Government / Military

Bobby Ray Inman

1977

Retired U.S. Navy admiral; former Director of the National Security Agency (1977-1981) and Deputy Director of the CIA (1981-1982). UFO researchers say he told a NASA mission specialist seeking information on crash-retrieval programs to consult R. Evans Heinman, an NRO program director — a claim that remains second-hand and unverified.

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Connections (4)

confirmedDan Sherman

both discussed at length in the same 2026 UFO researcher interview

confirmedSAIC

served on its board of directors (until 2003)

Source: Wikipedia: Bobby Ray Inman

confirmedMike McConnell

both former directors of the NSA

Source: NSA director records

reportedNURO (Natl. Underwater Reconnaissance Office)

reportedly tied to the Navy-CIA undersea-reconnaissance world NURO coordinated (podcast claim; NURO's named director was the Secretary of the Navy)

Source: UAP roundtable podcast; Wikipedia (NURO)

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