NYT 'Glowing Auras and Black Money' (Dec 16 2017).
documentedpublication_eventModern Disclosure Nexus
The watershed New York Times article that revealed AATIP and published the Nimitz FLIR + GIMBAL videos; reignited mainstream UAP coverage.
By Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal, Leslie Kean. Disclosed the ~$22M Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program run by Luis Elizondo out of the Pentagon C-Ring, funded at Harry Reid's request. Videos provided to press by Christopher Mellon; TTSA hosted the clips. Washington Post ran GOFAST simultaneously. Pentagon formally released the videos only on Apr 27 2020. Directly cited by Spielberg as the inspiration for 'Disclosure Day' (2026).