Organization
Raytheon (RTX)
Raytheon built the eyes that caught the most famous UAP. Its ATFLIR targeting pod recorded the FLIR1, GIMBAL and GOFAST videos. Its APG-79 radar, fitted to Navy Super Hornets around 2014, is what pilots like Ryan Graves say suddenly let them see objects that had probably been there all along. Some researchers believe defense contractors with this kind of sensor access also hold the unreleased data.
On the record
- The ATFLIR pod (Raytheon) filmed all three Navy videos released in 2020.
- The APG-79 radar upgrade preceded the 2014–2015 East Coast sightings.
Claims (6)
Contractors hold far better UAP sensor data than the public has seen.speculationSourced, unconfirmedbelievers
E-Systems, formed from LTV Electrosystems, was bought by Raytheon in 1995 (later Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems); the Washington Post called it the 'central nervous system' of the intelligence community and 1970s press a CIA front.firsthandOn the recordcorporate records; Washington Post; NYT (cited by UAP Gerb)
A 1982 CIA memo names E-Systems among the contractors whose IRAD DS&T hoped to steer.firsthandOn the recordCIA FOIA reading room (cited by UAP Gerb)
Raytheon was a NEST contractor and is a contractor on MITRE's Navy program.anonymousLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
LTV Electrosystems built the 'Equalizer', a truck-mounted EMP cannon, for the 'Project Pounce' recovery teams.secondhandLeadCol. Steve Wilson (via Richard Boylan)
E-Systems was a CIA cut-out, and its 1995 sale to Raytheon in the 'Last Supper' consolidation carried legacy work with it.speculationLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
Cases (3)
Connected
Central Intelligence Agency orgThe MITRE Corporation orgNational Nuclear Security Administration (NEST, OST, SRT) orgUAP Gerb (Sam) personCIA memo on channelling contractor IRAD (5 April 1982) document
Sources
- Wikipedia: AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR
- Wikipedia: AN/APG-79
- UAP sightings were 'routine,' says ex-Navy pilot Ryan Graves
- Ryan Graves describes the cube-in-a-sphere encounter
- UAP Gerb: the National Reconnaissance Office
- UAP Gerb: Northrop Grumman & TRW, Vol. 2
- UAP Gerb: 80 Years of UFO crash retrieval and reverse engineering: a timeline
- UAP Gerb: Special Access Required, Vol. 2
Mentioned on (4)
- UAP Gerb: 9/8/24 Discussing Steven Greer London Live Event
- UAP Gerb: UFOs in the Private Sector - Lockheed Martin
- UAP Gerb: Northrop Grumman & TRW - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy Programs [Vol.2]
- UAP Gerb: "US Special Forces Confession - I Recovered Crashed UFOs": Fact or Fiction?