Australia Needs a UAP Taskforce

The United States Congress has moved from decades of silence to structured, public UAP disclosure. It now uses a formal category — Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) — to describe objects and piloted crafts observed in the air, in space, and in the ocean that current physics and engineering cannot explain. Former Pentagon UAP Task Force liaison Col. Karl Nell has stated there is “zero doubt” non-human intelligence has visited Earth. Whistleblower David Grusch has testified before Congress about decades of undisclosed recovery and research efforts pertaining to damaged or intact UAP. UAP, are not attributable to any culture or nation on Earth, they are aerospace vehicles with direct association to Non-Human Intelligences. Bipartisan legislation has now passed the U.S. House of Representatives to force scheduled, public release of the evidence, through an independent review board with legal powers. The White House has also publicly supported UAP transparency efforts to disclose to the public the truth about UAP and Non-Human Intelligences. 
Australia has none of this. No taskforce, no timeline, no forum, no national debate, no public discourse from leaders, no formal reporting pathway — at Commonwealth or state level. As a result, Australia is lacking in responsible strategy and vision.  

What we’re asking for:

A Commonwealth UAP Taskforce, developed in partnership with the states, to:

∙ Investigate and report on UAP incidents affecting Australian airspace, waters, and personnel, led by an independent, non-political review board — spanning fields such as astrophysics, engineering, medicine, psychology, Indigenous knowledge, and the natural sciences — appointed on merit through an open process, not political affiliation.

∙ Report directly to the Prime Minister for public disclosure, with full security clearance and access to relevant material — narrow exceptions only where disclosure poses a direct, immediate national security risk.

∙ Give the public, pilots, and defence personnel a simple, protected national reporting pathway, with findings shared back publicly — and end the stigma around treating a UAP report as a legitimate observation worthy of calm, professional review.

∙ Directly address the core Non-Human Intelligence question — including any recovered craft or materials, subject to independent scientific assessment — and engage allied nations to share findings in service of a shared human understanding of the phenomenon.

∙ Protect whistleblowers fully, and grant amnesty to first-hand knowledge holders, serving or retired, who have officially interfaced with UAP or NHI in their duties.

∙ Fund a dedicated UAP research stream across Defence, academia, and private industry, in collaboration with allies, to bring Australian scientific capability to bear on the phenomenon.

∙ Release core findings on a fixed, public timeline — not indefinitely, and not left to leak out piecemeal.

∙ Build a formal declassification and societal preparedness process alongside the taskforce’s work: a staged, transparent pathway to public acknowledgment, paired with public education on why early secrecy happened and that today’s officials inherited this position rather than created it. This includes a national framework for the post-acknowledgment period — clear public communication, mental health and community support resources, and a plan for smooth societal and economic transition — balanced against legitimate national security exceptions, so disclosure is managed responsibly rather than left to unfold as a shock.

Why now

This is a modest, measured request: not for classified detail that would harm national security, but for the core truths about UAP and the associated Non-Human Intelligences. For comparison, the equivalent US body is funded at roughly USD $20 million in its first year — a small, justifiable cost next to what’s already spent on defence, and next to what’s at stake in understanding the biggest questions in our nations history.
Australia has the chance to be a thought leader on this conversation in our region, alongside allies like the U.S.A. and New Zealand, rather than wait to be told what’s already been decided elsewhere, or be left behind by adversarial nations.
Sign to ask Parliament to establish an Australian UAP Taskforce.