{"id":323010,"date":"2025-11-26T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=7f4240eef137f47300b7cba5987a2354"},"modified":"2025-11-26T08:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:02:05","slug":"the-origins-of-disclosure-crashes-archives-and-secrets-with-leslie-kean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=323010","title":{"rendered":"The Origins of Disclosure: Crashes, Archives, and Secrets with Leslie Kean"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Origins of Disclosure:
Crashes, Archives, and Secrets with Leslie Kean<\/b><\/font><\/big><\/center>
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\nInvestigative journalist Leslie Kean joins Peter Skafish on the Sol Forum for an in-depth conversation on how today\u2019s UAP \u201cdisclosure era\u201d was built over decades of quiet work in government, media, and civil society. Kean traces a path from the French COMETA report and early coverage in the Boston Globe to years of engagement with foreign UAP offices, John Podesta\u2019s FOIA push, and a landmark lawsuit against NASA over the Kecksburg crash case, and more.<\/p>\n

Chapters<\/u>:
\n0:00 Intro
\n0:39 From the 2017 New York Times scoop to the 2025 House UAP hearing
\n3:00 Why there are so few trustworthy UFO photos and videos
\n7:11 Have insiders shown Leslie secret UAP imagery?
\n9:04 The COMETA report and how France pulled her into UFO journalism
\n15:34 United States denial vs foreign government openness on UAP
\n19:05 Inside Chile\u2019s official UAP office and how it worked
\n22:50 John Podesta, FOIA reform, and trying to wake up Washington
\n24:49 Sci-Fi Channel, NASA, and choosing Kecksburg for a FOIA test case
\n34:00 Briefings at the Center for American Progress and a visit to the Obama White House
\n40:08 Why Kecksburg looks like a true crash retrieval: witnesses, object, and missing files
\n56:26 Ruling out Soviet satellites and conventional space junk
\n59:19 Meeting David Grusch and deciding to break his story in print
\n1:03:10 Why she trusted Grusch: IG findings, corroboration, and DOPSR review
\n1:08:22 The Wilson memo, Will Miller, and early signs of hidden UAP programs
\n1:11:07 When Leslie became convinced that deep UAP secrecy was real
\n1:12:58 FOIA documents that quietly acknowledged \u201cclassic\u201d UFO cases
\n1:15:01 The Bolender memo and why UFO reporting never really stopped
\n1:16:32 Harry Reid, ATIP\/AASWAP, and efforts to access alleged crash materials
\n1:26:04 How Harry Reid unlocked the 2017 New York Times story
\n1:28:19 Why deep, slow investigative work still matters in the UAP media storm
\n1:35:28 Future work: experiencers, consciousness, and a play about disclosure
\n1:40:01 Closing remarks, Sol Foundation membership, and the Italy symposium<\/p>\n