President Donald Trump’s new order waiving nondisclosure agreements for UFO whistleblowers has generated skepticism from those who claim the government’s most compelling evidence remains locked away, despite the administration’s push for transparency.
Two classified videos allegedly showing a 100-foot black triangular UFO over a Colorado military base remain inaccessible, according to sources familiar with the footage. The videos, recorded on a service member’s personal cellphone on consecutive nights in 2023, are stored with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations in Colorado, catalogued under file numbers IRR1669S015524 and IRR1669S005024. The footage purportedly captured the craft zooming over mountains and actively camouflaging in clouds, yet it has not been released despite Trump’s executive action encouraging greater disclosure.
Trump’s recent directive attempts to remove barriers preventing former government employees and contractors from sharing information about unidentified anomalous phenomena. Officials explained the order aims to eliminate concerns among potential witnesses who believed nondisclosure agreements permanently prevented them from cooperating with government investigations. The process would require witnesses to meet with designated officials at the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office or the president’s UAP task force, PURSUE, where applicable NDAs could be waived.
But experienced UFO whistleblowers warn the new order fails to address their fundamental concerns. Dylan Borland, a former U.S. Air Force veteran and private contractor, testified to Congress in 2024 that he witnessed a massive triangular UFO hovering over a NASA hangar before rapidly ascending to commercial jet altitude. Speaking about Trump’s directive, Borland said, “This does nothing for the people who could have come forward and spoken already. Nothing has changed.”
Borland elaborated on his frustration with the lack of progress, stating, “I’ve done the committees, done private meetings, at this point, unless I’m speaking under oath to the public, what’s the point?”
Matthew Brown, a former defense industry contractor, came forward in early 2026 to reveal details about a secret Pentagon program called “Immaculate Constellation” that he says studied, collected data on, and recovered UFOs. Brown told the Weaponized Podcast that Trump’s order “frankly doesn’t do anything new. It does not free whistleblowers to speak publicly.”
Brown claims he discovered the existence of the program while working with authorized access to government servers and subsequently reported his findings through proper channels to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Despite following official procedures, he faced professional reprisals. He lost his job as a contractor and was smeared as an antisemite to reporters after going through proper whistleblowing channels, according to his statements.
Borland reported similar retaliation. He alleges he faced significant professional consequences after blowing the whistle, including problems with his security clearance, workplace harassment, and a derailed career spanning over a decade.
Both Brown and Borland were among several potential whistleblowers who remain unmoved by Trump’s directive and continue holding back their testimonies and evidence, according to sources. Several, however, have expressed support for the president’s actions.
David Grusch, a former Air Force intelligence officer who became one of the first major UFO whistleblowers, told reporters he welcomed Trump’s action. “I welcome President Trump’s action and hope it gives courage to those who have said nondisclosure agreements prevented them from telling Congress or the Executive Branch what they know,” Grusch said. “I was the first whistleblower to file an Inspector General complaint alleging that these UAP legacy programs were being concealed from awful oversight, and I later testified under oath in both classified and public settings.”
Grusch emphasized the personal cost of coming forward. “I paid a severe personal and professional price for doing so. Others should not have to face the same barriers or retaliation to tell the truth.”
Grusch’s 2022 complaint to the Intelligence Community Inspector General alleged that the U.S. government maintains highly secretive UFO recovery programs operating without Congressional oversight. He claimed the government possesses recovered non-human spacecraft and has recovered “dead pilots.” The Inspector General subsequently found his complaint “credible and urgent.”
The Trump administration’s disclosure initiative has released multiple batches of previously classified files. In August, the Pentagon released its fifth batch of declassified UFO records, including FBI interview summaries describing sightings from witnesses across various locations. One account involved a former Pentagon employee who reported observing a nearly translucent triangular object over Colorado Springs in October 2023. The witness described the object as completely silent, moving rapidly, and displaying unusual visual distortions, and estimated it may have passed as low as 300 feet above the ground.
Despite these releases, critics argue that the most significant evidence remains classified. The Colorado triangular UFO videos represent what sources characterize as precisely the type of material that should be publicly available under genuine transparency initiatives, yet the classified status persists. This contradiction has led some in the UFO community to question whether Trump’s executive action represents meaningful change or merely creates the appearance of progress while the actual evidence remains secured.
The administration has indicated that additional UFO files will be released in the coming weeks as part of its broader declassification push, but whistleblowers and their representatives continue to insist that true transparency requires releasing the highest-level classified material currently withheld from public view.