Christopher Sharp

Christopher Sharp is a London-based investigative journalist with a background in communications who has emerged as one of the leading independent voices pursuing UAP disclosure stories in the mainstream media landscape since 2017. As the founder and editor-in-chief of Liberation Times, an independent online news outlet supported by Patreon subscriptions and donations, Sharp has positioned himself at the forefront of reporting on government UAP programs, intelligence community UAP activities, and the evolving disclosure environment in the United States and internationally.

Background and Early Work

Sharp's interest in UFOs and UAP phenomena evolved from childhood curiosity to serious investigative reporting. His professional journey was significantly shaped by the post-2017 shift in mainstream credibility around UAP topics, which transformed what had previously been considered fringe reportage into legitimate national security discourse. His background in communications equipped him with the journalism skills to investigate and verify claims about classified aerospace programs and government UAP activities, distinguishing his work from earlier speculation-based UFO reporting.

Liberation Times and Investigative Focus

Founded in the disclosure era (2017–present), Liberation Times operates under the motto "Reimagining Old News," emphasizing investigative journalism into stories that traditional media outlets had previously avoided or neglected. Sharp's publication has broken and extensively covered numerous stories central to the 2020s UAP disclosure accelerations, including:

• Allegations of U.S. government "luring operations" conducted at sensitive military testing facilities to study UAP behavior
• NASA's formal pushback against claims that the agency possesses imagery of unexplained objects
• Coordination between the White House and Pentagon regarding the declassification and strategic release of UAP material (including the PURSUE program documentation)
• Intelligence Community Inspector General warnings about potential disclosure of UAP whistleblower testimony
• Establishment of an interagency UAP governance board for ongoing investigations and systematic declassification efforts
• Connections between alleged legacy UFO programs and deceased Air Force officers with classified program knowledge

Government UAP Activities Coverage

Sharp's investigative work has focused extensively on U.S. government agencies involved in UAP recovery and research operations. His reporting has detailed the roles of the Maritime Branch of the CIA's Directorate of Operations, the U.S. Navy's involvement in crashed UAP recovery missions, the National Underwater Reconnaissance Office's activities, and United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) participation in UAP retrieval operations. This specialized reporting on underwater and clandestine recovery operations represents a distinctive focus compared to air-based sighting narratives that dominated earlier UFO discourse.

Media Presence and Credibility

Beyond Liberation Times, Sharp serves as a senior contributing journalist at the Daily Mail, lending institutional credibility to his independent reporting. He has become a regular guest on major podcast platforms focused on UAP topics, including Coast to Coast AM, Podcast UFO, and the UAP Files Podcast, where he discusses disclosure developments, government secrecy mechanisms, and the evolution of mainstream acceptance of UAP as a legitimate subject for institutional investigation.

His work represents a critical middle ground in the disclosure landscape: professional journalism with mainstream media credentials (Daily Mail) operating through independent funding mechanisms (Liberation Times via Patreon), allowing editorial independence from traditional editorial gatekeeping while maintaining journalistic standards. This positioning has made him influential among disclosure advocates while his rigorous sourcing approach has garnered respect even among skeptical observers.

Role in Disclosure Era

Since 2017, Sharp has been identified as one of a "handful of independent journalists pursuing the UFO disclosure story" with consistent access to information about government UAP programs and insider perspectives. His timing in founding Liberation Times coincided with the critical acceleration of institutional UAP acknowledgment through the AATIP revelations, Pentagon UAP confirmation, and subsequent disclosure program (PURSUE) documentation, positioning him to document and analyze these developments in real-time. His investigations have consistently pushed beyond official narratives to probe the historical depth of government UAP programs and the mechanisms of ongoing secrecy and strategic disclosure.