Government / Military

Jay Stratton

2020

Director of the Pentagon's original UAP Task Force, AARO's direct predecessor.

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Connections (7)

confirmedSteven Mnuchin

briefed him on UAP as Treasury Secretary

Source: Congressional hearing records

confirmedRadiance Technologies

joined as a contractor, recruited fellow UAP scientist

confirmedTravis Taylor

recruited him as the task force's chief scientist

confirmedSean Kirkpatrick

direct predecessor as UAP investigator

Source: Official government / corporate service records

confirmedAARO

his task force became AARO

Source: DoD, Dep. SecDef memo establishing AARO, Jul 20 2022; AARO.mil

confirmedJames Clapper

named in same documentary

Source: The Age of Disclosure (2025 documentary)

confirmedODNI

his UAP Task Force co-authored its 2021 report

Source: ODNI Preliminary Assessment on UAP (Jun 2021) & 2022 Annual Report; May 17 2022 House hearing

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