Document · 13 November 2024
The United States Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community Are Withholding Information About Anomalous Phenomena From Congress
Also known as Immaculate Constellation report
A whistleblower report submitted to Congress by the journalist Michael Shellenberger and entered into the record of the House Oversight hearing of 13 November 2024 by Rep. Nancy Mace. Its author, unnamed, alleges that "Immaculate Constellation" is an unacknowledged special access programme, set up after the 2017 AATIP revelations, that collects and controls high-quality imagery and sensor data on UAP gathered by U.S. military assets, keeping it from circulating within the military intelligence enterprise.
The report claims the programme demonstrates a capability to "detect, quarantine, and transfer UAP and RV [Reproduction Vehicle] collection incidents". Shellenberger says a former intelligence official confirmed the programme exists and is run from the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
The Department of Defense said it has "no record, present or historical" of any special access programme by that name. The report's text is reproduced in Shellenberger's written testimony.
Sources: Shellenberger written testimony (2024) · DoD statement
Facts and claims
- documented The report was entered into the record of the House Oversight hearing of 13 November 2024, listed as “Report, Pentagon, ‘Immaculate Constellation’; submitted by Rep. Mace.” Source: doc-transcript-2024-11-13.pdf
- claimed Shellenberger testified that the whistleblower report describes Immaculate Constellation as an unacknowledged special access program consolidating UAP imagery and signature intelligence. — Michael Shellenberger Source: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth at 56:33
Connected files
Programs
- Immaculate Constellation (about)
People
- Michael Shellenberger (submitted by)
- Nancy Mace (published by)
Videos
- Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth (discussed in)
- FULL PRESSER: David Grusch & Lawmakers Call for UAP Records Declassification on Capitol Hill (9 June 2026) (discussed in)
- Breaking UFO Story: ‘Immaculate Constellation’ UFO Program (Ft. Michael Shellenberger) (discussed in)
Mentioned in this file
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Organization)
- Unacknowledged Special Access Program (Concept)
- Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (Program)
- Department of War (Department of Defense) (Organization)
Mentioned in documents and records
More documents
- Michael Shellenberger written testimony + appendices
- Hearing transcript: “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth”
- Admiral Wilson memo (EWD notes)
- David Grusch — written opening statement, House Oversight hearing (July 26, 2023)
- DOPSR case 22-SB-0151: prepublication clearance of Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp's “Book 2” (April 24, 2023)
- CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947–90 (Gerald K. Haines, Studies in Intelligence, 1997)