Case · 1995–1996
NASA–Brazil agreements and the Varginha paperwork claim
A FOIA that tested Leir's story — and did not back it
Roger Leir claimed he saw a Brazil–NASA agreement on space debris/material while investigating Varginha. Hume asked NASA for agreements active in 1995–96. The released list, he says, has nothing close. Separately he tried three times to get former administrator Dan Goldin on the record and was ignored.
Findings
Each line is tagged as a FOIA outcome, something someone told Hume, open literature, a leak, or Hume's own reading. Do not treat the last as a document.
- 01FOIA outcome
NASA produced an agreement list for 1995/96. Hume: nothing matching Leir's claimed debris/material pact.
- 02On the record
Goldin: three outreach attempts, no reply. Hume's view that Goldin is the last NASA admin with NHI knowledge is labelled as opinion.
Files
Names
RG Hume
Independent FOIA researcher
UK researcher who files FOI/FOIA against MOD, DSTL, AARO, NNSA, DOE, FBI, CIA-adjacent holdings, EPA, CBP and police. Publishes as @rgh_ufos. Has said his name is on requests, has appeared in BBC and Mail Online, and was cited by Jesse Michels for the NNSA Starfish Prime response.
Daniel Goldin
NASA Administrator, 1992–2001
Hume tried three times to get Goldin on the record about UFOs / possible NHI knowledge and received no reply. Hume's opinion: probably the last NASA administrator with knowledge of the subject.
Roger Leir
Podiatric surgeon
Claimed he saw paperwork of a Brazil–NASA agreement on space debris/material while investigating Varginha. Hume FOIA'd NASA for agreements active in 1995–96; the released list contained nothing close to that agreement.
Agencies
Source posts
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- 2026-03-02
When Roger Leir was in Brazil investigating Varginha, claimed he saw paperwork of agreement between Brazil and NASA for space debris/material