Journalists & Investigators

Leslie Kean

2017

Investigative journalist and author of “UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record” (2010) and “Surviving Death” (2017). Co-authored the original December 2017 New York Times AATIP exposé, and in 2023 — with Ralph Blumenthal — broke the David Grusch whistleblower story.

Explore Leslie Kean in the live connections board → Open the case file

Connections (9)

confirmedJonathan Grey (pseudonym)

vetted his account

confirmedRalph Blumenthal

co-reported story

Source: NYT, Dec 16 2017

confirmedRalph Blumenthal

co-authored the 2017 NYT AATIP story and the 2023 Grusch story with him

Source: NYT Dec 16 2017; The Debrief Jun 5 2023

confirmedDavid Grusch

primary source

Source: The Debrief, Jun 5 2023

confirmedKarl Nell

vetted his account

confirmedBigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies

served as a judge on the 2021 BICS essay contest

Source: BICS Contest Judges page, bigelowinstitute.org

confirmedDavid Grusch

co-broke his June 2023 whistleblower story in The Debrief

Source: The Debrief, Jun 5 2023 (Kean & Blumenthal)

confirmedJohn Podesta

wrote the foreword to her 2010 book on UFO witnesses

Source: Kean, UFOs (2010) — Podesta foreword

confirmedAATIP

co-broke the 2017 NYT story that revealed the program

Source: NYT, Glowing Auras and Black Money, Dec 16 2017

Part of The Red Thread Files — an independent, evidence-first investigation into the UAP, USO, and consciousness question. Confidence labels (confirmed / reported / disputed) are an automated approximation based on the wording and directness of each source, not a verdict. Corrections: [email protected].