AliasesJohn Ramirez CIA
Service1984-2009 (CIA); 2021-present (public UAP advocacy)
ClearanceTS/SCI (former)
Summary
Former CIA GS-15 intelligence officer with a 25-year career spanning the Directorate of Science and Technology, the Directorate of Intelligence, and the ODNI National Counterproliferation Center. A specialist in ballistic missile defense systems, signals analysis, and ELINT, he served as Chief of Base at an overseas technical collection facility. After retiring in 2009, he went public in October 2021 describing an institutional 'invisibility cloak' culture within the CIA that discouraged analysts from engaging with UAP data, and asserting that the Air Force withholds UAP information because recovered technology has already been applied in classified programs.
Roles
- -GS-15 Intelligence Officer, CIA (ret.)
- -Chief of Base, Overseas Technical Collection Facility (CIA)
- -Chief, Electronic Intelligence Analysis Branch (CIA)
Organizations
Central Intelligence AgencyOffice of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
Education
- -Specialised technical training in ballistic missile defense systems, signals analysis, and electronic intelligence (ELINT) through CIA and ODNI programs
Early Career
- -Joined the CIA in 1984; career spanned three major organizational units: the Directorate of Science and Technology, the Directorate of Intelligence, and the ODNI National Counterproliferation Center
- -Specialised in ballistic missile defense systems and the signals analysis of weapon system radars, eventually leading the Electronic Intelligence Analysis Branch
- -Served as Chief of Base at an overseas technical collection facility - a senior field role responsible for directing covert technical operations