Brief
John McCone
The claims the writer was given for John McCone, in the order they were given.
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Following high-level White House discussions on what to do if alien intelligence was discovered or there was a new outbreak of UFO sightings, Director of Central Intelligence John McCone tasked the Central Intelligence Agency to update its evaluation of UFOs.
“Following high-level White House discussions on what to do if alien intelligence was discovered or there was a new outbreak of UFO sightings, DCI John McCone tasked the CIA to update its evaluation of UFOs.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I 2024-02-01 char:47193-47394 administrative second hand
2
Donald F. Chamberlain, Assistant Director of the CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI), informed John McCone that little had changed since the early 1950s and that there was still no evidence that UFOs were a threat to United States security or that they were of foreign origin.
“Donald F. Chamberlain, Assistant Director of OSI, subsequently informed McCone that little had changed since the early 1950s; there was still no evidence that UFOs were a threat to the security of the United States or that they were of "foreign origin."”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I 2024-02-01 char:47803-48048 administrative second hand
3
CIA library documents show that John McCone, a later director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), recommended James Lay for a career service award for services relating to intelligence projects involving interagency efforts.
“He also interestingly was recommended by John McCone a later director of the CIA, for a career service award, and this is from the CIA library documents, for services in relation to intelligent projects which had involved interagency efforts.”
Watergate, the JFK assassination and a UFO secret at the center of it all | Reality Check 2026-06-18 00:40:10.1-00:40:30.3 administrative second hand