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Loeb-led White House UAP panel requests Pentagon records while assuming human explanations

Avi Loeb is leading a private Trump administration scientific advisory panel examining security risks associated with unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and the panel has reportedly asked the Pentagon for dozens of videos, images, and documents about alleged encounters [1]. The panel is expected to report to the White House, which the source says has made three public releases of previously classified UFO-related material [1]. Loeb told the Associated Press that he began by assuming UAP were human-made and was approaching the inquiry primarily as a national-security investigation, rather than treating alien origin as established [1]. The article also reports that panel members Timothy Gallaudet and Ben Lamm have promoted or pursued unconventional theories about extraterrestrial craft, while Gallaudet has made claims about recovered craft and a government cover-up [1]. The source provides no panel findings or verified evidence that any UAP are extraterrestrial, and its account is limited by the panel’s private meetings, reliance on reported statements, and criticism from scientists and former Pentagon officials about Loeb’s theories and national-security qualifications [1].