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Former AARO director Kirkpatrick rebuts hidden-program claims

When: 19 Jan 2024
Sources: 1 public source

Sean Kirkpatrick, AARO's first director, at a 2023 Senate hearing Defense.gov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sean Kirkpatrick, AARO's first director, wrote in Scientific American that claims of a secret U.S. program to recover and reverse-engineer alien craft were unsupported by evidence, arguing they spread by circular reporting among a small group of advocates.

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FirsthandHere's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter (Sean M. Kirkpatrick) (opens in a new tab)Scientific American / 2024-01-19

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