Nat Kobitz's read-in remark
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| Date | 3 September 2021 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic) |
| People | Ross Coulthart, Nat Kobitz |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 201 |
| Year | 2021 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2021 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 7 |
Australian journalist Ross Coulthart reported in his 2021 book In Plain Sight that Nat Kobitz, a former U.S. Navy director of technology, told him he had been "read into" a program involving crashed UFOs.[1]
The conversations
According to Coulthart, Kobitz was 92 and terminally ill when they spoke, and enjoyed telling long stories. When Coulthart asked whether he had been read into a program involving crashed UFOs, Kobitz answered yes. He also said he had seen an unusual piece of titanium alloy at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, several feet long, which he thought could not have been made on Earth. Kobitz died shortly after the conversations.[1]
Contradictions
Critic Jason Colavito pointed out that when Coulthart asked about recovered UFOs, Kobitz also said he had only hearsay information, and argued that both statements could not be true. He described the metal story as the recollection of a dying man decades after the fact, with nothing to support it.[1]
Coulthart's view
Coulthart himself wrote that his sources had not seen hard evidence of extraterrestrial technology and that their statements proved little, but concluded from the number of insiders dropping hints that non-human technology had probably been recovered.[1]
Assessment
The claim rests on Coulthart's account of private conversations, and no Navy record supports it.[1]
People and topics
- Ross Coulthart — Australian journalist who reported David Grusch's claims.
- U.S. Navy — The U.S. naval service, whose pilots reported the UAP encounters revealed in 2017.
- Nat Kobitz — Former Navy science and technology director named by Ross Coulthart.
- In Plain Sight — Ross Coulthart's 2021 book on UFO secrecy.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
On the Timeline
- Elizondo on rogue programs (2021) (2 September 2021) — Elizondo says he saw no UAP programs in secret program oversight; any would be rogue.
- Mary Elizabeth Elliot inquiry (15 September 2021) — Researchers ask sources about a name in the alleged Wilson memo.
See every 2021 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Jason Colavito, review of In Plain Sight by Ross Coulthart · jasoncolavito.com · archived copy
- Ross Coulthart — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- youtu.be · youtu.be · archived copy
- imgur.com · imgur.com · archived copy
- apps.dtic.mil · apps.dtic.mil · archived copy
- archive.org · archive.org · archived copy
- sam.gov · sam.gov · archived copy
Further reading
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Hangar 18 (the legend and 1980 film) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- U.S. congressional hearings on UFOs — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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