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Journalist or investigator

Douglas Dean Johnson

2025-05-20what this date marks is not recorded

Independent investigative journalist; used declassified FBI background reports and Harald Malmgren's own 1960s federal job applications to debunk Malmgren's 2024 UFO and intelligence claims, finding no evidence he held the clearances, roles, or personal connections he described.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "ufo". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

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4 connections

ColourWhistleblowersIncidentsScientists
  • Harald Malmgren names a source we do not hold
    Douglas Dean Johnson published an investigation disputing his claims
    Douglas Dean Johnson investigation, May 2025
    Caveat REWORDED 30 August 2026. "Investigated and refuted" is this map asserting, in its own voice and between two living men, that the investigation succeeded. Refuted is a verdict; disputes is what an investigation does. The sentence now names who made the claim so a reader can weigh it against the person who made it. Nothing about Malmgren's own account is changed and his entry still carries it.
  • Jacques Vallee names a source we do not hold
    Johnson's investigation found his witness account's credibility "implodes"
    Douglas Dean Johnson investigation, 2024
  • Trinity Test names a source we do not hold
    investigated and disputed claims of a 1945 crash there
    Douglas Dean Johnson investigation, 2024
  • Oppenheimer-Einstein Report names a source we do not hold
    investigated and found no credible evidence for the document
    Vallee & Harris, Trinity: The Best-Kept Secret (2021)

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Douglas Dean Johnson → Harald Malmgren
his claims were investigated and refuted
Douglas Dean Johnson published an investigation disputing his claims