Preliminary Guidance for Implementation of NDA Waiver
An unclassified July 31, 2026 memorandum from Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas provides preliminary implementation guidance for a presidential UAP NDA waiver. It directs Intelligence Community elements to establish PURSUE designees, notify personnel about authorized reporting channels, and await detailed reporting and implementation procedures.
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- Source / agency
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- Type
- Memo
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Reference #
- ES 2026-00818
- Published
- 2026-07-31
- Content Type
- application/pdf
- Pages
- 2
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The memorandum provides preliminary guidance for releasing UAP information to the PURSUE Task Force for review and declassification.
preliminary guidance for the release of all Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) information to the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE) Task Force for review and declassification.
The guidance says the Department of War and Intelligence Community will implement a process to waive prior NDAs, agreements, oaths, or commitments for current and former government employees and contractors when they speak with authorized AARO or PURSUE representatives about relevant UAP information.
current and former government employees and contractors with relevant information on UAPs shall have prior non-disclosure agreements (NDA), agreements, oaths, or commitments waived when speaking with authorized government representatives of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) or PURSUE.
All Intelligence Community members are directed to coordinate with ODNI within 30 days of receiving the memorandum to establish a PURSUE designee and inform their workforces of the President's order.
All members of the IC will, within 30 days of the receipt of this memorandum, coordinate with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to establish a PURSUE designee, and inform their workforce of the President’s order.
The memorandum states that previous or existing NDAs barring disclosure to the President or designees such as PURSUE are no longer in force and directs people with UAP information to report it to AARO or an authorized PURSUE representative.
any previous or existing NDAs prohibiting disclosure to the President, or designees like PURSUE, are no longer in force and that anyone with knowledge of UAP information should report all such information to AARO, or to an authorized PURSUE representative.
Detailed reporting procedures are to be distributed to Intelligence Community components within the next 30 days.
Detailed reporting procedures will be disseminated to IC components within the next 30 days.
The Department of War and ODNI say they will issue departments and agencies detailed implementation guidance for the broader PURSUE transparency project.
DoW and ODNI will be issuing to departments and agencies detailed implementation guidance for the broader PURSUE transparency project.
The distribution list addresses intelligence, law-enforcement, civilian-department, and military leadership across 18 organizations, including the CIA, DIA, FBI, Department of War, Department of Energy, Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
Distribution: Director, Central Intelligence Agency Director, Defense Intelligence Agency ... Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence, United States Space Force Assistant Commandant for Intelligence, United States Coast Guard
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Aaron Lukas signs the preliminary UAP NDA-waiver guidance
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas signed the unclassified memorandum providing preliminary implementation guidance.
Intelligence Community elements are to establish PURSUE designees
The memorandum directs Intelligence Community members to coordinate with ODNI, establish PURSUE designees, and inform their workforces of the President's order.
Detailed UAP reporting procedures are to be disseminated
The memorandum says detailed procedures will be sent to Intelligence Community components, with broader implementation guidance to follow from the Department of War and ODNI.
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