Disinformation, Secrecy, and the UAP Data Wars: AARO's Private Workshop and Uruguay Outreach

Disinformation, Secrecy, and the UAP Data Wars: From Whistleblower Claims to AARO's Private Workshop

A merged analysis of alleged U.S. government disinformation around UAP and advanced science, now updated with newly released FOIA records detailing AARO's 2025 private UAP data workshop, its international outreach to Uruguay's CRIDOVNI, and its plans for a follow-on event.

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September 18, 2026

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Opening summary

The debate over Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) is often framed as a contest between disclosure and secrecy. This article merges two official source records that speak to different sides of that contest. S.

Government's Suppression of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena and Advanced Science," which argues that disinformation and classification authorities have been used to suppress knowledge of UAP and potentially transformative science. The second is a newly released FOIA case file, 26-F-1773, from the Office of the Secretary of War/Joint Staff, which documents the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office's (AARO) private 2025 UAP data workshop, its participant list, its engagement with Uruguay's CRIDOVNI, and its stated plans for a follow-on event.

Together, the records do not resolve the core UAP question. They do, however, show two things at once: a persistent critique of government secrecy, and a concrete example of what Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) processing can and cannot reveal about…

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This article merges two official source records. The prior source is an essay published through an archive platform, authored by Kevin Wright, identified in the record as Press Relations Manager & Policy Liaison at the New Paradigm Institute, who also serves as a public relations advisor to the Board of Directors of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies. The new source is a FOIA final response letter and associated released records from the Office of the Secretary of War/Joint Staff, case number 26-F-1773, released via The Black Vault. The new record includes a DoD Form 1910 clearance request, workshop agenda, participant list, Statement of Work, and email correspondence. All quoted or paraphrased material is drawn from the provided source chunks. Official source documents referenced in this article: - https://archive.org/details/disinformation-the-u.-s.-governments-suppresion-of-unidentified-anomalous-phenom - https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/behind-aaros-private-uap-workshop-new-records-detail-participants-foreign-outreach-and-future-plans/

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