UAP Intel Weekly Rundown
UAP Intel Weekly Rundown
Subject Line: The White House Just Registered alien.gov | Week of Mar 19
This Week's Lead Story
White House Registers alien.gov — And Won't Say Why
On the evening of Tuesday, March 17, the White House quietly registered two new government domains: alien.gov and aliens.gov. Both are hosted on Cloudflare servers. Neither is live. When pressed for an explanation, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly offered only: "Stay tuned."
The timing is hard to ignore. Trump's February 19 executive directive ordered federal agencies to identify and release UAP and "alien and extraterrestrial life" records. But as of now, more than four weeks later, no files have been made public. The domain registration appears to signal that something is coming, though the White House has declined to say whether the sites will host declassified records, serve as a public information hub, or something else entirely.
Source: DefenseScoop — March 18, 2026
Quick Hits
- GOVERNMENT: AARO hosted an invite-only workshop of ~40 government, academic, and independent researchers focused on standardizing UAP data collection and applying AI to large-scale sighting datasets. The resulting 17-page whitepaper calls for common reporting templates and corroboration-based credibility scoring. (DefenseScoop)
- MEDIA: Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland — former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base — has been reported missing from his Albuquerque home for several weeks. Authorities have not linked his disappearance to UAP-related work, though the timing drew attention given his post at a base historically central to U.S. UAP investigations. (CNN)
- MEDIA: The Washington Post published a long-form interactive opinion piece by a veteran UAP reporter concluding that most sightings are likely explainable by terrestrial phenomena, while acknowledging the growing institutional seriousness around the topic during the current disclosure push. (Washington Post)
Legislative Watch
The legislative picture is relatively quiet this week, but two bills remain in play:
Bills to Track: - H.R. 1187 – UAP Transparency Act — Would require the President to direct all federal agencies to declassify UAP-related records within 270 days of enactment and publish them on public agency websites. Introduced by Reps. Tim Burchett (R-TN) and Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL). Currently in committee. (Congress.gov) - House Oversight Task Force — Chair Rep. Burlison has expressed frustration that potential UAP witnesses remain reluctant to come forward. Hearings remain "planned" without a confirmed date. (Oversight.gov)
Coming Up
What to watch for next week: - alien.gov / aliens.gov — Will the sites go live? If so, what's on them? This is the biggest near-term signal of whether the White House disclosure push has substance behind it. - AARO Annual Report — The 2025 Annual Report to Congress remains overdue. The last one was released in November 2024. - House Oversight witness announcements — The Task Force has been building toward hearings; watch for any confirmed witness lineup.
From the Archives
The last time the U.S. government created a dedicated public-facing UAP infrastructure was the Pentagon's UAPTF (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force), in August 2020, replaced by AARO in 2022.
Editor's Note
If the government hadn't recently pivoted towards presidential-directed UAP disclosure, then the registration of the alien.gov (and aliens.gov) domains may not have been as impactful (though still intriguing). However, with the addition of these sites and Trump's directive, we are finally witnessing the stage being set for the delivery of...well, we're not sure. We're not anticipating full disclosure (yet), but certainly moving forward after decades of stagnation. We'll keep watching this space for any updates.
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