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The Senate leader who arranged funding for the Pentagon UFO study that became AATIP. 5 events, newest first.
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Skinwalker Ranch28 Dec 2021
Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada died at 82 after a four-year fight with pancreatic cancer. NBC News coverage noted that as majority leader he had pushed for funding of a UFO program.
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Whistleblowers30 Apr 2021
Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid told The New Yorker he had been told for decades that Lockheed held retrieved materials and that the Pentagon refused his request for clearance to see them. He did not claim to have seen any himself.
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Media6 Oct 2020
James Fox's documentary, narrated by Peter Coyote, surveyed UFO cases since the 1940s alongside the newly released Navy videos. It featured former Senate leader Harry Reid, ex-New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and researcher Jacques Vallee. It was released for digital download.
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Government24 Jun 2009
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wrote to Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn asking for a restricted special access program for parts of the DIA aerospace study he called AATIP, citing sensitive findings. A November 2009 DIA review found no justification for the protection.
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Skinwalker Ranch2007
Former Senate leader Harry Reid later said he asked Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye, who ran the defense appropriations subcommittee, to fund a study of aerial phenomena. He said they agreed to unpublicized money in the defense bill, and that the Pentagon put the study out to bid, which Bigelow won.
Photo: Office of United States Senator Ted Stevens (R- Alaska), Public domain
