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Here’s a list of sources for your coverage.
Documents and websites
The New York Times article that led to US government disclosure (16 Dec. 2017)
US Department of Defense:
- AARO, the UAP investigating branch
- Annual UAP report (14 Nov. 2024)
- Historic first DoD report (25 June 2021)
US Congress hearing 13 Nov 2024
The Sol Foundation (a centre for UAP research)
The New Paradigm Institute (organisation calling for full UAP disclosure)
The ‘extratempestrial’ model (aliens are our future human descendants)
The ultraterrestrial model (‘aliens’ are from an ancient, advanced terrestrial civilisation)
Bernardo Kastrup’s essay on the UAP phenomenon and his book, “Meaning in Absurdity”
Possible references to ET spacecraft in the Bible’s Book of Ezekiel
References to intelligent ET life in the Vedic texts (Hindu tradition)
Ancient Sumerian tale of the possibly extraterrestrial race, the Anunnaki
Relevant people
Timothy Cole Gallaudet, former US Navy Rear Admiral and UAP researcher
Jeremy Corbell, investigative journalist
Ross Coulthart, investigative journalist
Luís Elizondo, former senior leader of AATIP and whistleblower
James Fox, filmmaker
David Fravor, former US Navy pilot and whistleblower
Ryan Graves, former US Navy pilot and whistleblower
David Grusch, former US intelligence officer and whistleblower
Gary Heseltine, UAP investigator and vice president of ICER
George Knapp, investigative journalist and Netflix series host
Garry Nolan, professor of pathology and UAP researcher
Hal Puthoff, physicist, parapsychologist and UAP researcher
Daniel Sheehan, civil rights attorney and UAP disclosure advocate
Michael Shellenberger, investigative journalist
Peter Skafish, Executive Director of the Sol Foundation
Jacques Vallée, astronomer, computer scientist and ufologist
Beatriz Villarroel, astronomer
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Written by Anders Bolling. Edited by Liza Horan.
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