Person
Bobby Ray Inman
Retired US Navy admiral, director of the NSA (1977-81) and deputy director of central intelligence (1981-82), later on the board of SAIC. In a 1990s phone call with researcher Grant Cameron (audio public) he said the truth about UFOs might come out 'at some point'. John Herrington, a friend, says Inman is too political to tell you anything, and that Inman told someone there were 'absolutely no retrieved UFOs'.

Claims (10)
Told someone there were 'absolutely no retrieved UFOs'.secondhandLeadJohn Herrington
In a recorded 1989 phone call with Bob Oechsler he spoke of recovered vehicles and said DS&T's Evan Hineman was 'the best person to ask'.National Reconnaissance Office - UFO Crash Retrievals, Surveillance, and Legacy Program GatekeepersfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedBob Oechsler's recording (cited by UAP Gerb)
He was director of NURO from 1974 and sat on the SAIC and Wackenhut boards.firsthandOn the recordpublic record (cited by UAP Gerb)
In an October 2021 Caltech Heritage Project interview he said he was DNI from 13 Sep 1974 and director of NURO, and 'got a pretty hot letter' for mentioning it.firsthandOn the recordCaltech Heritage Project interview with David Zierler, Oct 2021
The US had craft 'in operational condition'.secondhandSourced, unconfirmedBobby Ray Inman
In 2022 he said he had found 'plausible explanations for virtually everything'.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedBobby Ray Inman
He put Bob Oechsler in touch with retired DNI Sumner Shapiro, and a 'Tom King' from his office later called Oechsler to warn him about secrecy laws.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedBob Oechsler
A June 1997 Popular Mechanics article image shows a sticky note: 'call Admiral Inman at Science Applications International'.Dugway Proving Ground - UFO Legacy ProgramsfirsthandOn the recordPopular Mechanics, June 1997 (cited by UAP Gerb)
He was present at the first antigravity flight on 18 Jul 1971.secondhandLeadCol. Steve Wilson (record unverified)
Inman's 1989 remarks on recovered vehicles and his later SAIC board seat make SAIC the likely coordinator of the craft work.SAICspeculationLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
What Bobby Ray Inman said (3 claims)
On the record 1Witness testimony 2
“Bobby Ray Inman was director of NURO from 1974 and got "a pretty hot letter" for mentioning it.”Witness testimonyUS Navy UFO Crash Retrieval & Reverse Engineering Programs
Inman's own words in a 2021 Caltech oral history.
“Inman said the US held craft in operational condition.”Witness testimonyUS Navy UFO Crash Retrieval & Reverse Engineering Programs
Nick Pope's account via Lord Hill-Norton's contact; the speaker in Gerb's clip needs checking.
“In 1989 Inman told Bob Oechsler that ten years earlier the answer on recovered vehicles would have been no, but things were becoming more open, and pointed him to Evan Hineman.”On the recordUS Navy UFO Crash Retrieval & Reverse Engineering Programs
Recorded call.
Connected
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) orgNRO Program B orgNational Underwater Reconnaissance Office (NURO) orgSAIC orgWackenhut orgBob Oechsler personR. Evan Hineman personJohn S. Herrington personSumner Shapiro person
Sources
- Jesse Michels, "Secretary Of Energy Breaks Silence on UFOs" (YouTube)
- UAP Gerb: the National Reconnaissance Office
- UAP Gerb: US Navy crash retrieval and USO programs
- UAP Gerb: Dugway Proving Ground, UFO legacy programs
- UAP Gerb: UFO legacy programs, Northrop Grumman
- UAP Gerb, 'Off-World Technologies Division - UAP Technology Reverse Engineering' (YouTube, 18 July 2024)
- Area52, 'New UFO Witnesses Break Silence to Investigator - UAP Gerb - DEBRIEFED ep. 49' (YouTube, 8 Aug 2025)
Mentioned on (11)
- American Alchemy: Secretary of Energy John Herrington on UFOs, plus Brent Friedman's reply
- UAP Gerb: 1997 Alien Reproduction Vehicle Encounter at 29 Palms, CA: The Testimony of Sgt Roderick Castle
- UAP Gerb: 80 Years of UFO Crash Retrieval and Reverse Engineering: A Timeline
- UAP Gerb: Dugway Proving Ground - UFO Legacy Programs
- UAP Gerb: Deep Underground Military Bases (D.U.M.Bs.) - UFO Legacy Programs
- UAP Gerb: Northrop Grumman & TRW - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy Programs [Vol.2]
- UAP Gerb: National Reconnaissance Office - UFO Crash Retrievals, Surveillance, and Legacy Program Gatekeepers
- UAP Gerb: Off-World Technologies Division - UAP Technology Reverse Engineering
- UAP Gerb: UFO Legacy Programs - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
- UAP Gerb: US Navy UFO Crash Retrieval & Reverse Engineering Programs
- UAP Gerb: 1997 Peru UFO Crash Retrieval - the Story of Jonathan Weygandt