The New York Times ↔ Pentagon

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The New York Times is related to the Pentagon because it published investigative reports, such as the 2017 article 'Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program', which exposed the existence of a covert U.F.O. initiative run by the Pentagon [1], [2], [3]. This reporting directly influenced the Pentagon's internal management of its UAP portfolio [4] and involved journalists like Helene Cooper who served as a Pentagon correspondent [5].

Facts (6)

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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com The New Yorker 4 facts

accountOn December 16, 2017, Leslie Kean and two New York Times journalists published a front-page story in the New York Times revealing that the Pentagon had been running a surreptitious U.F.O. program for ten years.

accountOn December 16, 2017, Leslie Kean and two New York Times journalists published a front-page story revealing that the Pentagon had been running a surreptitious U.F.O. program for ten years.

claimThe New York Times article "Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program" focused on the existence of the covert U.F.O. initiative rather than the reality of the U.F.O. phenomenon, with the Nimitz encounter being the only case discussed at length.

claimWithin one month of the publication of Leslie Kean's New York Times article, the Pentagon reassigned its UAP portfolio to a civilian intelligence official with a rank equivalent to a two-star general.

Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 1 fact

claimHelene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal, and Leslie Kean reported on the Pentagon's mysterious UFO program in a New York Times article titled 'Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program' on December 16, 2017.

Ufology: From Fringe to Mainstream to Fringe? - Skeptic Magazine skeptic.com Skeptic 1 fact

claimHelene Cooper, a Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times, had no prior interest in UAP before working on the 2017 UAP story.