US Defence Scientist Claims Government Holds Evidence of Alien Bodies, Calls on Trump to Lift Secrecy Restrictions

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By Open Chronicle with agencies

A US defence scientist with decades of involvement in research into unidentified anomalous phenomena has made extraordinary new claims about alleged secret government evidence of recovered non-human craft and biological remains, while calling on President Donald Trump to remove the secrecy restrictions that he says prevent him from revealing what he knows.

Astrophysicist Dr Eric Davis, who has worked on research connected to the US defence and intelligence community, claims he has personally seen classified photographs and documentation concerning recovered unidentified craft and alleged non-human bodies.

Davis says the evidence remains protected by classified information rules and nondisclosure agreements, preventing him from publicly presenting the material that he says supports his claims.

Crucially, however, no physical evidence supporting the existence of recovered extraterrestrial bodies has been released publicly, and no US government agency has confirmed that it possesses alien spacecraft or biological remains. The allegations therefore remain unverified.

@POTUS RELEASE ERIC DAVIS FROM HIS NDA, AS HE IS CALLING ON YOU TO DO.

Physicist Dr. Eric Davis again claims he is personally aware of four types of Non-Human Intelligence in the possession of the U.S. Government:

• Greys
• Nordics
• Insectoids
• Reptilians

If true, this… pic.twitter.com/ngpLVcca4G

— DisclosurePress (@Disclosure413) August 18, 2026

Eric Davis calls for protection to speak publicly

Davis has appealed directly to Trump to remove the legal restrictions that he says prevent UAP insiders from discussing classified information.

He specifically referred to the Standard Form 312, or SF 312, the nondisclosure agreement used by the US government for people granted access to classified information.

Davis argues that presidential action could allow people with relevant security clearances to discuss information that would otherwise expose them to professional, civil, or criminal consequences.

In a recent public statement, Davis described himself as an astrophysicist and chief scientist working within the US defence intelligence industry and said he had investigated UAP for approximately three decades.

He claimed to have encountered classified and proprietary material that the public should be permitted to see.

The request represents an important distinction in the current UAP debate.

Davis is not simply asking the government to investigate unidentified objects. He is effectively asking Washington to declassify information that he claims already establishes something much more consequential.

Davis says he saw photographs and records

Davis’s most striking assertion concerns what he says he personally observed.

He claims to have viewed classified photographs, reports and documentation involving alleged recovered craft and bodies.

Speaking about seeing the material, Davis said the experience convinced him that the phenomenon was physical rather than theoretical.

He has also publicly claimed that classified records describe multiple alleged retrieval incidents extending back decades.

These statements go considerably further than merely acknowledging that unexplained objects have been detected by military personnel.

The US government already acknowledges that some UAP cases remain unresolved.

What it has not publicly acknowledged is possessing extraterrestrial spacecraft or alien bodies.

That distinction is fundamental.

An unexplained object is not evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence. It simply means available information has not produced a satisfactory identification.

Claims involving several alleged types of beings

The latest controversy also follows separate extraordinary allegations that recovered biological material could represent more than one alleged type of non-human intelligence.

Physicist Harold “Hal” Puthoff, who has previously participated in government-connected UAP research, claimed earlier this year that people allegedly involved in recovery programmes had described at least four different types.

Puthoff explicitly acknowledged that this information was secondhand and that he had not personally accessed the alleged biological material.

Reports have linked Davis with descriptions of alleged beings commonly characterised within UFO literature as “Grays”, “Nordics”, “Insectoids” and “Reptilians”.

There is currently no independently verified scientific evidence establishing that any of these supposed species exist.

No publicly available biological samples have been subjected to independent scientific examination.

No peer-reviewed genetic evidence has demonstrated an extraterrestrial organism.

No government agency has authenticated photographs showing such bodies.

The claims consequently remain allegations rather than established scientific findings.

The credibility question

Davis’s professional background is one reason his statements have attracted attention.

He has been associated with programmes investigating unusual aerospace phenomena and worked with researchers involved in the Pentagon-linked Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program, commonly known as AAWSAP.

This gives his allegations a different context from anonymous internet UFO claims.

But credentials alone cannot establish that an extraordinary claim is true.

The central problem remains evidence.

Davis says the decisive evidence is classified.

That means independent scientists, journalists and the wider public cannot currently examine it.

The situation creates an unavoidable evidentiary problem: the information said to prove the allegation is also the information unavailable for independent verification.

Previous US investigations found no confirmed extraterrestrial technology

Publicly available US government assessments have not supported claims that Washington possesses extraterrestrial spacecraft.

The Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, AARO, released a historical review in 2024 examining allegations of secret government programmes involving recovered alien technology.

The office said it found no empirical evidence that the US government or private companies had been reverse engineering extraterrestrial technology.

It also concluded that some historical allegations could be explained by misunderstandings involving authentic classified national security programmes.

Davis disputes elements of the official historical narrative and maintains that classified records contain information unavailable in public investigations.

This disagreement is now central to the broader disclosure debate.

Either important information remains compartmentalised beyond the reach of public investigations, as some UAP advocates argue, or extraordinary stories have developed around misunderstood classified programmes, incomplete records and decades of UFO mythology.

Public evidence has not resolved that dispute in favour of extraterrestrial explanations.

Congress has taken UAP allegations seriously

What has unquestionably changed is the willingness of American lawmakers to investigate UAP claims.

Congressional hearings over recent years have heard testimony from military personnel, intelligence officials and whistleblowers.

Perhaps the most consequential came in 2023 when former intelligence officer David Grusch testified before Congress and alleged that the United States had operated a secret crash retrieval programme.

Grusch also referred to alleged “non-human biologics” associated with recovered material.

His testimony generated enormous international attention.

But Grusch did not publicly produce physical biological material or spacecraft fragments that independent researchers could examine.

The allegations therefore intensified congressional scrutiny without scientifically establishing extraterrestrial visitation.

Why secrecy complicates the debate

The US government unquestionably operates highly classified aerospace and intelligence programmes.

Historically, secrecy surrounding genuine military projects has sometimes contributed to UFO sightings and speculation.

During the Cold War, aircraft including the U 2 and A-12 operated at altitudes and speeds unfamiliar to much of the public.

People observing secret aircraft could report genuinely unusual objects without knowing they were seeing American technology.

Modern classified programmes involving stealth aircraft, drones, sensors, electronic warfare and space systems create similar possibilities.

At the same time, UAP advocates argue that classification could also conceal evidence genuinely unrelated to conventional human technology.

The difficulty is distinguishing those possibilities without access to the underlying information.

What would constitute convincing evidence?

The scientific standard would be considerably higher than testimony alone.

If the US government truly possesses non-human biological material, independent examination could potentially answer the question decisively.

Researchers could analyse DNA or alternative genetic structures.

They could study cellular composition.

Isotope ratios might reveal whether material originated in Earth’s environment.

Anatomical structures could be compared with known terrestrial organisms.

Recovered technology could similarly undergo materials analysis, manufacturing examination and isotopic testing.

Such evidence would be transformative because independent laboratories could attempt to reproduce and verify the findings.

Until that happens, testimony about classified photographs or documents cannot provide the same level of certainty.

Trump’s role could become decisive

Davis’s appeal places Trump directly into the disclosure debate.

A president possesses substantial authority over classified information within the executive branch, although declassification involving sensitive programmes can carry major national security implications.

If the White House determined that relevant UAP material could safely be released, it could potentially initiate a broader declassification process.

That does not necessarily mean every document could immediately become public.

Information might reveal intelligence sources, surveillance capabilities, military technologies or foreign intelligence operations unrelated to the UAP question.

A serious disclosure process would therefore probably require extensive review and redaction.

But if Davis’s claims are correct, presidential intervention could potentially provide a path toward resolving at least some of the controversy.

The issue is ultimately about evidence

The UAP debate has undergone a remarkable transformation.

What was once largely associated with UFO enthusiasts has become a subject of congressional hearings, Pentagon investigations, military reporting systems and national security discussions.

Pilots have reported objects they could not immediately identify.

Government agencies have investigated unusual observations.

Members of Congress have demanded greater transparency.

Former officials have made extraordinary allegations.

Those developments justify serious investigation.

They do not, by themselves, establish extraterrestrial visitation.

Davis’s latest claims therefore present a straightforward challenge to Washington.

If classified evidence exists showing recovered non human craft and biological remains, releasing material capable of independent verification could represent one of the most consequential scientific disclosures in human history.

If such evidence does not exist, continued reliance on testimony about inaccessible classified material will leave the controversy where it has remained for decades: suspended between extraordinary claims and insufficient publicly verifiable proof.

For now, the distinction is essential.

Eric Davis says the US government possesses extraordinary evidence. The US government has not publicly confirmed his central claim, and independently verifiable evidence of alien bodies has not been presented.