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cross_type 3.17 — strongly supporting 8 facts
Leslie Kean is related to the Pentagon through her investigative reporting on its secret U.F.O. programs, as detailed in her 2017 New York Times article [1], [2], [3]. Additionally, she has engaged directly with Pentagon officials regarding U.A.P. policy [4], and her reporting has influenced the Pentagon's internal management of its UAP portfolio [5], [6], [7].
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com 7 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."
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.
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 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 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.
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 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.