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Former CIA director John Brennan discusses UAP with Tyler Cowen

When: 16 Dec 2020
Sources: 3 public sources

Former CIA director John Brennan, who discussed UAP on the Conversations with Tyler podcast CIA photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

On the Conversations with Tyler podcast, former CIA director John Brennan called the Navy pilot videos eyebrow-raising and said some phenomena might reflect something not yet understood, possibly another form of life. He framed it as keeping an open mind, not as a conclusion.

Sources

FirsthandJohn O. Brennan on Life in the CIA (Ep. 111) (opens in a new tab)Conversations with Tyler (Mercatus Center) / 2020-12-16
PressFormer CIA director says unexplained phenomenon 'might ... constitute a different form of life' (opens in a new tab)Fox News / 2020-12
OtherFormer CIA Director John Brennan on UFOs, December 16, 2020 (opens in a new tab)The Black Vault / 2020-12-17

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