The UAP Governance Board is an interagency U.S. government body created in 2026 to coordinate the federal handling of unidentified anomalous phenomena. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence disclosed it on June 16, 2026, when an official told reporters that ODNI, alongside the FBI and the Department of War, had established the board "to support the President's directive on UAP transparency." The official described its role as guidance, recommendations, and coordination at the interagency level, bringing together military, law-enforcement, intelligence, and other civilian agencies, and said it had held its first meeting the day before.

The directive it cites traces to President Trump's February 2026 announcement that he would order the defense secretary and other agencies to identify and release government files on UAP and extraterrestrial life, which led to the Department of War's PURSUE records releases beginning in May. Charter language quoted by Liberation Times says the board is meant to use each member's capabilities and authorities to address national-security threats posed by UAP, to integrate investigation and data-collection processes so as to support the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office more effectively, and to help coordinate timely declassification of UAP information under the executive order that governs classified national security information.

ODNI said the board would be supported by several advisory groups with expertise from outside government. The best known is the UAP Science Advisory Council chaired by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, an unpaid group of scientists and former officials whose members met at ODNI at the end of August 2026. In September, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas thanked the council and representatives of the Disclosure Foundation and To The Stars for joining ODNI as advisers to the board, and tied their work to PURSUE's objectives.

The board's authority rests on executive direction rather than statute. No charter, membership list, chair, or budget has been published, and nothing announced gives it subpoena power; journalist Ross Coulthart noted that the Department of War still decides what its advisers see. It is also distinct from the independent review board proposed in the Schumer-Rounds UAP Disclosure Act, and in July 2026 the House voted for a Senate-confirmed review board with subpoena power as part of the FY2027 defense bill. Its significance is as the first standing executive-branch structure to bring intelligence, law-enforcement, and defense agencies together on UAP investigation and declassification.