Media Tour Continues for Former AARO Director Kirkpatrick

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A few months after the Skinwalker Ranch debacle, in which the Utah property owner Brandon Fugal clearly evidenced Sean Kirkpatrick being present during a UAP briefing, Sean Kirkpatrick went silent. Unsurprising to some, Kirkpatrick seemingly tried to lie about being at a briefing that involved Skinwalker Ranch on April 19th, 2018. For whatever reason, he looked to downplay his interest in UAP prior to taking the director role of the Pentagon’s Congressionally mandated UAP program. The  issues around Kirkpatrick aren’t considered anything new, with discrepancies, and inaccuracies, seeming to follow him closely. But why?

 

Kirkpatrick, made famous for his role as director of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), left the position back in December 2023. But before he did, he ensured the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) historical report was released with a clear message for Congress – nothing to the UAP issue. This came as no surprise, given that at every talking opportunity the former director would soundbite the annual Julian Barnes’ New York Times headline,  – ‘No evidence of extraterrestrials’.

Most famously, Kirkpatrick went to the media prior to David Grusch’s appearance before Congress hearing in July 2023 – again, using the ‘lack of evidence’ and ‘extraterrestrial’ slogans to downplay the entire issue.

Which technically, is correct.

We in the public, do not have any evidence for ‘extraterrestrials’ in Earth’s atmosphere. UAP displaying hyper-advanced technologies do not specifically equate to extraterrestrials from another planet. The term of non-human technology, however, is another matter for consideration.

The specific use of extraterrestrial origin was key wordplay when downplaying the entire issue, and also key for the disinformation coming from behind the Kirkpatrick mask (we can talk all day about Susan Gough and AATIP).

The extraterrestrial wordplay is why UAP advocates and Congress use ‘Non-human intelligences’ (NHI), as this term makes no assumption of origin and sidesteps the dogmatic and problematic issue of General Relativity – you can’t get here from there for reasons X, Y and Z.

Despite his media tour in the summer of 2023, Congress and the Senate pushed forward and attempted to create legislation within the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA) – which would ultimately be killed in the House by Congressman Mike Turner. Seemingly at the time, we believed it was Turner’s benefactors, the aerospace lobbyists from Boeing, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin who were responsible. However, in a July 2024 interview between Marik and Kirkpatrick– it became clear that it was also AARO and Kirkpatrick who also lobbied Congress against UAP transparency and killed the UAPDA Rounds-Schumer amendment.

Marik Von Rennenkampff: “Who gutted it last year?”

Ex-AARO director Kirkpatrick: “We convinced Congress last year not to go down that road…”

Again, this comes as no big surprise. The position of AARO and Kirkpatrick has followed the playbook of Susan Gough – the UAP gatekeeper for the Department of Defense (DoD) since the summer of 2019. Which is good if you are wanting to keep both the American public and the Congress in the dark on UAP, but not so good for the taxpaying public and Congress who are being lied to.

And as for the UAP historical report – well the report from March 2024 was filled with mistakes, misinformation and disinformation. Additionally, some very serious omissions around the biggest military cases were also intentionally left out – Gimbal (2015), Go Fast (2015) and Nimitz (2004).

 

 

Yet again, this comes as no surprise when we consider how little the former AARO director knows about those important cases. In his July 2024 interview with journalist, Marik Von Rennenkampff, Kirkpatrick showed his ignorance around basic case facts. Which would be fine if you are a hobbyist or amateur researcher, however, Kirkpatrick held an extremely important role and as it turns out, lobbied  Congressman Mike Turner and others against the UAPDA.

Kirkpatrick: “I haven’t looked at NASA’s [GoFast] analysis…. And, since “Gimbal” was at night, I’ve reached out for clarity”.

Incidentally, NASA’s analysis, should he have bothered to review the case details, made glaring errors around wind speed and failed to interview the pilots who were in the air that night. The other important issue, is that Gimbal (2015) was also filmed at night and goes against the wind – this has been common knowledge since 2019 at least.

So you can understand why Congress and the Senate are less than impressed with the apparent negligence of AARO and the former director. Then there was the Apollo-UAP case (2023), which AARO deliberately spread disinformation about and did so across their social media account – but that is another unfortunate episode in itself.

For the significance that AARO’s role plays, the implications for Americans, and for what has been happening in terms of disinformation, this is simply unacceptable.

Reform is drastically needed.

 

 

The one time director of AARO, and current media UAP spin-doctor, was again engaged with the mainstream media earlier in 2024. This time with a Guardian article written by Daniel Lavelle, a copy and paste type-piece that didn’t bother to provide alternative sources to a blatant narrative.

The Guardian, a well respected UK news organisation, published a Kirkpatrick influenced piece that provided serious misinformation around both UAP and whistleblower David Grusch, misleading the Guardian readers with no reference to the 64 pages of the Schumer UAP Disclosure Act (2023 version), which was and still is, an astounding piece of legislation.

 

 

The Guardian article omitted Congressional legislation that mentions NHI *22* times. Also, there was no mention that Sen. Rounds indicated twice,  ‘despite’ Kirkpatrick’s media tour – the Senate would proceed with the legislation. But Kirkpatrick wasn’t done.

Unfortunately, as already mentioned, the UAPDA would ultimately would be killed by Congressman Turner (and others) after being lobbied by AARO and Kirkpatrick himself – alongside private aerospace defense contractors – the same ones accused by Grusch and others of hiding crashed UAP.

A very distinct pattern was, and is, forming on how UAP is approached. The use of varying media ignorance as a tool for DoD purposes became apparent. Selected journalists were invited to the historical report’s pre-release, ensuring DoD narrative was spread and no questions asked to the contrary.

The overwhelming problem, is that we don’t have answers to what is engaging military strike groups or nuclear facilities. We don’t know who these object belong to or where they are coming from. All we know is that there are serious whistleblower claims around NHI, and instead of providing objective, rational and coherent investigations, the DoD is doing quite the opposite. They are determined to cover-up whatever is going on, and that is bad for Americans and the wider world.

 

Below is a rebuttal to the Guardian article from Lester Nare.

 

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Dear Editor,

I am writing to request corrections and clarifications for the article “He quit heading the Pentagon’s UFO office. Now a report of his has shaken up ufology” by Daniel Lavelle, published on March 22, 2024. After reviewing the article, I have identified several inaccuracies and instances of misleading or incomplete information that I believe should be addressed:

1. The article states that AARO’s conclusions have sent the world of ufology into a “tailspin.” This characterization is exaggerated and fails to acknowledge the diversity of views within the UFO community. Many researchers, current and former government employees, and interested parties are simply awaiting further information, evidence, and witnesses. The AARO Report provided no evidence, or data and was not peer-reviewed.

2. The use of the phrase “true believers” is dismissive and fails to capture the nuanced perspectives held by current federal government employees who take the UFO phenomenon seriously. This includes the Intelligence Community Inspector General Thomas Monheim, the Department of Defense Inspector General Robert Storch, the Joint Staff in J36 Homeland Defense Division, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby, Senators Schumer, Rounds, Rubio, Gillibrand, Heinrich, and Young, Representatives Garcia, Moskowitz, Burchett, Mace, Luna, Norman, Krishnamoorthi, Gaetz, Ocasio-Cortez, Gallagher, Carson, Ogles, and Nehls, among dozens of Naval Aviators and Air Force Pilots actively submitting range fouler reports, some of which are public record.

3. The article mentions “Men in Black” harassing David Grusch and other witnesses, which misrepresents Grusch’s statements. In his interviews, Grusch referred to “administrative terrorism,” such as threats of losing security clearances, and intimidation from aerospace companies allegedly holding non-human intelligence (NHI) craft. He has never referenced or used the phrase “Men in Black” or implied the connotation of that colloquial term. The article needs to more accurately represent Grusch’s claims.

4. The article states that Grusch hadn’t seen the spaceships and “biologics” with his own eyes and that “someone in the intelligence community told him the story.” This statement is categorically false. In his testimony under oath to the House Oversight Committee in July 2023, Grusch stated that he and his colleagues on the UAP Task Force interviewed 40 people, including high-ranking, Senate-confirmed officials, over a 4-year period. He also stated he could not characterize his first-hand knowledge in an unclassified setting. The article should include this context to provide an accurate representation of the facts of Grusch’s claims.

5. The article fails to mention that Grusch spoke to the DoD Inspector General and Intelligence Community Inspector General under oath and provided 11.5 hours of testimony to the Intelligence Committees in both the House and Senate. It also omits the supportive statements made by Senator Marco Rubio and other members of Congress regarding Grusch and other witnesses.

6. The use of phrases like “little green men and their spaceships” and “space aliens” is dismissive and undermines the seriousness with which many approach the topic of UFOs, including the Senate Majority Leader who spearheaded legislation last fall to seriously address the claims of recovered material of non-human origin. This was explicitly and specifically defined in the UAP Disclosure Act, which was passed unanimously by the Senate Intelligence Committee and referenced “non-human intelligence” over 20 times in the legislation.

7. The article incorrectly states that Robert Bigelow persuaded Senator Harry Reid to look into UFOs and related phenomena. According to the book “Skinwalkers at the Pentagon,” it was Dr. James Lacatski, the program lead for DIA on AAWSAP, who made this argument to Reid, not Bigelow.

8. The article oversimplifies the scope of the AAWSAP program, suggesting that Bigelow Aerospace used the entire $22 million to “chase UFOs and the paranormal at Skinwalker Ranch.” In reality, the ranch was only a small part of the AAWSAP program, as detailed in “Skinwalkers at the Pentagon” and can be referenced in the original Request for Proposal posted on August 18, 2008 (Solicitation Number: HHM40208R0211).

I kindly request that these inaccuracies and misleading statements be corrected or clarified to provide a more balanced and factual representation of the events and claims surrounding the UAP phenomenon and the individuals involved.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

 

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