Current State of Evidence

Author //
Ross Coulthart
Published //
19/01/2026
US Capitol Building
iStock // Mikhail Makarov
What is the current state of evidence in relation to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)?

Advena Research’s Ross Coulthart summarises here the substantial new evidence and witnesses that have come forward in recent years to explain why so many people internationally think the mystery of UAPs have a solid basis in scientific fact and demand intense and rigorous investigation. After decades of Governments around the world telling the public that UAPs were not a subject to be taken seriously and that they posed no threat to flight safety or national security, key events have forced an admission out of the US Pentagon and intelligence community that UAPs are indeed a potential flight safety and national security concern. This article investigates what precipitated that change.


The US Congress is now taking the phenomenon very seriously indeed, passing UAP transparency laws that require all the US’ UAP-related records to be disclosed to the US National Archives where a decision can be made on their declassification. A growing coalition of of lawmakers, former and serving defence and intelligence officials, and scientists and researchers believe the evidence requiring serious engagement with this subject is now so overwhelming, political leadership must support careful investigation within the oversight authority of the Congressional oversight committees.


While mainstream media most often continues to report these UAP developments poorly, the level of public interest in the UAP issue is intense. Senior US senators have accused their own Government of holding back on how much it knows about the UAP mystery. The public wants answers and Advena Research wants to play its role in helping make that happen.

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