Loeb repeats his account of being tasked by ODNI to chair a council, without independently authenticating the agency or appointment. An unnamed acquaintance relays an unnamed alleged Pentagon official’s material claim; Loeb reports no inspection or delivery. He proposes analysis and preserves inconclusive or entirely human-origin outcomes, ordinary objects, secret human projects and adversarial drones. A repeated XPRIZE anecdote does not add an independent witness. Recommendations and conditional access are not achieved technology or custody.
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Avi Loeb, Jesse Weber. avi-loeb.medium.com. September 15, 2026.
Loeb recounts two recent meetings with an intelligence official and an author-hosted NewsNation interview about disclosures. Facility access and material analysis remain conditional; he calls released footage inconclusive and retains human-made alternatives.
Loeb reports accepting an ODNI representative’s request to establish a science advisory council and requesting more than 50 items. He describes unclassified council analysis; the article does not demonstrate material delivery or his personal classified access.
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