Government & military
Harry Reid
Senator and Pentagon-program funding advocate
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Who they are
Harry Reid was a former senator identified in 2017 reporting as the lawmaker who requested funding for the Pentagon UFO program. His role was political support for government inquiry and its resources. That funding history is separate from the reliability of particular sightings or claims about their origin.
He connects the modern public UFO-program story with congressional sponsorship.
Selected contributions
- Requested funding for the program described in ABC’s reporting of Pentagon confirmation.Source ↗
Selected reading about this person
Journalism · 2017
Once secret, now closed UFO program confirmed by Pentagon
ABC reports the Pentagon’s confirmation of a former UFO research program and identifies Reid’s funding request. The account establishes the program controversy and official response, rather than the origin of reported objects.
Reading scope & citation
Reuses documented prior inspection: Supporting passages inspected; not a cover-to-cover audit of every linked publication
In the timeline
- Dec 16, 2017 – Dec 17, 2017The story reaches the front page
Biography sources & portrait credit
Portrait credit
United States Congress. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Via Wikimedia Commons.
Photograph. Cropped to 4:5, resized to 320 × 400 and converted to WebP.
Image source & identification ↗ · Public domain (U.S. federal government work) ↗
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