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Senator Harry Reid

Also known as: Harry Reid

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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com The New Yorker Apr 30, 2021 10 facts

claimThe New York Times issued a correction stating that Senator Harry Reid did not believe crash debris had been allocated to private military contractors for study, but rather that he believed U.F.O.s may have crashed and that the resulting fallout should be studied.

accountSenator Harry Reid collaborated with Senators Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye to secure funding for a new government program related to U.F.O. research.

claimSenator Harry Reid believed that UFOs may have crashed and that the resulting debris should be studied, though he clarified he did not believe such debris had been allocated to private military contractors for study.

claimThe New York Times issued a correction stating that Senator Harry Reid did not believe crash debris had been allocated to private military contractors for study, but rather that he believed UFOs may have crashed and that the fallout should be studied.

claimJournalists Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal initially reported that Senator Harry Reid believed that vehicles from other worlds had crashed and that retrieved materials were being studied secretly by aerospace companies under government contracts.

claimSenator Harry Reid stated that he had never seen proof of any U.F.O. crash remnants.

quoteSenator Harry Reid stated: "I was told for decades that Lockheed had some of these retrieved materials. And I tried to get, as I recall, a classified approval by the Pentagon to have me go look at the stuff. They would not approve that. I don’t know what all the numbers were, what kind of classification it was, but they would not give that to me."

claimSenator Harry Reid requested Special Access Program (SAP) status for the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) in an attempt to gain clearance to investigate UAP/UFO materials, but the Pentagon denied the request.

accountRobert Bigelow introduced a Defense Intelligence Agency official to Senator Harry Reid to discuss their mutual interest in U.F.O.s.

claimIn June 2009, Senator Harry Reid filed a request for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program to be awarded 'restricted special access program' (SAP) status.