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Indio, CA. 11\/30\/25
\nBy Michael Kayser
\nAnd Rich Scheck<\/p>\n
La Quinta, CA \u2014 11\/29\/25<\/p>\n
The Farah documentary Age of Disclosure leans heavily on the credibility of the now-iconic December 16, 2017 New York Times Tic Tac story \u2014 an article that many researchers argue is not a historic disclosure moment, but a carefully engineered narrative whose claims are increasingly collapsing under scrutiny.<\/p>\n
DJ, Scoles, Greenewald, Scheck, Warner, Farrell, and numerous others have long pointed out major inconsistencies in the NYT story and the way it was deployed into the public sphere.<\/p>\n
But recent developments \u2014 including statements from the original program head, clarifications from key promoters, admissions from the NYT\u2019s own co-author, and a significant expos\u00e9 from The Wall Street Journal \u2014 push this story into new territory.<\/p>\n
Below is a consolidated overview of what has emerged.<\/p>\n
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1. Lacatski Calls the NYT Tic Tac Story \u201cTotally Inaccurate\u201d<\/p>\n
In a recent Weaponized podcast appearance, Dr. James Lacatski, head of AAWSAP (the actual program underlying the NYT article), delivered one of the most consequential statements to date.<\/p>\n
At minute 9:40, Lacatski says the December 2017 New York Times Tic Tac story was:<\/p>\n
\u201ctotally inaccurate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source:
\nhttps:\/\/www.thewowsignal.news\/latest-news\/updates-from-the-new-paradigm-institute-dr-jim-lacatski-reveals-insights-on-weaponized-podcast<\/p>\n
For a story that launched the modern disclosure movement, this is nothing short of a direct repudiation from its primary insider.<\/p>\n
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2. Mellon\u2019s Commentary Further Undermines the Original Framing<\/p>\n
Chris Mellon \u2014 a central figure in pushing the Tic Tac narrative and shaping policy responses \u2014 has recently issued comments that subtly but meaningfully distance him from the original NYT framing.<\/p>\n
See this thread:
\nhttps:\/\/x.com\/MiddleOfMayhem\/status\/1770109796123058545<\/p>\n
Mellon\u2019s remarks reinforce what many researchers have argued for years:<\/p>\n
The NYT story was shaped, curated, and incomplete.<\/p>\n
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3. Kean Admits She Omitted Facts \u201cto Get People to Accept UFOs\u201d<\/p>\n
Leslie Kean, co-author of the 2017 NYT piece, later acknowledged that she intentionally avoided certain facts to make the subject more palatable.<\/p>\n
Her own admission:<\/p>\n
She left out information \u201cto help get people to accept UFOs.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is an extraordinary statement \u2014 not only because of the content she admits omitting, but because it reveals the intentional narrative engineering embedded in the original article.<\/p>\n
The obvious question:<\/p>\n
What else was curated, omitted, or framed to produce a desired public reaction?<\/p>\n
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4. Vall\u00e9e Working With Peter Thiel on a Private UFO Database<\/p>\n
As recently reported, Jacques Vall\u00e9e is assisting Peter Thiel on a privately held UFO data project.<\/p>\n
Source:
\nhttps:\/\/x.com\/RedPandaKoala\/status\/1993570818438349027?s=20<\/p>\n
This fits a broader pattern we\u2019ve been tracking:<\/p>\n
The real UFO research \u2014 the deep data, the high-value information \u2014 is increasingly being pulled into private hands, outside public oversight.<\/p>\n
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5. The Wall Street Journal Expos\u00e9: UFO Disclosure as Cover for Defense Spending<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most damning development comes from The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n
The WSJ reported that the modern disclosure push, including the Tic Tac narrative, was used to justify or obscure new streams of defense and intelligence spending.<\/p>\n
Article:
\nhttps:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/ufo-us-disinformation-45376f7e
\nThe implication is blunt:<\/p>\n
The \u201cAge of Disclosure\u201d may have been, in part, a budgetary maneuver.<\/p>\n
The WSJ connects the dots between:
\n\u2022 defense contractors
\n\u2022 congressional appropriations
\n\u2022 \u201cblack budget\u201d expansions
\n\u2022 and UFO narratives framed as national security threats<\/p>\n
\u2026suggesting that the Tic Tac story functioned as strategic disinformation rather than revelation.<\/p>\n
This is perfectly aligned with longstanding research into how UFO narratives have been weaponized historically \u2014 both psychologically and financially.<\/p>\n
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6. Context From Recent Articles (Scheck 2025)<\/p>\n
To understand the larger context, Rich Scheck\u2019s recent pieces are essential:
\n1. https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=37972
\n2. https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=38934<\/p>\n
These articles document a patterned, historically consistent use of UFO narratives to manipulate public perception, steer policy, and mask classified work.<\/p>\n
When placed alongside the WSJ revelations, they provide a broader timeline showing that the 2017 Tic Tac story fits neatly into decades of similar operations.<\/p>\n
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Conclusion: The Foundation of the Disclosure Narrative Is Crumbling<\/p>\n
The Farah documentary treats the NYT Tic Tac story as if it represents an uncontested, well-documented, reliable turning point \u2014 the beginning of an \u201cAge of Disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n
But the emerging evidence directly contradicts that view:
\n\u2022 The program head says the NYT story was totally inaccurate.
\n\u2022 A chief promoter (Mellon) is now distancing himself from the original framing.
\n\u2022 A co-author admits she intentionally manipulated the narrative.
\n\u2022 Vall\u00e9e is collaborating on private UFO data vaults with billionaire interest.
\n\u2022 And now, the Wall Street Journal has revealed the disclosure push may have been used to justify or disguise defense spending priorities.<\/p>\n
Together, these developments support what many independent investigators have argued since 2017:<\/p>\n
The Tic Tac story was never a disclosure event.
\nIt was manufactured consent \u2014 engineered, curated, and strategically deployed.<\/p>\n
As insiders continue to speak and new reporting emerges, the public may finally understand that the \u201cAge of Disclosure\u201d rests not on solid evidence, but on a shaky scaffold of narrative construction, psychological operations, and financial motives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}