Eric Haseltine

no band intelligence status · verified public figure

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The visual record

Illustrations, recordings and archival references — each with its own provenance. A documented source is a starting point for investigation, not a verdict on its explanation.

Interview · source video

American Alchemy · 0:02:39

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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensed

Interview · source video

American Alchemy · 0:00:00

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Interview · source video

American Alchemy · 3:24:01

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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensed

Haseltine ran Disney Imagineering research before becoming the NSA's director of research in 2002 and the intelligence community's chief technology officer. The corpus interviews him on what the NSA holds on UAP and on plasma and directed-energy explanations for some reports; he speaks to the limits of his own access.

Who

Role	Neuroscientist; former NSA director of research and associate director of national intelligence for science and technology
Side	intelligence
Status	verified public figure (does the person exist and hold the stated position — not whether their claims are true)

Interviews and appearances

0:00:00 NSA Director: "UFOs Might Be an Advanced Civilization Pre-Ice Age!" | MEMBERS RELEASE 25 April 2026 guest ▶ YouTube
0:00:00 Former NSA Director Breaks Silence on UFOs 26 April 2026 guest ▶ YouTube
3:24:01 Hollywood, The CIA & UFOs: The History Beyond Spielberg 20 June 2026 discussed ▶ YouTube

Mentioned in the corpus

Passages this record cites, with the stamp of the block each quote sits in.

Former NSA Director Breaks Silence on UFOs 26 April 2026
- 0:00:00 ▶ interview
- 0:02:39 ▶
  ding conversation with a bunch of rabbit holes you won't want to climb out of with this week's American Alchemists, Dr. Eric Haseltine and Dr. Chris Gilbert. Ignition sequence start.
NSA Director: "UFOs Might Be an Advanced Civilization Pre-Ice Age!" | MEMBERS RELEASE 25 April 2026
- 0:00:00 ▶ interview
Hollywood, The CIA & UFOs: The History Beyond Spielberg 20 June 2026
- 3:24:01 ▶ interview

Named in 2 uploads (automatic name matching, 3 mentions)

Sources on this record

0:02:39 Former NSA Director Breaks Silence on UFOs ▶
ding conversation with a bunch of rabbit holes you won't want to climb out of with this week's American Alchemists, Dr. Eric Haseltine and Dr. Chris Gilbert. Ignition sequence start.

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