{"id":10305,"date":"2021-06-23T13:35:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T12:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=10305"},"modified":"2021-06-23T13:35:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T12:35:54","slug":"pentagon-ufo-report-likely-to-be-damp-squib-says-david-clarke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/pentagon-ufo-report-likely-to-be-damp-squib-says-david-clarke\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon UFO report likely to be “damp squib”, says David Clarke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Expert in contemporary legend, Dr David Clarke, has been quoted in an article published by the Guardian<\/a>\u00a0about the upcoming release of a Pentagon report on the activities of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program.<\/p>\n

He said: “People who are expecting that this report will confirm all their preconceived ideas about aliens visiting us in flying saucers and buzzing US Navy pilots are going to be massively disappointed.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Expert in contemporary legend, Dr David Clarke, has been quoted in an article published by the Guardian\u00a0about the upcoming release of a Pentagon report on the activities of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program. He said: “People who are expecting that this report will confirm all their preconceived ideas about aliens visiting us in flying saucers and buzzing US Navy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20701,"featured_media":9988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[882,172,1737,1733,411],"class_list":["post-10305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-centre-for-contemporary-legend","tag-david-clarke","tag-pentagon-report","tag-ufo-sightings","tag-ufos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/David_Clarke_web3.jpg?fit=900%2C598&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8oFHo-2Gd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10229,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/david-clarke-comments-on-new-pentagon-ufo-sightings-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":10305,"position":0},"title":"David Clarke comments on new Pentagon UFO sightings report","author":"Phoebe Bolton","date":"03\/06\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Asked why restrictions on UFO-related information are being relaxed now, David Clarke, curator of The National Archives UFO project and media lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, has suggested that it\u2019s simply because of public pressure: \u201cPeople have been bombarding the US Navy and Air Force with Freedom of Information requests\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/David_Clarke_web3.jpg?fit=900%2C598&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/David_Clarke_web3.jpg?fit=900%2C598&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/David_Clarke_web3.jpg?fit=900%2C598&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/David_Clarke_web3.jpg?fit=900%2C598&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10318,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/david-clarke-discusses-the-conspiracy-surrounding-the-pentagon-ufo-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":10305,"position":1},"title":"David Clarke discusses the conspiracy surrounding the Pentagon UFO report","author":"Phoebe Bolton","date":"25\/06\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"As the US government prepare to release a landmark report into UFOs, Dr David Clarke has been quoted in an\u00a0Evening Standard article examining the case for extraterrestrial life, commenting:\u00a0\"Just because something\u2019s unidentified doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s alien.\" He believes the more interesting aspect to focus on is why flying saucers sightings\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/David_Clarke_web3.jpg?fit=900%2C598&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/David_Clarke_web3.jpg?fit=900%2C598&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/David_Clarke_web3.jpg?fit=900%2C598&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/David_Clarke_web3.jpg?fit=900%2C598&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10273,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/pentagon-reports-classified-annex-discussed-by-expert-david-clarke\/","url_meta":{"origin":10305,"position":2},"title":"Pentagon Report’s ‘classified annex’ discussed by expert David Clarke","author":"Phoebe Bolton","date":"16\/06\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A new report released by the Pentagon on unidentified aerial phenomena will include a classified annex which is likely to withhold details of experimental military aircraft, says Hallam expert Professor David Clarke. 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