News · 1 November 2026
CBS Sunday Morning: Ryan Graves, now on the UAP Science Advisory Council, says the released files are “not satisfactory to me”
interview · CBS News Sunday Morning · Original source
A CBS Sunday Morning cover story on the UAP Science Advisory Council, which CBS says was established by the Trump administration, reports that former Navy pilot Ryan Graves has joined it, and has Graves criticising the PURSUE releases as short infrared clips rather than the high-end sensor data pilots rely on. Chair Avi Loeb says the council is working first from what has been released and needs high-quality data; member Matthew Szydagis says there is still no definitive evidence.
Facts and claims
- claimed CBS Sunday Morning reports that Ryan Graves “was also recently added to the Advisory Council” chaired by Avi Loeb. On the PURSUE releases, Graves says: “What's being released is not satisfactory to me. What you are seeing are very short clips from infrared sensors aboard different platforms. And ultimately, these are not the high-end sophisticated tools that are used by pilots in order to make critical decisions about whether [an] object in the air is hostile, whether it's a decoy, whether it is a threat or not. And so, I think we're left with more ambiguity.” — Ryan Graves Source: cbsnews.com (archived)
- claimed Loeb says the council is working from what has been publicly released: “My role is really simple, because it's like a detective,” he said. “And the worst that can happen to a detective is that the detective is starved of data.” — Avi Loeb Source: cbsnews.com (archived)
- claimed Council member Matthew Szydagis (physics, University at Albany) told CBS: “We still don't have definitive evidence.” Source: cbsnews.com (archived)
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People
- Ryan Graves (features)
- Avi Loeb (features)
Organizations
- UAP Science Advisory Council (about)
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- Donald Trump (Person)