the pentagon released its third uap declassification tranche via the war.gov/ufo portal: 53 documents, 10 images, and multiple audiovisual logs drawn from cia, fbi, nasa, and aaro sources, relying primarily on civilian eyewitness and federal law enforcement data rather than military sensor data. simultaneously at a capitol hill press conference, former uap task force member david grusch — now on a congressman's staff — expanded his prior claims to include multiple non-human species including what he described as sentient plasmoidal life forms, and lawmakers called on trump to waive ndas covering program personnel. the combination of official document release and concurrent congressional pressure on nda waivers marks a structural escalation in the pace of the disclosure cycle.