Kirkpatrick is interviewed on the UFO Files podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-IncaY7zQ8&t General points: - Is now out of a 2 year period where he could not discuss AARO - Stands by "Did not see anything anomolous" when at AARO - Pilots were often mistaken with reports and sensor data did not match claims - Jesse Michaels never contacted him (100k). Brushed it off as a media stunt. - Sensor data reviewed was all prosaic. Knew what to look for if not (eg if workholes) - Gave some decent explanations on why sensor data can be flaky (balloons with metal inserts) - Talked about national security a lot, and stuck to 'nothing to see here' - did not even see adversarial tech in any videos - Claimed he wanted to find evidence - just did not see any. - Says the UFO subject is like a religion, you cannot convince people there's nothing to see. Unclear to me why he would bother going on the podcast and repeat the same things again if he knows there is some real evidence waiting to come out. Why not just stay in the shadows? It's either 1) Pointless disinformation with disclosure coming. 2) He actually means what he says, and he probably thinks Trumps UAP files are a red herring / psyop. 3) He never really got any access to the 'good stuff'. To be honest, I thought the interview was very light and a missed opportunity to ask some much harder questions. submitted by /u/eunmac [link] [comments]