Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick Interview: Aliens & Secrets With Former CIA Scientist

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Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick discusses his experiences and insights on UFOs and government secrecy.

UAP Files Podcast S4|21 Today's guest is Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, the former Director of AARO (the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office) and one of the most senior intelligence officials ever to publicly engage with the UFO/UAP topic.Over a career spanning decades, Sean has worked across the CIA, NRO, DIA, National Security Council, US Strategic Command, and US Space Command, holding positions including Chief Technology Officer at the DIA and Deputy Director of Intelligence for both STRATCOM and Space Command.Of all the people in the UFO world, Sean is someone I've wanted to speak to for a long time. Not because I expected shocking revelations, but because I'm fascinated by the human side of this subject just as much as the technology. Sean sits right at the centre of one of the most controversial debates in modern UFO history. In this conversation we discuss AATIP, AAWSAP, Skinwalker Ranch, government secrecy, pilot testimony, CE5, Jake Barber, the Nimitz case, and why Sean remains unconvinced that any evidence points to non-human intelligence.Whether you agree with him or not, few people have had a better view of the intelligence world, and even fewer have become such a polarising…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick

Topics covered

• UFOs
• government secrecy
• intelligence
• pilot testimony
• non-human intelligence
• AARO
• UAP

Keywords

• UFO
• UAP
• government
• intelligence
• AARO
• CIA
• Nimitz
• Skinwalker Ranch
• pilot testimony
• non-human intelligence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, NRO, DIA, National Security Council, US Strategic Command, US Space Command, AARO, AATIP, AAWSAP

Places: Skinwalker Ranch

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