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...A 'credible source with direct inside knowledge" informed Lambright that Bigelow had been told by Harry Reid about the Nimitz encounter at an early stage following the incident. The same source then advised that Bigelow shared this information with "Hal Puthoff and one or two others" in 2005.
However, it wasn't until former Lt. Col. Douglas Kurth went to work for BAASS in 2007, that "the Reid/Bigelow operation suddenly came to life." Hal Puthoff, speaking at the 2018 SSE/IRVA conference in Las Vegas, confirmed that the AATIP was created in June 2007....
"...individuals who may have seen the ATFLIR video while onboard the USS Nimitz were identified through FOIAs dated August 13, 2017 and October 10, 2017. These included Lt. Col. Doug Kurth (retired 2006),...
originally posted by: mirageman
a reply to: Ophiuchus1
TFT claimed he was onboard during the incident in 2004 and that he returned to ship in Feb 2007.
Other members of ATS have even communicated with him.
HOWEVER.
Although the video was leaked and the CVW Event Summary posted on ATS. Indicating that someone had managed to obtain them, this does not mean TFT's story is true. So probably not wise to be pointing fingers at anyone on here in a public forum.
Why this request was made has numerous possibilities. From the ADP officer acquiring military secrets for nefarious purposes to genuinely believing this was a UFO of possible extra-terrestrial origin and wanting some proof for personal reasons.
But it was never established whether the ADP officer also acquired a copy of the CD and /or files.
originally posted by: jackfrost71
a reply to: mirageman
The only thing that might have been a factor, Is that I don't believe the videos were classified. That's my understanding anyway, could be wrong
I wonder if this category applies to videos like the FLIR video. Obama administration replaced this classification with another one but this would have been in effect in 2004 at the time the Nimitz video was recorded:
originally posted by: jackfrost71
a reply to: mirageman
Remember the Elizondo internal email obtained I think through FOIA . Elizondo states the three videos are not classified
Depends if you believe what is said