Kirkpatrick vs Stratton: The Lockheed UFO Fight
Strange and Unexplained

Kirkpatrick vs Stratton: The Lockheed UFO Fight

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 30, 202610 min
  • Documentary
  • Politics

Cristina Gomez reviews the latest UFO / UAP news and covers new claims from former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick, who told PARADIGM reporter Ben Schreckinger that he investigated the Lockheed Martin alien craft story with the company’s chief technology officer. He claims they traced it to people trying to profit from ordinary aerospace work. Kirkpatrick also alleges that a congressional staffer called him and directed him to send several million dollars to three people tied to UAP investigations and aerospace startups. He adds that the staffer backed down once he asked for the request in writing. His account clashes directly wi...

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The Pentagon's former top UFO investigator claims he took the Lockheed Martin alien craft story straight to the company's chief technology officer. He claimed they traced it back to people who were trying to make money from ordinary aerospace work. He also alleges that a congressional staffer once called him and told him to send several

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million dollars to three people tied to UAP investigations and aerospace startups. These claims land two weeks after Jay Stratton's memoir put Lockheed Martin at the center of the crash retrieval story. If Sean Kirkpatrick's accounts hold up, money could explain part of the push behind alien technology claims. It could also mean someone in Congress tried to steer that

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money through the Pentagon. If Stratton's account holds up, a defense contractor has held non-human craft for decades, and Congress is still fighting over whether the government can even take them. Hey you followers, I'm Christina Gomez and this is your UFO News Update.

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