Following historic releases of government records about UAP encounters, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, with the support of the FBI, has announced a UAP Science Advisory Council to undertake further investigations. This body of scientific and academic experts will be led by Dr. Avi Loeb, director of the Galileo Project at Harvard University and a member of the Sol Foundation’s advisory board.
Among the fourteen scientists and experts named to the council are Sol Foundation co-founders Dr. Garry Nolan, professor of pathology at Stanford University, and Dr. Peter Skafish, anthropologist and former faculty and researcher at UC Berkeley, Harvard University, the Collège de France, and McGill University. Sol senior adviser the Honorable Tim Gallaudet, PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret.) is also named, along with Sol advisory board member, astrobiologist Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra. Ross Howard, who leads production for the Sol Foundation, will lead communications for the council.
The council reports to a higher-level UAP Governance Board, an interagency body coordinating across military, law enforcement, and intelligence community agencies. All data shared with the council will be unclassified.
The Sol Foundation was established in 2023 by Dr. Nolan and Dr. Skafish to build the infrastructure for rigorous scientific and policy inquiry into UAP. The appointment of Sol’s co-founders, Admiral (ret.) Gallaudet and Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra to the government’s scientific advisory body is a fulfillment of its founding mission. Sol can now share its insight to the highest levels of government deliberation about disclosure, amplifying our impact.