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D. Dean Johnson

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Independent journalist. I might be mistaken, but I have the receipts. "Obi-Wan Kenobi of the deeper dive."—Billy Cox. Foe of apophenia. Mirador: douglasjohnson.ghost.io/author/doug…

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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"UAP EXPERT," RUBIO & TRUMP'S UFO "CONCERNS" I have little confidence in the descriptions of President Trump's purported UAP-related "concerns" which journalist Ilan Greenberg attributed to an unnamed "UAP expert" in the Sept. 26, 2026 POLITICO article linked, www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Trump Promised the Truth About UFOs. These Scientists Are Waiting.
The president named a science council to review the government’s data. What's taking so long?
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
POLITICO'S UFO ARTICLE: INTERESTING QUOTES & MISSING CLAIMS A 🧵 1) Today's 5,000-word POLITICO article, "Trump Promised the Truth about UFOs; These Scientists Are Waiting," by freelance journalist Ilan Greenberg, is worth reading, despite some puzzling omissions. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Trump Promised the Truth About UFOs. These Scientists Are Waiting.
The president named a science council to review the government’s data. What's taking so long?
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Sneezing Monkey interviews two Bob Lazar experts: Victor Coleiro and (in his first-ever podcast appearance) ace investigative journalist Signals Intelligence. An eye-opener for those who have only encountered the cleaned-up, streamlined versions of Lazar's tales. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG8r...
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Bob Lazar & S4: Contradictions & Hidden Details Deep Dive (feat SignalIntelligence & Victor Coleiro)
YouTube video by TheSneezingMonkey
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
SHOT: Marco Rubio (National Security Advisor & Secretary of State) (8-11-26): White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller now has the UAP portfolio "and I think he's doing a great job with that." CHASER: David Grusch (8-13-26): "I hope Secretary Rubio is helping Stephen Miller..." (continued)
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Journalist Ben Schreckinger has posted "A Beginner's Guide to UFOs, Aliens, and Disclosure." Neither I nor anybody else who follows this subject is going to agree with everything in somebody else's 16,000-word article, but a lot of work went into it--worth a read. www.paradigm.news/p/reality-sh...
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Reality Shock: A beginner’s guide to UFOs, Aliens and Disclosure
Three years after a bipartisan group of senators moved to assert eminent domain over “evidence of nonhuman intelligence,” the public is renegotiating its relationship with reality itself.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
LAW FIRM ISSUES UAP-DISCLOSURE ALERT The global law firm DLA Piper has posted an alert regarding the memo on UAP-related disclosures that was sent to all Intelligence Community organizations by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on 7-31-26. www.dlapiper.com/en-us/insigh...
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
UAP INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MEMO EXPLAINER Attorney Ross Garber has written an excellent explainer on the July 31, 2026 memo "Preliminary Guidance for Implementation of NDA Waiver," sent by Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas to all Intelligence Community organizations.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
UPDATE ON DAVID GRUSCH'S FOIA LAWSUIT A 🧵 1) In David Grusch's FOIA lawsuit against the Dept of War, relating to his claim the USAF filed a Espionage Act complaint against him in 2023, the parties now agree the remaining disagreement is whether the DoW adequately searched for responsive records.
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Ross Garber @realrossgarber.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
What the Trump admin’s UAP memo says (and doesn’t say) open.substack.com/pub/garberfi...
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What the Trump Admin’s July 31 UAP Memo Says — and Doesn’t
On Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a memorandum telling the American intelligence community, in substance, that its secrecy agreements no longer bind it — narrowly: ...
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PUT ON NOTICE ON "UAP TRANSPARENCY" On July 31, 2026, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas sent IC components "preliminary guidance" that employees and contractors "should" report UAP-related info to AARO or PURSUE; prior NDAs or oaths are waived.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
SENATE CONFIRMS JAY CLAYTON AS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE A 🧵 1) The U.S. Senate this evening (July 28, 2026) confirmed Walter "Jay" Clayton to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI), 51 to 47. The roll call was along party lines.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
An amendment by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) pertaining to incursions by Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) was added to the NDAA passed by the House of Representatives on 7-22-26. Smith inserted a statement into the Congressional Record explaining why he thinks the amendment is necessary, all shown below.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
On July 22, 2026, the House adopted the Burlison UAP/UFO amendment to H.R. 8800 (NDAA) as part of a large en bloc amendment package, without any floor debate or a separate vote. This ensures it will be an item in upcoming House-Senate negotiations that will craft a final version of NDAA by December.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The House of Representatives will act soon on a version of the UAP Disclosure Act, legislation first proposed in 2023 by Senators Schumer & Rounds. Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) will offer it as an amendment to the defense policy bill (H.R. 8800). Text at link: amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/B...
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
DNI NOMINEE "NOT AWARE" President Trump has nominated Walter "Jay" Clayton as Director of National Intelligence. In written responses to Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Clayton said he is unaware of what steps the ODNI has taken regarding "UAP transparency" or with whom ODNI coordinates at the EOP on UAP.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
On 6-29-26 Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) sought approval from the House Rules Committee to offer a version of the "UAP Disclosure Act" as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA, H.R. 8800), but his proposal was not on the list of 312 amendments later made in order by the committee.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
MALMGREN “MISSING SCIENTIST” MYTH-MAKING At a Capitol Hill forum 6-25-26, economist Pippa Malmgren said she thinks “a whole bunch of our most important scientists” in the US and China have disappeared. I don't know about China, but with respect to the US, her words were extravagant nonsense. A 🧵
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
MALMGREN “MISSING SCIENTIST” MYTH-MAKING At a Capitol Hill forum 6-25-26, economist Pippa Malmgren said she thinks “a whole bunch of our most important scientists” in the US and China have disappeared. I don't know about China, but with respect to the US, her words were extravagant nonsense. A 🧵
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
1) David Grusch, 5-5-26: "When I went public in June 2023, the Dept of the Air Force filed an unauthorized disclosure Espionage Act complaint against me." Pentagon to Rep. Burchett, 11-1-23: "At no point did anyone from the Air Force file a complaint with IOD [Intelligence Oversight Directorate]."
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
BURLISON PROPOSES UAP REVIEW BOARD A 🧵 1) Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) on 6-18-26 filed at the House Rules Committee a 65-page proposal to establish a review board empowered to locate UAP records and materials, a possible amendment to the FY 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8800).
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In an interview 5-5-26, former intel officer David Grusch, now a UAP policy advisor to Rep. Eric Burlison, said he'd prefer not to be "on the public stage." But, "I promise I'll write a book after this is all over. It'll be my leadership meditations...I'll do a media tour or something like that."
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (ODNI) REVEALS NEW "UAP GOVERNANCE BOARD" A 🧵 In response to my query, an ODNI official today (6-16-26) gave me the statement below, confirming the establishment of an interagency "UAP Governance Board" by ODNI, the FBI, and the "Department of War."
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
David J. Rush, former SES in CIA's Directorate of Science & Technology, was arrested w/$40 million+ in gold bars. The FBI affidavit is an amazing read, describing morphing and blatant background falsifications, undetected when the CIA hired him circa 2009. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Affidavit – #2 in United States v. Rush (E.D. Va., 1:26-mj-00177) – CourtListener.com
AFFIDAVIT by USA as to David Rush (lcre, ) (Entered: 05/20/2026)
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
EX-AARO OFFICIAL MIKE WASCHULL PROVIDES DETAILS ON "45-MINUTE" KIRKPATRICK-GALLAUDET MEETING; DENIES GALLAUDET WAS SEEKING JOB AT AARO A 🧵 In recent weeks, there have been sharply divergent public statements by retired rear admiral Tim Gallaudet and former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick...
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
FAKE 1) The document below was posted by many X accounts today. It was part of initial DoD UFO dump, then deleted. There are several highly incongruent elements that indicate forgery. VADM P.F. Carter did not become director of the Joint Staff until July 1, 1985, but the memo is dated May 28, 1985.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
EX-AARO OFFICIAL MIKE WASCHULL PROVIDES DETAILS ON "45-MINUTE" KIRKPATRICK-GALLAUDET MEETING; DENIES GALLAUDET WAS SEEKING JOB AT AARO A 🧵 In recent weeks, there have been sharply divergent public statements by retired rear admiral Tim Gallaudet and former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick...
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
KIRKPATRICK & PHILLIPS DISPUTE GALLAUDET Tim Gallaudet says "the first time I have ever seen or spoken to [ex-AARO Director] Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick was on April 9, 2026," but Kirkpatrick says Gallaudet met with him about 2023, interested in working for AARO, and deputy Tim Phillips says he was there.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
11) My comments on all this: A white paper titled "The UAP Body Count: A Case-by-Case Analysis," by Mick West (April 16, 2026), linked in two replies down, distills documented information on each of the ten persons discussed in the articles cited by the lawmakers.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
New from ace researcher Signals Intelligence: Proof Bob Lazar lied to George Knapp in 1989, claiming to have graduated from high school in Calif. at age 15 (in 1974). Actual graduation in NY, Aug 1976, age 17. Why this lie? Likely to fit Lazar's false claims to have earned 3 college degrees by 1985.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
New from ace researcher Signals Intelligence: Proof Bob Lazar lied to George Knapp in 1989, claiming to have graduated from high school in Calif. at age 15 (in 1974). Actual graduation in NY, Aug 1976, age 17. Why this lie? Likely to fit Lazar's false claims to have earned 3 college degrees by 1985.
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Red Pill Junkie @redpilljunkie.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
My latest op-ed is not only a review of the latest #BobLazar documentary, but a personal reflection on why #ufology refuses to get rid of him. Link to full article in the comments.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
COMER-BURLISON SEEK INFO BASED ON "UNCONFIRMED PUBLIC REPORTING" OF 10 MISSING/DEAD A 🧵 Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chair of the House Oversight Committee, and Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), a subcommittee chair, today (April 20, 2026) sent letters to heads of four federal agencies, seeking information
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It is very good that Rebecca Watson tapped into the extensive research on Bob Lazar's real-world history conducted by investigative journalist Signals Intelligence. It is a rich lode. I drew on it and other sources 3 years ago for a long thread on X, adding documents & video. x.com/ddeanjohnson...
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D. Dean Johnson on X: "1/25) Deep-dive research by @SignalsIntelUFO shows that in 1980, Bob Lazar married a woman 16 years his senior, Carol, previously convicted of 2nd-degree murder for armed assistance to Hells Angels in committing a brutal slaying. Why is this pertinent? https://t.co/22VYqGOKtJ https://t.co/o92IahfjFI" / X
1/25) Deep-dive research by @SignalsIntelUFO shows that in 1980, Bob Lazar married a woman 16 years his senior, Carol, previously convicted of 2nd-degree murder for armed assistance to Hells Angels in committing a brutal slaying. Why is this pertinent? https://t.co/22VYqGOKtJ https://t.co/o92IahfjFI
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
MISTAKEN IDENTITY A 🧵 1) Investigator "Signals Intelligence" dismantles a claim by fans of the Bob Lazar tall tales: "At first blush, research by [Richard] Geldreich seemed to offer evidence that the man whom Bob Lazar said was his supervisor [on alien project] at S4 was the Dennis John Mariani
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It is very good that Rebecca Watson gives credit here to years of work by investigative journalist "Signals Intelligence," whose posts on Medium and X extensively document the real-world history of Bob Lazar--scientist-impersonator, felon, and creator of ever-morphing tall tales of alien technology.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"These 1950s plans were all bomber-based: human beings, at every step...would need to carry out this horror, this atrocity...if you have, indeed, failed at your mission of deterrence...what moral shelter can one take, as one sets into motion the largest act of civilian slaughter in human history?"
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
BOBBING BOB LAZAR In 1997, Bob Lazar said, "There were 9 [alien craft] in all [in a secret program]...3 had been taken apart for investigation, one was damaged, one had crashed only in August 1981, and the rest were intact." But on other occasions, disparate stories. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2avF...
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Evolution of a Bob Lazar Claim Vol. I
YouTube video by SignalsIntelligence
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
KIRKPATRICK COMMENTS ON LUNA'S REQUEST FOR 46 UAP VIDEOS A 🧵 I asked former AARO Director Sean Kirkpatrick some questions about Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's 3-31-26 letter to Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth, requesting 46 specific UAP-related videos. Kirkpatrick's complete verbatim response appears below.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
LUNA LETTER TO HEGSETH REQUESTS UAP VIDEOS 1) U.S. House Oversight Committee release, April 1, 2026, says Federal Secrets Task Force Chairwoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth requesting a series of specific video files related to UAP sightings.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
1) I asked former AARO Director Sean Kirkpatrick about recent essays regarding the USAF fake-alien "Yankee Blue" program, published by @realrossgarber.bsky.social on February 24 and February 27, 2026, both of which I have re-posted on this account, and both of which I sent to Dr. Kirkpatrick. A 🧵
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Ross Garber @realrossgarber.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Members of Congress found out about a classified UFO program by reading the New York Times. That was 2017. I’ve examined what nearly a decade of hearings and legislation actually produced. Spoiler: not much. Or worse. open.substack.com/pub/garberfi...
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Why Congress Won't Crack the UAP Question
This is part 3 in a series examining how any official disclosures on the UAP topic will have to contend with a fog of deliberate misinformation and misdirection by government agencies.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Hillary Clinton, Feb. 26, 2026: "This [UFOs] is an issue of real importance to so many people. I think whatever can be disclosed should be disclosed....John Podesta, who was one of my advisors, was deeply interested in the issue. If I had been elected, I certainly would have listened to his advice."
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Presented here FYI: Pentagon spox Kingsley Wilson (2-27-26): "[AARO] is working in close coordination with the White House and across federal agencies...to facilitate the expeditious release of never-before seen UAP information...We welcome the President's initiative to supercharge these efforts..."
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
"In a recent nuclear war game at King’s College London, many leading language models including versions of ChatGPT, Claude and Google’s Gemini all quickly favored launching warheads. That could influence a human’s decision to fire, said Paul Dean [at the] Nuclear Threat Initiative." t.co/5k5wxe0car
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Garber: "The brilliance of these operations is that they’re self-sustaining and nearly impossible to disprove.... The system was designed so that genuine disclosures, disinformation operations, whistleblower testimony, and damage control would all look the same from the outside."
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Timothy Phillips was deputy director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) from Oct. 2023 to July 2025. I sent Ross Garber’s Feb. 24, 2026 Substack article, “The Pentagon’s UFO Psyop,” to Phillips, with some questions. Below, Phillips' response. @realrossgarber.bsky.social
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Ross Garber poses some pointed questions on Pentagon's "Yankee Blue": "What exactly happened? Who authorized it? Who was deceived--just military officers? Or Congress, civilian leadership, and the president, too? How much of our national security apparatus has been operating on false information?"
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
My advance-ordered copy of Prof. Wellerstein's new book about President Truman and the bomb arrived today. His RESTRICTED DATA: THE HISTORY OF NUCLEAR SECRECY IN THE UNITED STATES (2021) combined exhaustive research with pellucid writing; I am looking forward to enjoying more of the same here.
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Sabine Hossenfelder @hossenfelder.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
A group of astrophysicists (which does not include Avi Loeb) says they have found evidence of unidentified aerial phenomena in old photographic plates dating back to before the time of the first satellites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gt-...
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Astrophysicists Find Evidence for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
CONGRESSIONAL UAP UPDATE: On Oct 9, 2025 the Senate passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2296), advancing it to conference with the House of Representatives. The Senate-passed NDAA contains several UAP-related provisions, but not the Schumer-Rounds UAP Disclosure Act. A 🧵
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