Brief
Helene Cooper
The claims the writer was given for Helene Cooper, in the order they were given.
1
Helene Cooper described Luis Elizondo as a "spooky, secretive guy" but considered him "completely credible."
“described Elizondo as a “spooky, secretive guy” but added that he was “completely credible.””
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2
Luis Elizondo showed Helene Cooper documents, pictures, and military videos of potential UFOs.
“He showed her documents, pictures, and military videos of potential UFOs, which appeared fantastic to her, but also persuasive.”
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3
Helene Cooper found the documents, pictures, and military videos Luis Elizondo showed her fantastic in appearance but persuasive.
“which appeared fantastic to her, but also persuasive”
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4
Helene Cooper believed Luis Elizondo in the moment he showed her the material, saying it seemed completely credible to her at the time.
““I did believe him,” Cooper said on the podcast. “It seemed completely credible to me in the moment.””
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5
After leaving the hotel room where Luis Elizondo showed her the material, Helene Cooper found that doubts crept in.
“Later on, after she left the hotel room, Cooper acknowledged that doubts crept in.”
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6
Helene Cooper decided that what mattered most for her reporting was whether the Pentagon's UFO program was real, and that this was the focus of the story.
“In the end, though, she decided that what mattered most was whether the Pentagon’s UFO program was real. That, she said, was the focus of the story.”
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7
Reporter Helene Cooper phoned Luis Elizondo and confided that she had met with a since-departed Pentagon official regarding the New York Times UAP story.
“Then one of her colleagues, the reporter Helene Cooper, phoned and confided that she had met with the now-r”
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