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US governments official UFO hunter reveals what he learned before retiring
The US governments official UFO hunter Sean Kirkpatrick has opened up on what he learned in office at the DOD before retiring.
Sean Kirkpatrick is an American physicist who served as the first director of the US DODs All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the governments official team for UFO investigations. This week, six weeks after he retired from office, Kirkpatrick has opened up on what he learned as (in his own words) Americas official UFO hunter.
Sean Kirkpatrick faced scrutiny as an official UFO hunter
Sean Kirkpatrick took office as the first director of the US Department of Defenses All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in July 2022, stepping down from the role on December 1, 2023.
Throughout his time in office, Kirkpatrick was the subject of both intense scrutiny from members of Congress looking for a quick headline, and the slew of conspiracy theorists online who were seemingly convinced he was the man responsible for covering up evidence of UFOs.
Unfortunately for those tin-foil hat enthusiasts, Kirkpatrick has now opened up in a fascinating opinion piece with Scientific American and surprise, surprise absolutely no legitimate evidence has ever been brought forward to suggest that the US government (USG) has been hiding aliens or their technology.
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According to Kirkpatrick, the most prominent conspiracy alleges the US has been hiding and attempting to reverse engineer as many as 12 UAP/UFOs from as early as the 1960s and perhaps earlier.
Yet despite this alleged cover-up going on for the better part of 60 years and conspiracy theorists having failed to provide any legitimate evidence, millions of Americans still believe the US government is hiding E.T. somewhere in the Nevada desert.
As Kirkpatrick poignantly remarks, as a modern society, our capacity for rational, evidence-based critical thinking is eroding day by day with each new hoax UFO story that enters the news cycle.
Our efforts were ultimately overwhelmed by sensational but unsupported claims that ignored contradictory evidence yet captured the attention of policy makers and the public, driving legislative battles and dominating the public narrative.
The one thing that frightened him
In fact, Kirkpatrick shared how even when he and his team working at the AARO discovered something important, their reports fell on deaf ears again, none of these were evidence the US is hiding aliens or alien technology.
The most obvious finding was that there are no records of any president, DOD, or intelligence leader knowing about this alleged program of hiding alien technology.
Kirkpatrick said that this speaks volumes to the state of the theory, since its inconceivable that a program of such import would not ever have been briefed to the 50 to 100 people at the top of the USG.
He also pointed to the fact many of these claims are widespread and that this seems to give them legitimacy even in the face of no substantiated evidence, which Kirkpatrick blames on the modern media cycle:
Part of the problem we face today, however, is that the modern media cycle drives stories faster than sound research, science and peer review time lines can validate them. More worrisome is the willingness of some to make judgments and take actions on these stories without having seen or even requested supporting evidence.
Whats even more egregious here is that many of these baseless claims can be traced back to just a small handful of individuals, most of whom failed to even show up to hearings about the alleged conspiracy.
As of the time of my departure, none, let me repeat, none of the conspiracy-minded whistleblowers in the public eye had elected to come to AARO to provide their evidence and statement for the record despite numerous invitations.
The entire article can be found in Scientific American and is well worth a full read-through if you are interested in the impact that conspiracy theories have upon those who work in government.
