Daniel Sheehan

Constitutional and Public Interest Attorney, 1970s–present

Case File

BornJuly 28, 1945

AliasesDanny Sheehan, Dan Sheehan

Service1970s–present

ClearanceObtained access to classified Project Blue Book files through Congressional Research Service in 1977; has claimed to have viewed classified crash retrieval documentation

Summary

Harvard-trained constitutional attorney with a 50-year career at the intersection of law, government accountability, and UAP disclosure. Best known in conventional legal circles for representing the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case, Karen Silkwood's estate, and defendants in the Iran-Contra affair through the Christic Institute. In UAP research circles, Sheehan is known for claiming to have viewed classified crash retrieval photographs in the Congressional Research Service archives in 1977 and for serving as General Counsel to Steven Greer's Disclosure Project, including the landmark 2001 National Press Club event. He has been a legal and institutional advocate for government UAP disclosure for nearly five decades, representing witnesses before congressional bodies and advising disclosure advocacy organizations.

Roles

-Constitutional and Public Interest Attorney
-Founder, Romero Institute; General Counsel, Disclosure Project
-Former Chief Counsel, U.S. Jesuit Headquarters

Organizations

Harvard Law School (graduate)Christic InstituteRomero InstituteNew Paradigm InstituteDisclosure ProjectU.S. Jesuit HeadquartersSteven Greer's Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI)

Education

-University of Massachusetts, Amherst (B.A.)
-Harvard Law School (J.D.)
-Harvard Divinity School (graduate study)
-Harvard Kennedy School of Government (graduate study)