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.
Loeb says multiple U.S. agencies tasked him with assembling a fifteen-member UAP science council. He specifies unclassified council data, a proposed higher governance board and an undecided meeting schedule. The original request and appointment records remain missing; his account does not establish classified access or material custody.
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Loeb reports tasking to form a science council and lists members in the current exposed post. He also gives his own television quotation and a secondary report summary. The account does not demonstrate a formal appointment, classified access or material receipt.
Loeb says he invited John Birks to a council Zoom discussion about a dust-cloud hypothesis. Birks’ concessions and Hanson/Claude criticisms are relayed without original correspondence. Loeb expressly says public UAP data remains unresolved.
Avi Loeb, Shannon Cake. avi-loeb.medium.com. July 2, 2026.
Loeb’s author-hosted Newsmax dialogue recounts advisory-council tasking and a request for data and possible materials. The discussion describes intended analysis, with the existence and delivery of materials still conditional.
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 an ODNI/AARO approach, a 20-member council and about 12 Zoom meetings. The Washington meeting described here was planned for the following week. He says released videos need additional metadata; no material delivery or classified access is demonstrated.
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