James Clapper
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen.; Director of National Intelligence 2010–2017; previously Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USDI, 2007–2010) and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA, 1991–1995). On-camera in the 2025 documentary the-age-of-disclosure discussing UAPs (src-age-of-disclosure-review-2025-03).
UAP Allegations
christopher-sharp at liberation-times reported in January 2026 that three independent sources allege Clapper co-ran a classified program codenamed “Golden Domes” alongside Principal Deputy DNI stephanie-osullivan — a CIA/USAF joint effort to detect, track, and kinetically engage non-human aerial vehicles (src-clapper-osullivan-ufo-retrieval-2026-01).
david-grusch stated on-record: “General Clapper was well aware of the crash retrieval issue, managed the crash retrieval issue, and, when he was a DNI, USDI, DIA, he placed people in critical roles to manage this issue, both publicly — and I’ll just say not publicly as well.” Former NSA director Mike Rogers separately recalled that Clapper unexpectedly ordered a review of NSA UFO files while serving as DNI.
Clapper’s lawyer Charles McCullough III served as Inspector General of the Intelligence Community under Clapper — and later became Grusch’s attorney when Grusch filed his ICIG whistleblower complaint. All allegations are unverified and unaddressed by Clapper.