A pivotal congressional hearing on UAP transparency dominated the week, featuring the first-ever testimony from an active-duty service member, new alleged combat footage of a UAP engaging a Hellfire missile, and stark accounts of whistleblower retaliation. These policy battles unfolded alongside profound scientific and philosophical debates, as new data revealed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS to be a colossal anomaly, and figures like Jacques Vallée called for a radical shift in research methodology, urging a move from passive observation to interactive, systemic inquiry.