Summary

Leslie Kean is the investigative journalist most directly responsible for triggering the modern UAP disclosure era. On December 16, 2017, she co-authored 'Glowing Auras and Black Money: The Pentagon's Mysterious UFO Program' with Helene Cooper and Ralph Blumenthal in the New York Times - the article that revealed AATIP's existence, named Luis Elizondo, published the Nimitz Tic Tac video, and launched the chain of events that led to congressional hearings, the UAP Task Force, and AARO. This outcome required a decade of groundwork: her 2010 book 'UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record,' built entirely on named, credentialed military and government sources from seven countries, established her credibility and demonstrated that serious, sourceable UAP reporting was possible. Her methodology throughout has been defined by insistence on named witnesses with verifiable credentials, primary documentation, and institutional accountability - a standard that distinguishes her work from most UAP journalism and made the New York Times willing to publish.

Roles

• -Investigative Journalist
• -Co-Author - 2017 New York Times AATIP investigation
• -Author - 'UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record'
• -Founder - Coalition for Freedom of Information

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