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James R. Clapper

James R. Clapper is a former US Director of National Intelligence and Defense Intelligence Agency director whose Pentagon career intersected with the early history of US government UAP programmes and with Luis Elizondo's tenure at the Department of Defense.

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSDI); Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); United States Air Force (USAF) · Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI), 2010-2017

James R. Clapper is a former US intelligence official who has held some of the country’s most senior intelligence posts, including Deputy Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).¹ He also served as head of intelligence for the United States Air Force (USAF) and as undersecretary of defense for intelligence before becoming Director of National Intelligence (DNI),² a post he held from 2010 to 2017.³

In 2008, Clapper personally hired Luis Elizondo into the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSDI), the office that acts as principal staff for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on sensitive intelligence-related matters and oversees a cluster of agencies including the DIA and the National Security Agency (NSA).⁴ Clapper subsequently served as Elizondo’s supervisor within OUSDI.⁵ Elizondo has said that Clapper was one of his upper-level supervisors during what he considered the golden era of the office.⁶

According to the Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I, William Lynn III declined to designate the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) and the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) as a DoD Special Access Program, acting on a recommendation Clapper made in a 2009-11-17 memorandum to the Deputy Secretary of Defense that such a designation was not justified.⁷

Barack Obama asked Clapper to become the new DNI,⁸ and Clapper received a phone call from Obama during a meeting with Elizondo, becoming the next Director of National Intelligence shortly afterwards.⁹ As DNI, Clapper had Charles McCullough III reporting directly to him in 2011.¹⁰ Devon Woods did not get along with Clapper,¹¹ but when Clapper became DNI he offered Woods a job at the DIA regardless of their disagreements.¹² Woods accepted the position of deputy director of the DIA after Clapper became DNI.¹³

While waiting in the greenroom at Cable News Network (CNN) before an on-camera interview, Elizondo and Jennifer were approached by Clapper.¹⁴ Clapper told Elizondo that he was surprised The Pentagon had admitted it had a UAP programme, and that he was proud of him.¹⁵

John Brennan served as Obama’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director while Clapper was his director of national intelligence.¹⁶ The two men appear together in the documentary film Age of Disclosure, in which they tacitly endorse the idea that UFOs are real.¹⁷ Jesse Mitchells has said that Clapper personally talked about having helped set up UFO tracking programmes at Area 51.¹⁸ In the same film, Brennan and Clapper tacitly endorse the idea that a multi-generational legacy programme has conducted crash retrieval and reverse engineering operations for decades.¹⁹

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Clapper was Deputy Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and a former DIA director
“The then US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, James Clapper, a former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency”
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Clapper was a former undersecretary of defense for intelligence, former head of Air Force intelligence, and former DNI
“the legendary general James Clapper, a former undersecretary of defense for intelligence, former head of Air Force intelligence, and former director of national intelligence.”
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Clapper was DNI from 2010 to 2017
“[note: James Clapper - Director of National Intelligence (2010-2017)]”
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In 2008 Clapper hired Elizondo into OUSDI, overseeing DIA and NSA
“recognised Elizondo's skills and, in 2008, had personally hired him into the office that acts as the principal staff for the Department of Defense on sensitive intelligence-related matters, overseeing a cluster of three-letter DoD agencies, including the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency”
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Clapper was Elizondo's boss at OUSDI
“This all began when General James Clapper, my old boss at the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSD(I))”
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Elizondo considered Clapper one of his supervisors during OUSDI's golden era
“Clapper had been one of my upper-level supervisors, in what I considered the golden era of OUSD(I), when people were happy and the mission was their focus.”
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Lynn declined to designate AAWSAP/AATIP a Special Access Program on Clapper's recommendation
“Deputy Secretary Lynn declined to do so based on the recommendation of then-Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, James R. Clapper, Jr., that such a designation was not justified.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I char:62069-62245 View the source record →
Obama asked Clapper to become the new DNI
“was asked by President Barack Obama to become the new DNI.”
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Clapper took a call from Obama during a meeting with Elizondo and became DNI shortly after
“"Sir, it's Obama," she said. Clapper stepped out to take the president's call. When he reentered the room, he said to us, "How do you all feel about me being the next director of national intelligence?" And just like that, he was.”
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McCullough reported directly to Clapper in 2011
“At that time, McCullough reported directly to the then-Director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper”
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Woods did not get along with Clapper at the DoD
“Unfortunately, Woods did not get along with my current boss over at DoD, Lieutenant General James Clapper, who at the time was the undersecretary of defense for intelligence.”
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Clapper offered Woods a DIA job despite their disagreements
“Clapper and Woods didn’t always see eye to eye, but when Clapper made the move to become the DNI, he offered Woods the job at DIA regardless.”
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Woods accepted the DIA deputy director post after Clapper became DNI
“When I next heard that Woods had accepted the position of the deputy director of DIA, I took this to be a consolation prize of sorts.”
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Clapper approached Elizondo and Jennifer in a CNN greenroom
“While waiting in the greenroom at CNN prior to an on-camera interview, Jenn and I were approached by my old boss, the legendary general James Clapper.”
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Clapper told Elizondo he was surprised the Pentagon admitted its UAP programme and was proud of him
“He greeted us warmly, saying how surprised he was that the Pentagon admitted it had a UAP program, and that he was proud of me.”
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Brennan was Obama's CIA director while Clapper was DNI
“Obama's uh, CIA director, uh, you know, Brennan and his, uh, director of national intelligence, James Clapper”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 00:53:13.6-00:53:20.2
Brennan and Clapper appear in a documentary tacitly endorsing that UFOs are real
“Brennan and his, uh, director of national intelligence, James Clapper are showing up in a movie and they are tacitly endorsing the idea that not only have we, you know, are UFOs real”
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Mitchells says Clapper spoke of helping set up UFO tracking programmes at Area 51
“we've had tracking programs at area 51, which James Clapper personally talked about helped set up”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 00:53:28.5-00:53:33.9
Brennan and Clapper tacitly endorse a multi-generational crash retrieval and reverse engineering programme
“are tacitly endorsing the idea that we've had a legacy program doing crash retrieval operations and, you know, uh, reverse engineering for decades, multi-generational.”
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