Government / Military

George H.W. Bush

1976–2018

41st U.S. President and former CIA Director (1976-77); long the subject of speculation about UFO knowledge given his intelligence background. Disclosure advocate Stephen Bassett has alleged Bush blocked President Carter's attempts to access UFO-related information while running the CIA.

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Connections (6)

confirmedSteven Greer

Greer publicly recounted his refusal to give Carter file access

confirmedRoscoe Hillenkoetter

fellow former CIA Director whose UFO knowledge is speculated about

confirmedDick Cheney

served as his Secretary of Defense (1989-93)

Source: Official government / corporate service records

reportedEric Davis

claims to have interviewed him in 2003 about government UFO knowledge, with letters exchanged in 2005

disputedDaniel Sheehan

claimed as CIA Director he withheld UFO archive access

disputedJimmy Carter

as outgoing CIA Director, reportedly refused his 1976 request for UFO file access

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