Multiple credible religious leaders claim they were privately briefed by U.S. military intelligence officers to prepare their congregations for UAP disclosure — and the White House has not denied it. With Trump promising "never-before-seen" files arriving "very, very soon," America may be standing at the edge of the most consequential government revelation in modern history.

BY SAMUEL LÓPEZ | USA HERALD · INVESTIGATIVE AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT

Something is moving inside the machinery of American power — and not everyone inside that machinery is waiting for an official announcement to say so.

The viral account of Pastor, Perry Stone and the secret government pastor briefings — has grown overnight. New details are surfacing. More voices are stepping forward. And critically, the government has not denied a single word of it.

Let me tell you what that means. And let me tell you why it matters right now, today, in ways it never has before.

THE BRIEFING

Perry Stone — the well-known Tennessee-based Pentecostal evangelist, author, and founder of Perry Stone Ministries — has gone on record with an account that defies easy dismissal. In a video that has now been seen by millions, Stone says a trusted associate informed him that a group of pastors was recently invited to hear directly from individuals connected to the U.S. government. The purpose, according to Stone: to prepare Christian leaders for an imminent disclosure event involving UAP — Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.

"Some of the people who were in the meeting were telling us as pastors, you need to prepare your people and you need to get ready to answer them for what you're about to hear being released."

— PASTOR PERRY STONE, IN VIDEO STATEMENT

Stone says the discussions involved craft "not allegedly a part of our planet," beings described as non-human, and a coordinated propaganda plan already in motion leading up to disclosure. And now, other voices are corroborating the core of the account.

American evangelist and podcaster Tony Merkel says he has been in contact with the officials involved for over a year. He describes them as "Christians in intelligence operations"specifically assigned to work within the UAP disclosure community. His account: they came to him with a mission — to prepare the body of Christ for what is coming.

EDITOR'S NOTE — ON THE RECORD

The state where the briefing occurred has not been disclosed. No government memo, official invitation, transcript, or attendee list has surfaced. Those facts matter, and this publication will say so plainly. What has not happened, however, is any government denial. In Washington, silence from the national security apparatus is never nothing.

"No government denial. In Washington, silence from the national security apparatus is never nothing."

THE WHITE HOUSE CONNECTION

Here is where the account becomes impossible to ignore on a purely factual basis.

President Donald Trump, speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix in April, told the crowd: "This process is well underway, and we found many very interesting documents — and the first releases will begin very, very soon. So, you can go out and see if that phenomena is correct. You'll figure it out."

That is a sitting president telling the American public that the government has been sitting on material they have not seen. It is not a rumor. It is not the account of a pastor or a YouTube video. It is a statement from the Oval Office level, delivered in public, on the record.

In February, Trump issued a formal directive ordering federal agencies to identify and release records related to extraterrestrial life and UFOs — explicitly calling for transparency around "alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs)." He said then what he repeated in Phoenix: "The American people deserve transparency and truth."

The Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office has since confirmed — in a statement to NBC News — that it is working with the White House to release "never-before-seen UAP information." Those are the Pentagon's own words. Never. Before. Seen.

"The American people deserve transparency and truth."

— PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

CONGRESS IS ALREADY THERE

The story of the pastors does not exist in a vacuum. It exists inside a Washington that has already been rocked by UAP testimony for years. Congress has held hearings. Military witnesses have testified under oath. Lawmakers have demanded documents, videos, and answers — and in many cases, have been ignored or stalled.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna — an Air Force veteran and chairwoman of the House Oversight Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets — sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding the release of 46 specific UAP videos. Her deadline passed. The videos were not produced. She has since announced she is considering subpoena authority to compel them.

Luna has been explicit about what she has seen in classified briefings. She told podcaster Joe Rogan in August 2025: "Have I seen evidence of this? Yes. Have I seen photo documentation of aircraft that I believe were not made by mankind? Yes. Is there historical significance to this? Yes."

She has gone further, describing the entities in classified briefings as "interdimensional beings" — and noting, publicly, that what she was shown bore striking resemblance to events documented in biblical texts.

That is a sitting U.S. congresswoman, on the record, drawing a line between classified UAP briefings and Scripture. Think about what it means that Perry Stone's pastors are now saying the same thing — independently, from a different angle, through a different channel.

WHY THE CHURCH? WHY NOW?

This is the question that should be driving the national conversation, and it is not being asked loudly enough.

If U.S. military intelligence officials genuinely convened a meeting with Christian pastors — men and women who each shepherd thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands, of followers — the implication is staggering. It means someone inside the national security apparatus believes the coming disclosure will hit religious communities with a force unlike anything else in modern life. It means they are not just managing the political fallout. They are managing the spiritual fallout.

Merkel put it plainly: the officials expressed specific concerns about the impact of UAP disclosure on organized religion. They were not briefing pastors as a public relations courtesy. They were doing triage — preparing spiritual leaders to absorb a shock before their congregations feel it.

"They were not briefing pastors as a public relations courtesy. They were doing triage — preparing spiritual leaders to absorb a shock before their congregations feel it."

Stone and others who were part of the conversation have framed the coming disclosure in prophetic terms — warning that what is revealed may be designed, at least in part, to create confusion about the nature of reality, the existence of God, and the foundations of biblical faith. They have compared it to what Scripture calls the "great deception" of the end times.

This publication does not adjudicate theology. That is not our role. But this publication does recognize that when credible, nationally known religious leaders begin delivering the same warning — independently, with matching details, without coordination — the accounts deserve serious attention. Not blind belief. Serious attention.

WHAT WE KNOW. WHAT WE DON'T.

What we know: Perry Stone is a nationally respected voice who has been in public ministry for decades. Tony Merkel has gone on record with a corroborating account. The stories match on the core details. No government agency has issued a denial. President Trump has personally confirmed that UAP files are being processed for imminent release. The Pentagon has confirmed it is preparing never-before-seen disclosures. Congressional leaders have publicly described classified briefings that align with the substance of what the pastors are claiming.

What we do not know: Who specifically convened the meeting. Where it occurred. Whether the officials acted with formal authorization or as concerned individuals acting within their private faith. Whether the files Trump is releasing will confirm, partially confirm, or contradict what the pastors say they were told.

The gap between what we know and what we don't is real. But that gap is narrowing — and it is narrowing fast.

THE PRESSURE COOKER IS AT FULL HEAT

America has been inside a UAP pressure cooker for years. The 2017 New York Times report on the Navy's classified UAP footage broke something open that has never been closed. Congressional hearings followed. Whistleblowers testified. A 17-page unclassified report in 2024 documented 485 UAP reports in a single year — 21 of them flagged for "further analysis" due to "anomalous characteristics." A senior Navy officer testified that in 2023, off the coast of California, he watched a glowing "Tic Tac" shaped craft emerge from the ocean and link up with three identical objects before all four vanished at impossible speed.

These are not fringe accounts. They are sworn testimony before the United States Congress.

And now the President of the United States is telling the nation: we found "very interesting"documents, and the releases begin "very, very soon."

What does "very soon" mean in a city that has stalled this conversation for 80 years? Nobody can say for certain. But what is no longer in question is the direction of travel. Something is coming. The only debate left is what it is — and whether America, its institutions, its faith communities, and its people are ready to receive it.

Stay with USA Herald. We will be here when the files drop.

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