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Leslie Kean is a prominent journalist and advocate who has extensively researched and reported on unidentified anomalous phenomena, as evidenced by her New York Times reporting on Navy encounters [1] and her advocacy for scientific scrutiny and government oversight of U.A.P. [2], [3], [4], [5].
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com 4 facts
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."
perspectiveLeslie Kean believes that reports of unidentified aerial phenomena deserve scientific scrutiny based on hard data rather than unsupported assertions about alien cadavers.
claimDuring a June 2011 presentation at the Center for American Progress, Leslie Kean advised officials that the challenge regarding U.A.P. (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) was to undo fifty years of reinforcing the topic as folklore and pseudoscience.
claimLeslie Kean argued that the U.S. government needed a centralized U.F.O. agency to ensure safety and security, and to encourage individuals who observed unexplained aerial phenomena to report them.
Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimRalph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean reported on Navy records describing encounters with unexplained flying objects in a New York Times article published on May 14, 2020.