Pentagon Held Exclusive, Embargoed UAP Briefing for Select Journalists

Newly released Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents reveal the Pentagon hosted a private, invite-only media roundtable on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) on March 6, 2024. This closed-door event preceded the public release of the Department of Defense's first volume of the congressionally mandated *Historical Record Report* on U.S. government UAP programs. The FOIA request, case number 24-F-0895, unveiled the email invitation sent by Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough, detailing the specific terms and restrictions for attending the briefing with Acting All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Director Tim Phillips.

The invitation explicitly labeled the session as an "embargoed invited-media roundtable," focusing on AARO's *Historical Record Report Volume 1*. This report stems from a directive in the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which mandated a thorough historical review of U.S. government involvement with UAP. The briefing took place two days before the unclassified version of the report became publicly available.

Strict conditions were imposed on the invited journalists, with the invitation marked "OFF THE RECORD / FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY / NOT FOR DAYBOOKS." Although the roundtable itself was designated "on-record and off-camera," participation required adherence to an embargo until the Department of Defense officially announced the report's public release on March 8.