Chris Mellon and 2017 New York Times UAP Revelation
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Mellon says he gave three unclassified Navy UAP videos to The New York Times in 2017.
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Chris Mellon
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Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Senate Intelligence Committee minority staff director who became a leading advocate for government UAP transparency.
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2017 New York Times UAP Revelation
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The Dec. 16, 2017 New York Times report revealing the Pentagon's roughly $22 million AATIP UFO-study program, which the Pentagon said ended in 2012, and publishing Navy UAP video.
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Mellon worked with To The Stars Academy, which first published the Navy UAP videos in 2017–2018.
To The Stars Academy, whose members included Luis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon, publicized Navy UAP videos around the December 2017 New York Times story; the Pentagon later said the videos had been leaked, not approved for release.
Elizondo was a source for the December 2017 New York Times story on the Pentagon UAP program; the Pentagon has disputed his account of his role in it.
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