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Jim Semivan
The claims the writer was given for Jim Semivan, in the order they were given.
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Jim Semivan was one of the two co-founders of To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences.
“The undeniably impressive line-up of former spooks and defence insiders included Jim Semivan, one of the two co-founders of TTSA.”
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Jim Semivan retired from the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Operations after 25 years as an operations officer working inside the US and internationally.
“Semivan was only recently retired from the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Operations after 25 years as an operations officer working inside the US and internationally.”
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Jim Semivan remains on To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences' board and is Vice President of Operations at the company.
“Jim Semivan (who remains on TTSA's board and is still Vice President of Operations at time of writing) is a former senior operations officer and a former trainer for the CIA's Directorate of Clandestine Operations.”
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Jim Semivan was a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) national clandestine service executive.
“Let’s leave the last word to former CIA national clandestine service executive Jim Semivan, an acknowledged experiencer with the phenomenon, who left the Coast to Coast audience in no doubt about what he thinks is going on:”
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Jim Semivan considers himself an acknowledged experiencer of the UAP phenomenon.
“Jim Semivan, an acknowledged experiencer with the phenomenon”
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Jim Semivan believes there is an entity, some kind of non-human intelligence, living with humanity on Earth.
“‘There’s an entity out there! There’s some kind of non-human intelligence that’s living with us on this fucking planet.’11”
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Jim Semivan is a former senior operations officer and a former trainer for the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Clandestine Operations.
“Jim Semivan ... is a former senior operations officer and a former trainer for the CIA's Directorate of Clandestine Operations.”
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Jim Semivan introduced Lue Elizondo and others to Paulo Roberto Yog de Miranda Uchôa, a Brazilian general, along with his daughter and personal translator.
“Jim introduced us all to a Brazilian general by the name of Paulo Roberto Yog de Miranda Uchôa, and his daughter and personal translator.”
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At the time of the dinner, the programme run by Jim Semivan was not sharing Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) data with other nations, out of concern for national security.
“At this point in time, Jim’s program wasn’t sharing UAP data with other nations, out of a concern for national security.”
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Lue Elizondo was invited by Jim Semivan and Jay Stratton to a large group dinner for the programme team held in the private meeting room of a hotel in Roslyn, Virginia.
“Shortly after I accepted the role, Jim and Jay invited me to a large group dinner for the team that was held in the private meeting room of a hotel in Roslyn, Virginia.”
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Luis Elizondo, Jim Semivan, and John Robert decided to move the remnants of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) away from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and house it within Elizondo's portfolio of national programs.
“Jay, John Robert, and I decided to move the remnants of the effort away from DIA and house it within my portfolio of national programs, ensuring the prying eyes of our detractors would no longer have any visibility.”
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In the fall of 2009, Luis Elizondo and Jim Semivan attended a meeting with James Lacatski in which they discussed whether the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program (AAWSAP) should drop investigations widely considered paranormal and instead focus solely on UAP threats.
“I remember a meeting in the fall of 2009 that Jay and I attended with Jim, in which we openly talked about the wisdom of Jim dropping the investigations AAWSAP had gotten involved with that many considered to be dealing with the paranormal and instead focusing solely on UAP threats.”
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Harold Puthoff made connections that included introducing Jim Semivan, a senior CIA member, to Lue Elizondo's effort.
“During this time, Hal had made a few connections of his own. One contact was a highly intelligent man named Jim Semivan, a senior member of the CIA who had enjoyed a long, successful career.”
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Jim Semivan was born and raised in Ohio.
“Born and raised in Ohio and having attended Ohio State University, Jim joined the CIA in 1982”
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Jim Semivan attended Ohio State University.
“Born and raised in Ohio and having attended Ohio State University, Jim joined the CIA in 1982”
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Jim Semivan retired from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2007 after a twenty-five-year career.
“Jim joined the CIA in 1982 and retired in 2007 after a twenty-five-year career.”
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Jim Semivan joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1982.
“Jim joined the CIA in 1982 and retired in 2007 after a twenty-five-year career.”
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At the time of his retirement, Jim Semivan was a member of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)'s Senior Intelligence Service.
“At the time of his retirement, he was a member of the CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service.”
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Jim Semivan served multiple overseas and domestic tours and held senior management positions at Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters.
“He served multiple overseas and domestic tours along with having senior management positions in CIA headquarters.”
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Jim Semivan received the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)'s Career Intelligence Medal.
“He’s also the recipient of the Agency’s Career Intelligence Medal, along with numerous Exceptional Performance Awards and Meritorious Unit Citations.”
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Jim Semivan received numerous Exceptional Performance Awards and Meritorious Unit Citations from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
“He’s also the recipient of the Agency’s Career Intelligence Medal, along with numerous Exceptional Performance Awards and Meritorious Unit Citations.”
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Jim Semivan operated around the world and recruited high-level operatives, including foreign ambassadors and attaches, during his Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) career.
“He operated around the world and recruited high-level operatives. His background was the complete opposite of mine. I recruited scrappy street fighters, insurgents, bomb makers. Jim recruited foreign ambassadors and attachés.”
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After recently leaving the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Jim Semivan remained a CIA contractor and stayed connected to agency activities.
“Having recently left the agency, Jim remained a CIA contractor but was still “plugged in.””
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Harold Puthoff suggested to Jay Stratton that they meet with Jim Semivan at the Pentagon.
“Hal suggested to Jay that we meet with Jim at the Pentagon.”
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The meeting with Jim Semivan at the Pentagon was the first time Lue Elizondo's group brought in an outsider.
“This was the first time we brought someone into the fold from the outside. We were taking a big chance trusting Jim.”
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Jim Semivan later revealed to Lue Elizondo that he was working with a group consisting of former senior military and intelligence officials and a rock star.
“This time Jim mentioned that he was working with some colleagues who consisted of a hodgepodge of former senior military and intelligence officials and a rock star.”
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The 'rock star' Jim Semivan referred to in his group of collaborators was Tom DeLonge.
“Then he said the rock star was Tom DeLonge.”
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Tom DeLonge is the lead singer of Blink-182.
““You know,” he said, “the lead singer of Blink-182?””
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Jim Semivan and his team were working to move the UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) conversation out of government silos and into the hands of the American people.
“He and his team were working to wrestle the UAP conversation out of the silos of government and place it into the hands of the American people.”
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Jim Semivan had heard rumblings of a real UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) programme being run out of the Pentagon.
“He had heard rumblings of a real UAP program being run out of the Pentagon, so he was excited to have finally found us.”
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Jim Semivan held a top secret security clearance.
“The only reason we are having this meeting is because Hal vouched for you and you have a top secret security clearance.”
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The meeting in which Lue Elizondo cautioned Jim Semivan about confidentiality was the first time the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) was referenced to someone not on the team.
“This was the first time we ever referenced AATIP to someone not on the team.”
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Jim Semivan revealed to Lue Elizondo a personal UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) experience he had while he was still a senior CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) official.
“To alleviate my fears, Jim courageously revealed a very personal UAP experience he had had while he was still a senior CIA official.”
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Lue Elizondo considered the details of Jim Semivan's personal UAP experience very similar to other incidents he was aware of.
“the details of his incident were very similar to other incidents I was aware of.”
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Jim Semivan told Lue Elizondo that he was the one who had informed Christopher Mellon about the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) and where to find it.
“After Chris left, I heard from Jim Semivan, who revealed that he was the one who told Chris about AATIP and where to find us.”
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Jim Semivan vouched for Christopher Mellon to Lue Elizondo.
“He vouched for Chris”
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Jim Semivan believed that the UAP topic needed to somehow be brought to the public.
“What if Jim Semivan was right? What if we needed to somehow bring this topic to “the people”?”
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To The Stars Academy (TTSA) was co-founded by Tom DeLonge and Jim Semivan, and pursued a triple directive covering UAP science and engineering, educating laymen and journalists, and producing film, television, and publishing content about UAP.
“They had aligned themselves with the organization that rock star Tom DeLonge and Jim Semivan had put together, called To The Stars Academy (TTSA), and they planned to pursue a triple directive for UAP disclosure: fresh approaches to UAP science and engineering, educating laymen and journalists, and generating film/TV/publishing content about the UAP phenomena, based on true stories, all to educate the public and put an end to the stigma.”
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Jim Semivan told Luis Elizondo that To The Stars Academy could use his knowledge of the UAP topic and his help setting up security, and encouraged him to meet Tom DeLonge.
“Jim said TTSA could use my knowledge of the UAP topic and my help setting up security, and encouraged me to meet Tom.”
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Christopher Mellon, Jim Semivan, and Harold Puthoff met with Luis Elizondo and journalist Leslie Kean in the lobby of a hotel near the Pentagon.
“Chris Mellon and Jim Semivan awaited me in the lobby of a hotel not far from the Pentagon. Hal Puthoff arrived shortly after, as did the individual we had all gathered to meet: an independent investigative journalist by the name of Leslie Kean, whom Chris had arranged for us to meet.”
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Luis Elizondo's meeting with Leslie Kean, alongside Christopher Mellon, Harold Puthoff, and Jim Semivan, lasted four hours.
“Meeting with Kean lasted an exhausting four hours.”
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Christopher Mellon, Harold Puthoff, and Jim Semivan urged Luis Elizondo to connect with the media in order to reach the American public on the UAP issue.
“Chris Mellon, Hal, and Semivan urged me to consider a different path. If you want to reach the American people on this issue, they said, you need to connect with the media.”
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When Lue Elizondo resigned from the Pentagon in 2017, he joined To The Stars Academy (TTSA) because he thought he needed a platform to spread his message and rejoin Harold Puthoff, Jim Semivan, and Chris Mellon.
“When I resigned from the Pentagon in 2017, I had jumped at the opportunity to join TTSA because I thought I needed the platform to spread my message and rejoin Hal, Jim, and Chris.”
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Jim Semivan considers there to be a nonhuman intelligence (NHI) living with humanity on Earth.
““There is a nonhuman intelligence that is living with us on this planet… . We are not alone, and we never have been.” —Jim Semivan, former senior CIA official”
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Jim Semivan is a former senior official of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
“—Jim Semivan, former senior CIA official”
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Jim Semivan, a mutual friend of Christopher Mellon from the CIA, brought Lue Elizondo to Christopher Mellon's attention.
“A mutual friend from the CIA, Jim Semivan, brought Lue to my attention.”
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Jim Semivan co-founded To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science.
“So first, my two co-founders. Jim Simivan, a career spy, former senior intelligence service in the CIA's Directorate of Operations.”
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Jim Semivan is a former senior intelligence service officer in the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Directorate of Operations.
“Jim Simivan, a career spy, former senior intelligence service in the CIA's Directorate of Operations.”
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The team behind To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science includes a prominent aerospace engineer, a senior intelligence officer from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), two former senior Pentagon officials, and an experimental physicist from the United States Department of Defense (DoD).
“one of the biggest aerospace engineers in the world, a senior intelligence officer from the CIA, two former senior Pentagon officials, and an experimental physicist from the DOD”
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To the Stars Academy (TTSA) involved Christopher Mellon, Luis Elizondo, Jim Semivan, Steve Justice, and Hal Puthoff.
“the people who went ahead and setting up to the STARS Academy, I mean, did involve Chris Mellon, involved Lou Elizondo, Jim Simivan, Steve Justice from, you know, So anyway, and me.”
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Jim Semivan was one of the advisors to To The Stars Academy.
“Jim Semivan, who was one of the advisors for To The Stars Academy”
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Jim Semivan held Senior Executive Service rank at the CIA, roughly two levels below the CIA director.
“I think he's a senior executive service, like just two people under the CIA director when he was working there.”
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Jim Semivan talks about the idea of a non-state hostile intelligence network, in reference to Havana Syndrome, and suggests considering what Mike Pompeo said about such a network.
“He also talks about this idea of a non-state hostile intelligence network... It's in reference to Havana syndrome, actually... He says, you know, you might want to consider what Mike Pompeo had said about this non-state hostile intelligence network.”
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Jim Semivan references non-state intelligence networks in the context of WikiLeaks and suggests the WikiLeaks material may have come from such a network.
“the context in which Jim Semivan references the non-state intelligence networks, obviously Havana syndrome, but he's also referencing it in terms of WikiLeaks. He's saying, you know, that the WikiLeaks thing may have been coming from there.”
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According to Jim Semivan, a non-state intelligence network was responsible for leaking the emails from the hack of John Podesta's emails, a leak that was decisive in putting Donald Trump into office and keeping Hillary Clinton out.
“According to Semivan a non-state intelligence network is responsible for the leaking of these emails, which were pretty decisive in forcing Trump in and Clinton out.”
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Jesse Michels suggests Jim Semivan's remarks about a non-state hostile intelligence network are simply about WikiLeaks, because Mike Pompeo hated Julian Assange.
“But isn't that because Pompeo hated Julian Assange and isn't he just talking about WikiLeaks?”
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Jason Samosa accepts that Jim Semivan's non-state hostile intelligence network remark could simply be describing WikiLeaks, but finds Semivan's focus on it in the context of Havana Syndrome significant.
“It's totally possible that he could be just describing that. But what I find interesting is Semivan's focus on it in the context of Havana syndrome”
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Ryan Bledsoe has recounted that Jim Semivan told him the Bledsoe family are thought to be hybrids and that their experiences may be due to having more, or a certain strand of, non-human DNA.
“he recounts a conversation he had with Jim Semivan... Semivan purportedly told him, we think you're hybrids. reason you're having these experiences is because you may have more non-human DNA or a certain strand of non-human DNA.”
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Jesse Michels notes that the anecdotal hybridisation material comes from people who were very senior in the CIA, such as Jim Semivan.
“it's anecdotal but it's also from guys who are very high up at the CIA especially when it comes to people like Jim Sammivan”
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