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Leslie Kean is a journalist who has covered the U.F.O. beat for The New York Times since 2017, as evidenced by her co-authoring of the seminal 2017 front-page report on the Pentagon's secret U.F.O. program [1], [2], and [3]. She was instrumental in bringing these UAP stories to the publication [4], [5], and has since continued to report on the subject for the outlet [6], [7].
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com 16 facts
quotePodcast host Joe Rogan has praised Leslie Kean's 2017 New York Times article for precipitating a cultural shift regarding U.F.O.s, stating: 'It’s a dangerous subject for someone, because you’re open to ridicule. But now you could say, ‘Listen, this is not something to be mocked anymore—there’s something to this.’'
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.
claimA July 2020 article by Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal in The New York Times referenced unclassified slides, reportedly shown at congressional briefings, that mentioned "off-world" vehicles and "crash retrievals."
accountOn December 16, 2017, Leslie Kean and two New York Times journalists published a report in The New York Times revealing that the Pentagon had operated a secret U.F.O. program for ten years.
accountLeslie Kean credited Luis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon for coming forward regarding UAP/UFO transparency efforts, describing her experience writing for the New York Times as a "miracle" and the "pinnacle of everything I’ve ever wanted to do."
accountRalph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean pitched a story to The New York Times about a senior U.S. intelligence official who had recently quit and intended to expose a secret government program.
claimLeslie Kean was offered U.F.O. videos and chain-of-custody documentation on the condition that she publish a story in The New York Times.
quoteLeslie Kean stated: “When the New York Times story came out, there was this sense of ‘This is what the U.F.O. people have wanted forever.’”
claimLeslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal reported in The New York Times that Senator Harry Reid believed crashes of vehicles from other worlds had occurred and that retrieved materials had been studied secretly for decades, often by aerospace companies under government contracts.
claimLeslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal have covered the U.F.O. beat for The New York Times since 2017.
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.
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.
claimLeslie Kean credited Luis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon for coming forward with information regarding U.A.P.s, which led to her writing for The New York Times.
accountSince 2017, Leslie Kean has covered the U.F.O. beat for The New York Times, often sharing a byline with Ralph Blumenthal.
claimLeslie Kean was the principal instigator of the 2017 New York Times story that initiated a new cycle of public and media attention regarding U.F.O.s.
Ufology: From Fringe to Mainstream to Fringe? - Skeptic Magazine skeptic.com 3 facts
claimThe New York Times article regarding UAP was authored by Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal, and Leslie Kean.
claimLeslie Kean was instrumental in bringing the UAP story to The New York Times.
accountChristopher Mellon facilitated a meeting between Leslie Kean and Luis Elizondo, which enabled Kean to bring the UAP story to The New York Times via Ralph Blumenthal.
Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 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.