Jennice Vilhauer

Los Angeles clinical psychologist on the UAP Science Advisory Council who leads work on the psychological impact of possible UAP and NHI disclosure.

Current role: Clinical psychologist, Los Angeles; developer of Future Directed Therapy; member of the UAP Science Advisory Council (quantitative psychology); advisory board member, Disclosure Foundation

Former roles:

Director of outpatient programs, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta
Director of outpatient programs, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Background

Jennice Vilhauer is a clinical psychologist in Los Angeles. She studied at UCLA, took her PhD at Fordham University and did postdoctoral training at Columbia, and formerly directed outpatient programs at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She developed Future Directed Therapy and wrote Think Forward to Thrive. In 2026 she turned to the psychology of UAP disclosure: she was lead author of a June white paper on public response and preparedness, and she sits on the Disclosure Foundation's advisory board. On 13 June 2026 Avi Loeb named her to the UAP Science Advisory Council for quantitative psychology, as reported by DefenseScoop. The council is advisory only: it works from unclassified data, its members hold no clearances, and it has no published charter or budget.

On the record

2026-10-01 – Calcalist/CTech – on why she joined: "I'm a member of the scientific council largely because I really want to find out." Asked whether non-human intelligence exists: "I don't know yet." CTech
2026-09-09 – IBTimes UK, reporting a Substack post by Vilhauer – she wrote that officials briefed the council on a "preparedness plan" at an in-person meeting at ODNI on 31 August without sharing its details, and that "It does mean that the possibility of confirming NHI has been taken seriously enough to warrant advance planning." She stressed the plan is not evidence that NHI exists. Her Substack post · IBTimes UK
2026-07-02 – Scientific American – on her role studying people who report UAP encounters: "There's a tremendous amount of data that goes into what people are reporting". Scientific American
2026-06-19 – white paper, "The Psychological Impact of UAP/NHI Disclosure: A Framework for Understanding Public Response and Preparedness", lead author with Tim Lomas, Daniel Stubbings, Omer Eldadi, Gabriel de la Torre and Thomas Rabeyron, presented at the Disclosure Foundation Forum in Washington on 25 June – "The question is no longer whether disclosure is happening—it is," and "Waiting until major developments occur will be too late." Release
2026-06-13 – named to the UAP Science Advisory Council (quantitative psychology). DefenseScoop

Responses and criticism

IBTimes UK noted that the "preparedness plan" has not been confirmed by ODNI or any other federal agency in a public statement, and that it had seen no documentation of it. IBTimes UK

Timeline of involvement

2026-06-13 – named to the UAP Science Advisory Council
2026-06-19 – white paper on the psychological impact of disclosure released
2026-06-25 – paper presented at the Disclosure Foundation Forum, Washington
2026-08-31 – attends the council's in-person meeting at ODNI
2026-09 – describes a government "preparedness plan" on Substack, as reported by IBTimes UK
2026-10-01 – interviewed by Calcalist/CTech

Relevant links

Part of the Key People in Disclosure series. Verified 2026-10-10. Spotted an error? Reach out.