Laurance Rockefeller

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Laurance Rockefeller
Photograph of Laurance S. Rockefeller, at champagne party, in Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center. Original image cropped by Emiya1980 using…
Photograph of Laurance S. Rockefeller, at champagne party, in Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center. Original image cropped by Emiya1980 using… Photo: New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Bottega, John, photographer. · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
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On the Timeline4 events, 1993–2003

Laurance Rockefeller (1910–2004) was an American businessman, philanthropist and conservationist, a grandson of John D. Rockefeller. In the 1990s he funded UFO research and lobbied the Clinton White House for disclosure.

The Rockefeller Initiative

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From 1993 to 1996, Rockefeller met with Clinton's science adviser John Gibbons and sent materials on UFOs and Roswell, urging the government to release information. He funded the "Best Available Evidence" report on UFOs (1995) and the 1997 Sturrock panel at his estate, where scientists reviewed physical evidence and recommended further study.

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Official White House photo of President Bill Clinton , President of the United States. Photo: Bob McNeely, The White House [ 1 ] · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

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