Government / Military

Jacques Gansler

1997

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.

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Connections (2)

confirmedPaul Kaminski

succeeded Kaminski as USD for Acquisition & Technology (Dec 1997)

Source: DoD records; EWD Notes / Wilson-Davis memo (Eric Davis, Oct 16 2002)

reportedWilson-Davis Memo (2002)

the memo claims Gansler told Wilson (Jan 1998) that UFOs are real but alien abductions are not

Source: EWD Notes / Wilson-Davis memo (Eric Davis, Oct 16 2002)

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