and former military personnel, civilian officials and contractors to disclose UAP-related national defence information to representatives of the PURSUE initiative. MUFON described the measure as an authorised, legally protected disclosure mechanism; OVNI Hoje described as a protected route for people who had access to defence information related to UAP; and GreWi reported that President Donald Trump thereby released potential UFO whistleblowers from their confidentiality and secrecy obligations.

The stated rationale, carried in the department's announcement, is Trump's mandate for greater transparency on unidentified anomalous phenomena. MysteryPlanet reported that the waiver is framed within those transparency directives and is intended to remove fear of administrative or judicial sanctions for breaching confidentiality agreements. According to OVNI Hoje and MysteryPlanet, the disclosure channel runs to the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, known as PURSUE. MUFON stated that all current and former Department of War service members, civilian personnel and contractors who hold or previously held access to UAP-related national defence information are authorised to pass protected information directly to designated officials.

GreWi noted that members of parliament had already reported plans for such a step before the announcement, and treated the press release as the formal confirmation. The waiver's reach, as set out in the supplied accounts, lies in the categories of personnel it names rather than in any disclosure made so far. The available material does not identify any individual disclosure, nor the volume of material held by those covered; it also does not indicate how many individuals are covered, when any disclosures might begin, or whether information provided to PURSUE would be made public.

Dating requires care. GreWi and OVNI Hoje place the department's press release on 14 September 2026; MUFON's account, published the following day, describes the department as having announced the waiver 'today', wording that reflects its own publication date rather than a separate announcement. On the evidence available, the dossier rests at the point of an authorising mechanism: the timetable for any disclosures and the treatment of disclosed material remain unspecified.