Episode 40: Thursday, October 22nd, 2026.

Will a seventh PURSUE release of UAP files land Friday? Disclosure Tonight's Thomas Fessler says his sources expect it, and expect a lighter batch, while the Department of War has not announced a date. Germany's government tells the Bundestag it has "no information" on UAP and no reporting channels for sightings. And a newly released 2022 clip of former UAP Task Force director Jay Stratton describes taking UAP data to Lockheed's Skunk Works and Boeing's Phantom Works.

Sources:

- PURSUE portal: https://www.war.gov/UFO/

- Disclosure Tonight, Oct 21 stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o20ZAZTuRWk

- Bundestag Drucksache 21/8662 (German government answer): https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/086/2108662.pdf

- WEAPONIZED, Jay Stratton clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqVD9kceV5Q

Episode 39: Wednesday, October 21st, 2026.

Rep. Eric Burlison warns on Fox Business that the United States could be beaten to UAP disclosure by rival nations, saying the PURSUE releases so far may not be enough. Former UAP Task Force director Jay Stratton tells NewsNation's Chris Cuomo that a "legacy program" of the CIA, Air Force, Department of Energy and defense contractors is keeping its secret from Congress and the President. And Ross Coulthart's Reality Check revisits the unexplained 2024 lights over U.S.-operated air bases in England with former police investigator Mike Morgan.

Sources:

- Rep. Eric Burlison on Fox Business: https://x.com/RepEricBurlison/status/2112859572813918391

- NewsNation, Jay Stratton on CUOMO: https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/pentagon-ufo-hunter-jay-stratton-aliens/

- Reality Check, "Unexplained objects over British bases": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9sBj9OXX6Y

- USAFE statement on UK installation security (2024): https://www.usafe.af.mil/News/Press-Releases/Display/Article/3976904/us-air-forces-in-europe-air-forces-africa-statement-on-installation-security-in/

- PURSUE portal: https://www.war.gov/UFO/

Episode 38: Tuesday, October 20th, 2026.

Rep. Eric Burlison says the government is still keeping UAP information from the President, pointing to missing AATIP records, while George Knapp says the Defense Intelligence Agency's release of the AAWSAP files will take time. Jacques Vallée makes the case for a chain of evidence in any disclosure, CUNY's Graduate Center announces a master's course on UAP and national security, and Disclosure Tonight's Thomas Fessler doubles down on a Friday PURSUE release the Department of War has not announced.

Sources:

- Disclosure Foundation (Burlison clip): https://x.com/disclosurefound/status/2112286169270759600

- Mystery Wire with George Knapp, AAWSAP deep dive: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/75854227

- Somewhere in the Skies, Jacques Vallée: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYo6ua_aybA

- Ralph Bunche Institute UAP project (CUNY): https://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/uap/

- Disclosure Tonight, Oct 19 stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBKSc8PPV5g

- PURSUE portal: https://www.war.gov/UFO/

Episode 37: Monday, October 19th, 2026.

Disclosure Tonight host Thomas Fessler says a source tells him the seventh PURSUE tranche of UAP files drops this Friday, October 23. The Department of War has not announced a date. Ross Coulthart, on Reality Check, says the White House is working around the legacy program. And Senator Chuck Schumer, asked on Ask a Pol whether he takes the White House disclosure effort seriously, says "Who knows?"

Sources:

- Disclosure Tonight, Sat Oct 17 stream (~24:50): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7AFNh6F2w0&t=1490s

- PURSUE portal (Release 06 still latest): https://www.war.gov/UFO/

- Ross Coulthart on Reality Check: https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcasts-newsnation/reality-check/ross-coulthart-the-white-house-is-going-around-the-legacy-program-reality-check/

- Ask a Pol, Schumer: https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/chuck-who-knows-schumer-says-on-whether

President Trump tells Newsmax he is "looking" at a disclosure announcement and says "we are releasing everything," with no date given. On The Dr. Phil Podcast, Rep. Eric Burlison describes a second ODNI briefing about dozens of glowing orbs at a western military base in late 2025 and says he has requested the radar and video. Plus a remembrance of Ellsworth AFB witness Mario Woods.

https://www.liberationtimes.com/home/trump-leaves-door-open-to-ufo-disclosure-announcement-im-looking

A UAP Science Advisory Council preprint led by Jacob Haqq-Misra extends its wingbeat analysis to four more PURSUE videos and finds seven more objects beating like birds; the authors still want unredacted sensor data. Plus Michael Shermer presses Jay Stratton's memoir on evidence.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08692

David Grusch's team filed its FOIA opposition, asking Judge Brinkema to order the Department of War to "follow the trail" (hearing Nov 20). New excerpts from Jay Stratton's memoir Out of the Shadows go beyond his Fox clip. Plus a Scientific Reports paper on Beatriz Villarroel's vanishing-star transients.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72351349/grusch-v-united-states-department-of-defense/

Jay Stratton tells Fox News' Special Report the government has non-human craft as his memoir Out of the Shadows goes on sale. UAP Science Advisory Council chair Avi Loeb says Stratton hasn't answered his invitation to brief the council. Plus Eric Weinstein on The Diary of a CEO.

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6406725522112