The White House UAP Science Advisory Council has no budget beyond travel reimbursement. Who is it actually built to answer to?

Avi Loeb was named chair of the UAP Science Advisory Council in June 2026. The council was set up with the White House, AARO, ODNI, the FBI and the wider intelligence community, and it reports to a UAP Governing Board that first met in mid-June. Per Scientific American, it has no budget of its own beyond some travel costs for members. Meanwhile, the first release of government UAP records, cleared May 8, 2026, was heavily redacted, with many videos carrying little or no context. So an unfunde...

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