# Kirkpatrick 2024: Here's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter

> Sean Kirkpatrick, 2024. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The official side's account of the testimony.

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# Here's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter

Sean Kirkpatrick, 2024. _Scientific American_.

The former AARO director's essay of January 2024 arguing that the hidden-programme claims trace to a small group repeating one another's accounts, none of which held up under investigation.

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## What it's used for here

The official side's account of the testimony.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Kirkpatrick says the claims came from a small group repeating one another.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uap-us-government/evidence/EVD0CXDNNEG2871/kirkpatrick-says-the-claims-came-from-a-small-group)

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[US government UAP disclosures](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uap-us-government)

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## Cite it

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Kirkpatrick, S. (2024). Here's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-what-i-learned-as-the-u-s-governments-ufo-hunter/
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[Read it free at scientificamerican.com](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-what-i-learned-as-the-u-s-governments-ufo-hunter/)

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