{"id":349284,"date":"2026-01-15T04:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=847b9f109e0bd5f0431dbfa01d12f55d"},"modified":"2026-01-15T04:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:16:49","slug":"cia-whistleblower-john-kiriakou-reveals-ufo-sighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=349284","title":{"rendered":"CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou Reveals UFO Sighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj7k1TkR2TKAxJNhyZAEENoSjR55SA7H1xkSwffdzEImu5bJ3ZG61ar8j8jWv-WbO5QSxdFE3DIR1aDu7nxpkc8xNIqTLJ1CYZSchM0Mhx1hUBgaBIZHNYmzvpvqZijsvXcZuKNEg_cotKx-gRmkiTUJDQ3l4_LDOgsB20ewNC3NvQ_PlKVz-XeG-VR1QU2\/s658\/UFO-Sighting.png\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; \"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"385\" data-original-width=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj7k1TkR2TKAxJNhyZAEENoSjR55SA7H1xkSwffdzEImu5bJ3ZG61ar8j8jWv-WbO5QSxdFE3DIR1aDu7nxpkc8xNIqTLJ1CYZSchM0Mhx1hUBgaBIZHNYmzvpvqZijsvXcZuKNEg_cotKx-gRmkiTUJDQ3l4_LDOgsB20ewNC3NvQ_PlKVz-XeG-VR1QU2\/s500\/UFO-Sighting.png\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center><big><b><font color=\"bright orange\">CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou<br \/> Reveals UFO Sighting<\/b><\/font><\/big><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nRoss Coulthart sits down with Former CIA Operative John Kiriakou, who served as a counter-terrorism officer and was the first U.S. official to confirm CIA torture of detainees. He was punished for being a whistleblower, serving nearly two years in a federal prison. Now, he&#8217;s sharing details about how the CIA could and would hide a legacy UAP\/UFO crash retrieval program, and shares his own UFO encounter.<\/p>\n<p><u>Chapters<\/u>:<br \/>\n00:00 \u2014 CIA Secrecy, JFK, and the Question of Hidden Power<br \/>\n00:40 \u2014 David Grusch and the Alleged UFO Retrieval Program<br \/>\n01:24 \u2014 \u201cYou Can\u2019t Keep a Secret Like That\u201d\u2026 Or Can You?<br \/>\n01:49 \u2014 A CIA Officer\u2019s First Question: \u201cWhere\u2019s the UFO Stuff?\u201d<br \/>\n02:19 \u2014 A Childhood UFO Encounter in Amish Country<br \/>\n02:47 \u2014 An Orange Craft That Defied Physics<br \/>\n03:47 \u2014 Why They Never Reported What They Saw<br \/>\n04:24 \u2014 Pilots, the Military, and UAP Sightings<br \/>\n05:00 \u2014 A Craft Emerging From the Ocean<br \/>\n05:15 \u2014 Is the CIA Covering Up Non-Human Intelligence?<br \/>\n05:43 \u2014 How the CIA Uses Compartmentalization to Hide Secrets<br \/>\n06:25 \u2014 Why the Government Denies Non-Human Intelligence<br \/>\n07:08 \u2014 Panic, Secrecy, and Cold War Thinking<br \/>\n07:39 \u2014 Fear of China and Russia Learning the Truth<br \/>\n08:13 \u2014 Is Extreme Secrecy Hurting U.S. Intelligence?<br \/>\n08:59 \u2014 A CIA Lesson From Missile and Satellite Programs<br \/>\n10:31 \u2014 Why Sharing Technology Can Make Programs Safer<br \/>\n11:04 \u2014 The Twilight Zone Analogy: Technology for Good or Evil<br \/>\n11:40 \u2014 The Cost of Becoming a Whistleblower<br \/>\n12:18 \u2014 \u201cI Lost Everything \u2014 And I\u2019d Do It Again\u201d<br \/>\n12:51 \u2014 Advice for Future UFO Whistleblowers<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/su_HktCLYpQ?si=bfX1GZs1vKmYBORL\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b><font color=\"bright orange\">YouTube link:<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/su_HktCLYpQ?si=Mt15UqBwndvCjJvT\" ><u>https:\/\/youtu.be\/su_HktCLYpQ?si=Mt15UqBwndvCjJvT<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou Reveals UFO Sighting<\/p>\n<p>Ross Coulthart sits down with Former CIA Operative John Kiriakou, who served as a counter-terrorism officer and was the first U.S. official to confirm CIA torture of detainees. 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