Journalist or investigator
Ross Douthat
2023-06-10what this date marks is not recorded
New York Times columnist; suggested one reading of the Grusch story is that parts of the U.S. government see some benefit in encouraging belief in UFOs, drawing a parallel to Stanford's Garry Nolan, a longtime extraterrestrial-hypothesis proponent whom Leslie Kean says knows and respects Grusch.
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drew a parallel between his claims and Garry Nolan'sPublic commentary and testimony on the Grusch disclosures (2023)
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drew a parallel between his claims and Grusch's