House Oversight Luna Task Force UAP Video Release

What this countdown tracks

The House Oversight Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets, chaired by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, is expected to release a cache of 46 Pentagon UAP videos on or around June 1, 2026 — a rescheduled public disclosure after the Department of Defense missed the original April 14, 2026 deadline set by the task force.

Background

Rep. Luna (R-Fla.) chairs the House Oversight subcommittee's Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets, established in January 2025 during the 119th Congress. The Task Force spent much of 2025 pressing AARO and OUSD(I&S) for internal Pentagon footage of unidentified anomalous phenomena beyond the three Navy videos released in 2020 (FLIR1, Gimbal, GoFast). In early 2026, Luna publicly requested the release of 46 additional videos held across DOD components, with an April 14, 2026 deadline for delivery to the Task Force for review. NewsNation reported on April 15, 2026 that the Pentagon missed the deadline without providing the full set. Luna subsequently announced a revised public-release target of approximately June 1, 2026, citing ongoing classification-review coordination with AARO, the Office of Naval Intelligence, and Air Force Intelligence. The 46 videos span a reported time range from the early 2000s through 2023 and reportedly include fixed-camera footage from ships at sea, aircraft Forward-Looking Infrared recordings, and satellite-collected sensor data. The Task Force has not published a complete list of video identifiers, pending release review. Ranking members of the Task Force include Rep. Tim Burchett and Rep. Jared Moskowitz. The three 2020 Navy videos that set the earlier precedent were declassified under the direction of then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday and released through the Pentagon's Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs on 27 April 2020.

Why the date matters

June 1, 2026 is the Task Force's publicly stated revised target after the April 14, 2026 deadline slipped. It is a political timeline rather than a statutory one — the Task Force operates under House oversight authority, not a specific NDAA or US Code provision. The date matters because public availability of the 46 videos will significantly expand the corpus of government-authenticated UAP imagery beyond the three 2020 Navy clips, giving independent analysts material to cross-reference with AARO's resolved-case database and forthcoming Volume II Historical Record Report. In the UAP oversight space, public release tends to recalibrate press and congressional pressure within a 30-to-60-day window, so a June 1 release would directly shape hearings and media coverage leading into the AARO Volume II publication window in August.

What to watch for

• Whether all 46 videos are released, or only a partial set with the remainder held classified.
• File formats and metadata accompanying each clip (timestamp, platform, sensor).
• AARO's concurrent classification-review statements on release content.
• Pentagon responses from OUSD(I&S) and the Office of the Chief Digital and AI Officer.
• Independent analyst reviews from Sky Canvas, Enigma Labs, and academic researchers.
• Task Force hearing schedule in June–July 2026 following the release.
• Any Senate Intelligence Committee parallel release of related materials.
• Chain-of-custody documentation demonstrating original-source authenticity.
• Cross-references with AARO's Case Resolution Database published on aaro.mil.

Historical context

Pentagon-authenticated video releases have been rare in the post-Project Blue Book era. The Robertson Panel's 1953 report under CIA auspices produced little public footage, and the 1969 Condon Report relied on external camera sources rather than military-sensor material. The 2004 USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" incident produced the FLIR1 video and prompted the AATIP program's eventual disclosure. The December 2017 New York Times story by Leslie Kean, Helene Cooper and Ralph Blumenthal revealed both AATIP and the FLIR1/Gimbal/GoFast footage, kicking off the current policy cycle. A 46-clip release in 2026 would increase the publicly available corpus of US-government-authenticated UAP sensor imagery by more than an order of magnitude, giving researchers the first statistically meaningful sample set since 1969.

Related events to track

The release is a direct companion to the AARO UAP Historical Record Report Vol. II expected two months later. It also falls inside the broader declassification calendar anchored by the NARA 25-year auto-declass of 2001 records and the JFK/RFK/MLK next declassification tranche.

FAQ

When exactly will the 46 UAP videos release? Targeted for on or around Monday, June 1, 2026, after the April 14, 2026 deadline was missed by the Pentagon.

Is the release date confirmed or expected? Expected — the date is the Task Force's working target, not a statutory deadline, and further slippage is possible pending classification-review completion.

Who is responsible for the release? The House Oversight Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets, chaired by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, in coordination with the Pentagon through OUSD(I&S) and AARO.

Where can I read background on the missed deadline? NewsNation covers the original timeline at https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/pentagon-uap-video-deadline-luna/.