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Daniel Sheehan

1994

Harvard-trained constitutional lawyer famous for the Pentagon Papers, Karen Silkwood, and Iran-Contra cases. Served as legal counsel for Harvard psychiatrist John Mack's academic-freedom case and for Steven Greer's Disclosure Project witnesses at the 2001 National Press Club event. Founded the New Paradigm Institute in 2023 to advocate for UAP disclosure. Says that as special counsel to a 1977 Congressional Research Service UFO study requested by President Carter, he personally viewed classified Project Blue Book files at the National Archives, including what he describes as crash-retrieval photographs; this account is his own and is otherwise uncorroborated.

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confirmedJohn Mack
his legal counsel in Harvard's academic-freedom inquiry
Source: Harvard inquiry records, 1994-95
confirmedNew Paradigm Institute
founded it in 2023
Source: New Paradigm Institute — Sheehan bio
confirmedSteven Greer
his group's legal counsel at the 2001 press event
Source: Steven Greer Disclosure Project / CSETI events
confirmedProject Blue Book
says he personally viewed its classified files at the National Archives in 1977
Source: USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (1956)
confirmedPaul Hellyer
fellow speaker at the 2013 Citizen Hearing on Disclosure
Source: 2013 Citizen Hearing on Disclosure (National Press Club)
confirmedJimmy Carter
served as special counsel to Carter's 1977 congressional UFO study
Source: Official government / corporate service records
confirmedMikhail Gorbachev
directed the New Paradigm Project at his State of the World Forum
disputedGeorge H.W. Bush
claimed as CIA Director he withheld UFO archive access
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: sddgfeedback@gmail.com.