John Ramirez on a Navy compartment
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Contents 4
| Date | 20 December 2022 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic) |
| People | John Ramirez |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 214 |
| Year | 2022 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2022 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 5 |
John Ramirez on a Navy compartment — A retired CIA official describes a Navy compartment as sensitive as the Manhattan Project.
John Ramirez was a CIA officer from 1984 to 2009 who worked on missile defence and signals intelligence. In a two-part interview with Podcast UFO in December 2022, he said he had heard of a highly compartmented Navy effort, possibly UAP-related, that was described as being as sensitive as the Manhattan Project, and spoke of internal CIA interest in UAP.
Ramirez said his statements were based on recollections and rumours he heard during his career, rather than direct knowledge of the program. He had earlier said he never encountered a formal CIA UAP program.
None of his claims has been confirmed. He has since made more dramatic statements about personal experiences, which remain unverified.
People and topics
- Central Intelligence Agency — The U.S. foreign intelligence agency, which has followed UFO reports since the 1940s.
- U.S. Navy — The U.S. naval service, whose pilots reported the UAP encounters revealed in 2017.
- John Ramirez — Former CIA officer who has spoken about UAP.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
On the Timeline
- George Knapp's four legacy programs (19 December 2022) — George Knapp says he knows of at least four 'legacy' UAP programs.
- Eric Weinstein and Renaissance Technologies (22 February 2023) — Eric Weinstein speculates a hedge fund may hold math advances relevant to gravity.
See every 2022 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- John Ramirez collection — Anomaly Archives · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- The many experiences of John Ramirez — The Other Topic · theothertopic.substack.com · archived copy
- The CIA agent who made startling claims about aliens — Grunge · grunge.com · archived copy
- John Ramirez, CIA (ret.) part 2 — Podcast UFO · metacast.app · archived copy
- youtu.be · youtu.be · archived copy
Further reading
- UFO documents — CIA Reading Room · cia.gov · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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