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Jacques Gansler

1997-12-01what this date marks is not recorded

Dr. Jacques Gansler - Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Technology (1997-2001), succeeding Paul Kaminski. Named in the Wilson-Davis memo, which quotes him telling Wilson (Jan 1998) that UFOs are real, so-called alien abductions not real - a striking remark attributed to a sitting top Pentagon acquisition official, per the memo.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "ufos". 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.

None of this entity's 2 connections has a source you can open. One is bound to a document this project holds and quotes but cannot republish, so it does not count above. 1 was tested against a document we hold and deliberately not bound.

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  • → Wilson-Davis Memo (2002) attached, not counted
    EWD Notes - Eric Davis meeting with Adm. Wilson, 16 October 2002
    This map says
    the memo claims Gansler told Wilson (Jan 1998) that UFOs are real but alien abductions are not
    The document says
    TW: Talked to Gansler in Jan '98 about my June '97 meetings. - He was briefed by someone! Surprised me. EWD: What did he say? TW: "UFOs are real, so-called 'alien abductions' not real" - Gansler said this.
    EWD Notes - Eric Davis meeting with Adm. Wilson, 16 October 2002, 2002
    printed p. 15  ·  read off the page footer
    rendered and read by eye — the grade this project quotes from
    Caveat ADM. THOMAS WILSON DENIES THAT THIS MEETING TOOK PLACE. This link is sourced to what these private notes record, not to anything established. The document is marked support:false and is not counted toward this project's sourcing figure.
  • → Paul Kaminski not bound, on purpose
    tested against EWD Notes - Eric Davis meeting with Adm. Wilson, 16 October 2002
    The claim we tested
    succeeded Kaminski as USD for Acquisition & Technology (Dec 1997)
    What the document actually says
    TW: Talked to Gansler in Jan '98 about my June '97 meetings.
    EWD Notes - Eric Davis meeting with Adm. Wilson, 16 October 2002, 2002
    printed p. 15  ·  read off the page footer
    Why we refused it. THE PAGE PUTS GANSLER IN POST BY JANUARY 1998 AND SAYS NOTHING ABOUT A SUCCESSION OR A DATE FOR IT. This is an ordinary, checkable fact about a Senate-confirmed office and should be sourced to a government record, not inferred from a private note.