Pentagon Confirms Ongoing Collaboration with Five Eyes Allies on UAP Investigations
Written by Christopher Sharp - 26 June 2024
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has confirmed to Liberation Times that the United States and its allies within Five Eyes (FVEY) continue to discuss “areas of mutual interest and concern related to UAP”.
This follows the inaugural Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) meeting held in May 2023 by the U.S. government’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
Representatives from each of its FVEY allies—Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia—were in attendance.
The FVEY is an intelligence alliance comprising these five countries, focused on cooperation in signals intelligence. This collaboration enhances the member countries' ability to share information and conduct joint operations.
DoD spokesperson Susan Gough told Liberation Times:
“AARO held its first FVEY Working Group in May 2023 and continues to discuss areas of mutual interest and concern related to UAP with its FVEY partners.
“AARO is committed to working with allies and partners in an open, sharing environment to identify and resolve UAP sightings.”
Recently, researcher Grant Lavac published official documentation detailing the inaugural May 2023 meeting through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
During the session, AARO presented its updates, followed by briefings from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), NASA, the National Air Intelligence Integration Office (NIM-Aviation), and the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NIM-Maritime).
NIM-Aviation focuses on integrating and analyzing U.S. aviation intelligence to enhance national security, while NIM-Maritime handles similar responsibilities concerning maritime intelligence.
Five Eyes Nations: USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
Of note, FVEY partners provided their own updates on UAP, even though some nations, such as the UK, have claimed they have no particular interest in UAP.
This indicates a broader commitment to sharing intelligence and collaborating on UAP investigations among the allied nations - despite their respective official public communications on the topic.
Liberation Times contacted the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) to inquire whether its dismissive stance on UAP remains unchanged, despite official documentation, obtained by Lavac, confirming that the UK was scheduled to provide its own UAP update.
In response, the UK MOD raised the prospect of UAP representing extra-terrestrial intelligence, stating that such phenomena do not indicate any military threat and that the MOD prioritizes resources for other defense activities:
“In over 50 years, no sightings of extra-terrestrial intelligence, Unidentified Flying Objects and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena reported to us indicated the existence of any military threat to the United Kingdom.
“It remains more valuable to prioritise MOD resource towards other Defence-related activities.”
Of interest, the MOD modified its usual response to the Liberation Times, which previously indicated that it had no opinion of extra-terrestrial life.
Its adapted response simply states that no sightings of extra-terrestrial intelligence indicated any military threat, but it does not deny the existence of such intelligence reported to or encountered by the MOD.
While this is not an explicit admission, it is noteworthy as it suggests the MOD may have encountered non-human intelligence.
Given the careful scrutiny and approval such statements typically undergo, this wording could prove significant, should a disclosure process unfold within the U.S. or another nation such as China.
Also noteworthy, not prioritizing UAP does not mean the MOD has no interest in the issue.
Liberation Times also contacted the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), which encompasses MI6, for a response following Lavac’s FOIA discovery.
An FCDO spokesperson said:
“It is the long-standing policy of HMG [His Majesty’s Government] not to comment on intelligence matters.”
Of note, journalist Jeremy Corbell obtained a photo of UAP intercepted by the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) over Syria in 2021.
A FVEY intelligence report generated months following the interception classified the object as 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena', despite the RAF classifying it as a drone.
The alleged drone engaged over Syria by the RAF in December 2021 and later classified as UAP by a Five Eyes Intelligence Report. Photographer unknown. Image courtesy of WEAPONIZED.
In a bombshell letter last year, Canadian politician Larry Maguire urged Canada's Minister of National Defence to request a briefing which could verify that Canada and its FVEY partners are involved in a secretive program concerning the recovery and exploitation of materials originating from UAP.
In the letter, dated 22 March 2023, Maguire fervently urged then Defence Minister Anita Anand to formally request a classified briefing on alleged covert UAP efforts involving Canada, writing:
‘I am writing to recommend you request a classified briefing, containing full sensitive and protected program information from your officials on the Government of Canada’s historical and ongoing efforts on analyzing recovered UAP material.’
Maguire added:
‘Recovered foreign material is studied through the Five Eyes Foreign Material Program (FMP) which, in Canada, is sponsored by the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command aligned with several intelligence sharing arrangements and treaties.’
Liberation Times understands that U.S. retrieval operations for unknown craft depend on the specific context, such as whether the object lands or crashes at sea, in contested territory, or within a joint theatre of operations with other allies.
Analysis is understood to occur after the craft and any biologics are transported to facilities, to determine whether the materials are of non-human origin.