Harry Reid

Late U.S. Senator (D-NV); foundational figure in modern Pentagon UAP funding through his role securing FY2008–2012 appropriations for AAWSAP/AATIP. Cited by chuck-schumer as a personal mentor who cared deeply about UAP transparency, motivating Schumer’s 2023 push for the uap-disclosure-act and uap-records-review-board.

Sources

• src-uap-transparency-stalls-2025-12