President Donald Trump has directed federal agencies to waive prior nondisclosure agreements for current and former employees or contractors who provide UAP information through authorized government channels. Fox News reported the instruction on July 21, naming the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office and the PURSUE program as the channels covered by the initiative.
A senior administration official told the outlet that the action is not a mass-declassification directive. The waiver applies when a person cooperates with an approved interview or reporting process; it does not authorize publication of classified material, release of operational details or unrestricted discussion outside those channels.
The distinction matters because an NDA is a contractual restriction, while classification rules arise from separate law and executive policy. Removing one barrier can let a witness answer authorized questions without fearing a contract claim, but it does not by itself make the underlying information public. Agencies will still have to determine which records and statements can be shared.
Defense Department spokesman Sean Parnell publicly said the department supports the president's initiative and framed it as an effort to bring UAP information into lawful review channels. That endorsement confirms institutional backing for the process, not the accuracy of every claim that a participant may later submit.
The practical effect will depend on how quickly agencies identify covered agreements, notify eligible people and coordinate classification reviews. The directive may widen the pool of testimony available to investigators, but no new evidence is established by the waiver itself. Its immediate significance is procedural: it attempts to clarify where protected witnesses can speak and which government bodies may receive their accounts.