Chris Mellon

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Chairman of the UAP Disclosure Fund. Played a central role in releasing Pentagon UAP videos to the media in 2017. Regular analyst on UAP policy and security issues.

Christopher Mellon is an American former intelligence official with extensive national security expertise. Born into the prominent Mellon family, he has held several key government positions, including Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence under Presidents Clinton and Bush, Minority Staff Director of the Senate Intelligence Committee under Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Policy, and Coordinator for Advanced Concepts and Program Integration in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

Mellon gained prominence by pushing for government transparency on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). He has focused on military pilot encounters with objects exhibiting extraordinary speeds and maneuvers without visible propulsion. Mellon helped bring Pentagon UFO videos from Navy pilots to public attention and worked with the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), a 2007-2012 Pentagon program investigating UAP. He co-founded To The Stars Academy with musician Tom DeLonge to advance research into aerospace technologies and potential extraterrestrial implications, and he influenced Senate and House Committees on Armed Services to seek information on AATIP and Pentagon UFO investigations.

Mellon has been instrumental in elevating UAP as a national security concern. He testified before Congress on UAP-related matters and authored articles highlighting UAP as warranting serious investigation. He contributed to language in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 directing the Director of National Intelligence and Secretary of Defense to create detailed analysis of UAP data. Mellon appeared on major platforms including podcasts to advocate for transparency and scientific research, and he argued that UAP phenomena challenge conventional physics and demand rigorous investigation.