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Leslie Kean is a journalist who gained prominence for reporting on a secret U.F.O. program operated by the Pentagon, as detailed in her 2017 New York Times article [1], [2]. Her work has influenced Pentagon policy regarding U.A.P. investigations [3], [4] and has been the subject of both professional engagement and internal skepticism by Pentagon officials [5], [6], [7].
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com 15 facts
perspectiveA former Pentagon official expressed skepticism regarding Leslie Kean's evidence, stating that her slides contained terminology not used by the Pentagon and that the evidence "doesn't pass the smell test."
perspectiveA former Pentagon official suggested that the story of the AATIP program was complicated because the program Leslie Kean disclosed was of less consequence than the government interest she set in motion by publicizing the topic.
quoteIn June 2011, Leslie Kean advised an audience of officials from NASA, the Pentagon, the Department of Transportation, congressional staff, and retired intelligence officials that the primary challenge regarding U.A.P. was "to undo fifty years of reinforcement of U.A.P. as folklore and pseudoscience."
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.
perspectiveA former Pentagon official suggested that the program Leslie Kean disclosed was of less consequence than the government's subsequent interest in UFOs, which was inspired by widespread public fascination.
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.
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.
perspectiveA former Pentagon official expressed skepticism regarding Leslie Kean's evidence, stating that the terminology used in her slides was not consistent with standard Pentagon usage.
accountIn the summer of 2018, the civilian intelligence official managing the Pentagon's U.A.P. portfolio used Leslie Kean's article to advocate for a formal UAP investigation process to members of Congress.
claimA former Pentagon official suggested that the primary impact of Leslie Kean's reporting on U.F.O.s was not the specific program disclosed, but rather that the widespread public fascination with the government's interest in U.F.O.s eventually compelled the government to actually begin caring about the subject.
perspectiveA former Pentagon official argues that the public fascination with UAP/UFOs, sparked by Leslie Kean's reporting, was more significant than the specific program (AATIP) she disclosed, as it forced the government to actually begin caring about the subject.
perspectiveA former Pentagon official suggested that the U.A.P. program disclosed by Leslie Kean was less significant than the subsequent government interest it generated, noting that widespread public fascination eventually compelled the government to take U.F.O.s seriously.
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.
accountOn October 4, 2017, journalist Leslie Kean attended a confidential meeting at a hotel near the Pentagon, arranged by former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Christopher K. Mellon.
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.