Cooper, Blumenthal & Kean, 'Glowing Auras and Black Money' (New York Times)

The 16 December 2017 New York Times article that revealed the Pentagon's secret Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program.

2017 CE · 38.87, -77.06 · status: official

The account

The article disclosed a program funded from 2007 to 2012 at the urging of Senator Harry Reid, and released Navy videos including the 2004 Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter. It is the single text most responsible for the modern era of official UAP disclosure, leading to congressional hearings and AARO.

The sceptical view

Critics argue the article understated the program's links to paranormal research at Skinwalker Ranch and overstated what the videos show; skeptics have proposed mundane explanations for some footage.

Connections in the atlas

• "Glowing Auras and Black Money" (New York Times)
• USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac'
• ▶ From Skinwalker Ranch to the 2017 AATIP story
• AAWSAP at Skinwalker Ranch
• AARO established

Sources

1. New York Times article (Internet Archive copy)
2. Wikipedia: Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program