C. Richard D'Amato
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| Type | Person |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Dick D'Amato, Richard D'Amato, D'Amato |
| On the Timeline | 4 events, 1990–1994 |
C. Richard D'Amato was a long-time counsel and staff member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, working for Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who chaired the committee. He later served in the Maryland state legislature and on a U.S.–China security review commission.
Black budget inquiry
According to Jacques Vallée's journals and other accounts, D'Amato looked into secret "black budget" programs in the 1990s on Byrd's behalf, including possible UFO-related projects. He is reported to have concluded that some unacknowledged programs existed and were funded through hidden budget lines, but that he could not gain access to them. D'Amato has not publicly described this work in detail, so the accounts are second-hand.
On the UAP Timeline
- Nick Cook's Skunk Works chart (Late 1990s) — Author Nick Cook claims he glimpsed a chart of secret Skunk Works projects.
- C. Richard D'Amato's warning to Vallée (1991) (1991) — Senate counsel Dick D'Amato tells Vallée that a secretive group spreading false information is breaking the law.
- Vallée meets D'Amato on secret programs (1992) (22 May 1992) — Vallée writes he met Senate counsel Dick D'Amato about secret programs.
- D'Amato and untraceable black budgets (1994) — Dick D'Amato reportedly says $40–80 billion a year went to programs that couldn't be traced.
References
- Nick Cook (writer) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- The Hunt for Zero Point — Anomaly Archives · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- Another layer of cover: Nick Cook's 'The Hunt for Zero Point' examined — Lobster · lobster-magazine.co.uk · archived copy
- Forbidden Science — the journals of Jacques Vallée (Anomaly Archives) · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science series — Anomalist Books · anomalistbooks.com · archived copy
- Review of Forbidden Science 6 — SFCrowsnest · sfcrowsnest.info · archived copy
- Forbidden Science Dispatches — Tanner Boyle (journal summaries) · tannerfboyle.substack.com · archived copy
- Paul Bennewitz — Wikipedia · wikipedia.com · archived copy
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