Ralph Blumenthal

Journalist and former New York Times staff reporter known for co-reporting on claims of UAP crash retrievals and non-human craft alongside Leslie Kean.

The New York Times (contributor; former staff reporter) · Journalist and author

Ralph Blumenthal is a contributor and former staff reporter for The New York Times.¹ For several years he was quietly working on a biography of the late John Mack, a psychiatrist at Harvard University who treated and extensively interviewed people claiming to have been abducted by or to have encountered aliens.²

Luis Elizondo, after leaving To The Stars Academy’s announcement period, travelled to Philadelphia to meet again with Leslie Kean, this time also with her colleague Blumenthal.³ During that visit, the three noticed two individuals with tight military-style haircuts observing them on the street, whom Elizondo believed were most likely an Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) surveillance team.⁴

In the comments section of the 2020-07-24 New York Times story on alleged US retrieval of alien materials, a reader from San Francisco asked Blumenthal whether the government, or people closely associated with it, had successfully conspired for decades to suppress evidence of alien visitation; Blumenthal responded that such an assumption might not be far off.⁵ Blumenthal has since walked back from an earlier claim that materials recovered from UAP were stored in Las Vegas, admitting that no materials had in fact been provided.⁶ UFO crash retrievals are a classified subject.⁷ According to Ross Coulthart, in an interview on Project Unity, Blumenthal and Kean indicated that they believed there was substance to allegations that the US government had recovered alien spacecraft or fragments of alien spacecraft.⁸

In 2023, David Charles Grusch provided the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review at the United States Department of Defense (DoD) with the information he intended to disclose to Kean and Blumenthal.⁹ Grusch’s on-the-record statements were cleared for open publication on 2023-04-04 and 2023-04-06, according to documents provided to Kean and Blumenthal.¹⁰ A representative of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence told Kean and Blumenthal in March 2023 that committee members were not able to comment on the content of a complaint or confirm the identity of a complainant.¹¹

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Blumenthal was a contributor and former staff reporter for The New York Times.
“she had immediately contacted Blumenthal, a contributor and former staff reporter for the *New York Times,* to see if he was interested.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch29:16341-16466 View the source record →
Blumenthal spent years quietly working on a biography of Harvard psychiatrist John Mack.
“For several years he had been quietly working on a biography of the late Dr. John Mack, a Harvard psychiatrist who treated and extensively interviewed UAP experiencers, who were often traumatized people who claimed to have been abducted by aliens, or at least encountered aliens in person.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch29:16543-16825 View the source record →
Elizondo travelled to Philadelphia to meet Kean and, for the first time, Blumenthal.
“Later that month, I left our house for a short trip to Philadelphia to meet again with Leslie Kean, this time with her longtime colleague and friend Ralph Blumenthal.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch29:15914-16069 View the source record →
In Philadelphia the group noticed a likely AFOSI surveillance team observing them.
“I noticed two individuals with tight military-style haircuts in different parts of the street as we strolled. I was certain we were being observed. They displayed the classic signs. They were most likely an AFOSI surveillance team, just not their A-Team.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch29:17467-17716 View the source record →
A reader asked Blumenthal if the government had conspired to suppress evidence of alien visitation; he said the assumption might not be far off.
“A reader from San Francisco asked, 'Am I correct in assuming . . . The government, or people closely associated with it, have successfully conspired for decades to suppress evidence of alien visitation[?]'. Blumenthal responded that such an assumption might not be far off.”
In Plain Sight ch28:24366-24635 View the source record →
Blumenthal walked back an earlier claim that UAP materials were stored in Las Vegas, saying none had been provided.
“But *Times* reporter Ralph Blumenthal has since walked back from that claim in an interview, admitting they have now learned that 'no materials were provided'.”
In Plain Sight ch21:18231-18380 View the source record →
UFO crash retrievals are a classified subject.
“Crash retrievals is a classified subject.”
In Plain Sight ch28:25527-25560 View the source record →
Coulthart said Blumenthal and Kean indicated they believed there was substance to alien-spacecraft-recovery allegations.
“It is very clear, from comments made by Blumenthal and his New York Times' colleague Leslie Kean in an interview with Project Unity that both journalists believe there is substance to the allegations that the US government has recovered alien spacecraft or bits thereof”
In Plain Sight ch28:24642-24910 View the source record →
Grusch gave the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review the material he intended to disclose to Kean and Blumenthal.
“In accordance with protocols, Grusch provided the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review at the Department of Defense with the information he intended to disclose to us.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin char:2965-3145 View the source record →
Grusch's on-the-record statements were cleared for publication on 2023-04-04 and 2023-04-06.
“His on-the-record statements were all “cleared for open publication” on April 4 and 6, 2023, in documents provided to us.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin char:3149-3267 View the source record →
An HPSCI representative told Kean and Blumenthal they could not discuss a complaint's content or confirm a complainant's identity.
“A representative of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence told us in March that the committee members are not able to comment on the content of a complaint or confirm the identity of a complainant.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin char:13542-13742 View the source record →

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