Uhhh you do realize that one of the big reasons that UFO's and UAP's are no longer fringe conspiracy theories and stories to laugh at and are being looked at by both Congress, NASA, the FAA (I've legit had pilots on frequency while I work state they see things in the sky because of the decreased stigma and stories) DoD, Military, etc and a large part because of that 2017 article that took it seriously in the New York Times which she co-authoredBreh, come on now. This is Leslie Kean's wikipedia:
Leslie Kean - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
I don't see the "REALLY well respected" history of journalism in there. It looks like her career has mostly focused on UFOs and trying to prove the afterlife is real. I'm reading the reviews for her book about the afterlife, and it says she believes that "Mediums" are really talking to dead people and has sections on "ectoplasm". Some of the reviewers say she seems particularly gullible and not at all objective. So....yeah, she's exactly the kind of person who would come out with a story like this.
Blumenthal is more respected, having been a journalist with the New York Times from 1964 to 2007. But he just seems like a normal staff reporter, not some giant of the field. His biography is rather thin - at 82 years old, he has published 3 books in his life and 2 of them were about UFOs.
Ralph Blumenthal - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Furthermore, this blurb from him is on the front of Leslie's afterlife book:
"Astounding! With her usual scientific precision and insatiable curiosity, Leslie Kean is our Orpheus, descending into the Netherworld to grapple with the most ancient of mysteries and return with inspiring evidence -- death shall have no dominion." —Ralph Blumenthal, investigative
So the people this guy found to believe his UFO story are the same people who believe that spiritual mediums are talking to the dead and aren't just creative con artists.
Death threats from who?
This man isn't getting any serious death threats, please. Imagine thinking we've reversed-engineered alien technology and kept it secret for 60 years, but the government's "secrecy" mechanism is reduced to making ineffective death threats against some random.
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program (Published 2017)
The shadowy program began in 2007 and was largely funded at the request of Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader, who has had a longtime interest in space phenomena.
www.nytimes.com
2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’ (Published 2017)
What began as a training mission took a bizarre turn in 2004, an encounter that caught the attention of a Pentagon program investigating U.F.O.s.
www.nytimes.com
She has instant credibility on this subject, that's not even debatable.
I'm just going based off what they journalists talked about in their discussion on the story they had with "The Debrief" (I didn't listen to it, just something that had been highlighted on Twitter".
Uhhhh brah.... people have received Death Threats for FAAAARRRRRRR less than someone going to Congress and attempting to out a program/people in a "Black" program that OTHERS HAVE CORROBORATED.
I have some questions about this guys information, and am not going to just jump into believing everything that is being reported.. but there's some actual stuff that should be looked into and I'm not gonna wave my hand and dismiss it