News · 1 November 2026
Kirkpatrick on the FBI agents' triangle: “a classic case of authority bias”; says Pentagon leadership told AARO to strip resolutions from released cases
interview · Fox News Digital (Greg Wehner) · Original source
Sean Kirkpatrick, AARO's first director, disputes the weight given to the federal agents' triangle sighting released in PURSUE release 07, and alleges that Pentagon leadership had AARO's resolutions removed from cases before they were published as unresolved. The Pentagon has not confirmed that allegation; the War Department says only that it is leaving the files unassessed, and confirmed that the triangle images are illustrations.
Facts and claims
- claimed Former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick told Fox News Digital that the FBI personnel's backgrounds alone do not validate the triangle sighting: “There's a lot of people that like to point to folks as being credible witnesses and therefore their testimony must be taken at face value,” he said. “And that is a classic case of authority bias.” Fox reports he said the lack of photographs or other supporting evidence makes it difficult to determine what the witnesses encountered. — Sean Kirkpatrick Source: foxnews.com (archived)
- claimed Kirkpatrick says some cases released publicly as unresolved had previously been resolved by AARO: “Pentagon leadership had told AARO to remove all of the resolution language and put these cases out as unresolved,” letting “the people make up their own mind.” Fox notes he did not specify when the directive was issued or which Pentagon leaders were involved. — Sean Kirkpatrick Source: foxnews.com (archived)
- claimed Kirkpatrick: “When we say a case is unresolved, it generally means there is no data or there is insufficient data to actually analyze it,” and “None of the data that we saw and reviewed and analyzed matches an alien hypothesis theory.” — Sean Kirkpatrick Source: foxnews.com (archived)
- claimed A War Department official, speaking on background, told Fox it is not commenting on or assessing the files “so that the American people can make up their own minds regarding the files”; Fox reports the department confirmed that the images accompanying the FBI triangular-object report were illustrations rather than photographs of the object. Source: foxnews.com (archived)
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- Sean Kirkpatrick (features)
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- Department of War (Department of Defense) (mentions)
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