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use of classified aerospace platforms was made aware they were participating in a test. This even included times when the
platforms were deemed "UFOs because they were so secret that they didn't exist."
McClintock, who also served as Senior Defense Attaché to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, seemed equally doubtful that UAP
might represent the technology of a foreign adversary.
"It is not outside the realm of the plausible that an adversary would test the ability of the United States to detect some new
capability, although it would be more likely they would only do this after testing the capability within or closer to their own
territory before trying to penetrate U.S. airspace," he stated.
Ultimately, after asking numerous current and former defense officials and subject matter experts, The Debrief has been unable
to find anyone of authority—whether on, or off the record—willing to say the UAP encounters reported by military aviators are
consistent with black budget testing, or "ferreting" of U.S. air defense by foreign governments. Equally, we have been unable to
find anyone of credentialed background willing to say what, exactly, this means the source of these UAP could be.
Offering The Pentagon one final opportunity to discuss what we intended to report or comment on McClintock's statement, The
Debrief once more reached out to spokeswoman Susan Gough. Our offer went unanswered.
At least from an official position, the source behind unidentified aerial phenomena appears to remain a mystery.
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