Leslie Kean
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Sep 10, 2026
Adam PillonGUEST
[laughs]
Andy McGrillenHOST
Speaking of cool, uh, Leslie Kean lends herself to the documentary.
Andy McGrillenHOST
Um, she of course is famous for many reasons and a very successful author.
Andy McGrillenHOST
She's got some wonderful books turned into documentaries on UFOs, life after death.
Walter SterlingHOST
That's why I'm like, did they make it up?
Dave ScottGUEST
Well, a- a- and the thing is, the, the thing that bugs me, it, it doesn't matter whether you're talking a longtime ufologist, whether it's Leslie Kean, whether it's Grant Cameron or any other name I could drop that your audience is gonna be like, "Who the hell are these people?" It, it is also the politicians and the people that you see speaking on your nightly newscast about this.
Dave ScottGUEST
I mean, Ross Coltart would, would be able to break it down for you just as much as I could, ri- when, when you have him on next about...
Dave ScottGUEST
Ask him about the Legacy Program.
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It had been funded with twenty-two million dollars in classified appropriations tucked into the vast labyrinth of the Pentagon's black budget, and its existence had never been publicly acknowledged by the United States government until that morning.
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The story was written by Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal, and Leslie Kean.
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It was not an opinion piece.
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It was not speculative journalism.
Ron JamesGUEST
Thank you so much.
Ron JamesGUEST
[pensive music] Well, Leslie Kean, my colleague, uh, who I broke the New York Times story with in tw- with Helene Cooper in 2017, um, had been in touch with a number of whistleblowers, uh, and the people who were representing the whistleblowers.
Ross CoulthartSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, there is an untold story about that.
Ron JamesGUEST
We pitched a lot of stories to The New York Times over the years, starting with the big one in 2017, which broke on page one, and this they didn't feel they were ready for, for David Grusch, for, for some reason.
Clayton MorrisHOST
But, you know, really in earnest over the past decade.
Clayton MorrisHOST
I thought maybe this New York Times piece, finally, Leslie Kean, like we'll-
Ron JamesGUEST
Right
Clayton MorrisHOST
... we'll get it, we'll get this information out there.
Adam PillinGUEST
Sergio
Megan WoomerGUEST
... and Leslie Kean, 'cause he's longtime friends with Leslie Kean.
Ryan SpragueHOST
That's right.
Ryan SpragueHOST
Yeah.
Ryan SpragueHOST
Well, you know, it's funny, um, and sorry to cut you off there.
Adam PillinGUEST
No, you're good.
Ryan SpragueHOST
Um, I, I felt a deep connection when Esteban was in y- New York meeting with Leslie Kean, um, 'cause I knew the exact subway platform that he was on.
Adam PillinGUEST
[laughs]
Diana PasulkaGUEST
You can't just...
Diana PasulkaGUEST
A lot of academics now, um, you know, after American Cosmic came out, after the 2017 New York Times article with, you know, Ralph Blumenthal, Leslie Kean, and Helene Cooper, um, so many academics all of a sudden wanted to study this.
Diana PasulkaGUEST
Whereas like five years before I was, I was like, people were thinking I was crazy for studying it.
Diana PasulkaGUEST
Now, now they all wanna study it, okay? All right.
Diana PasulkaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Based on what I saw.
Diana PasulkaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then once I got, once I recognized that, and this was after 2017, the Leslie Kean, Ralph Blumenthal-
Patrick Scott ArmstrongHOST
Yes
Diana PasulkaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
... and Helene Cooper, uh, once-- And, and I got phone calls from people.
Alex TsakirisGUEST
They just rolled it out just December, December '17.
Alex TsakirisGUEST
And again, you know, I interviewed Leslie Kean, who rolled out the story for The New York Times.
Alex TsakirisGUEST
I have tons of respect for Leslie Kean.
Alex TsakirisGUEST
I don't think she's, like, faking it, but I think she got bullshitted.
Alex TsakirisGUEST
I interviewed, um, Ralph Blumenthal, 40-year, uh, New York Times reporter, veteran, the other guy who rolled out the story in The New York Times.
Stephen DienerHOST
I'm sure you remember that.
Stephen DienerHOST
And as part of that, James Fox and Leslie Kean were working with a production group called 42West.
Stephen DienerHOST
You probably heard Jordan and I mention them, uh, at one point during this two-part episode, and they are an incredible, uh, marketing production group out of Los Angeles.
Stephen DienerHOST
They put together these super professional videos.
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