File
CIA DS&T UFO programs, 1980s — Hineman acknowledgement
CIA Directorate of Science & Technology · 1982–1989
Unreleased — witness acknowledgement only
Request
Hume's on-record conversation with R. Evans Hineman (DDS&T 82–89), plus later pressure on AARO/PURSUE to produce the files.
Outcome
No document release. Hineman acknowledged involvement in UFO programs after Blue Book. After a mix-up was clarified he stopped answering; Hume later said mentioning whistleblower protections and AARO was a mistake. Hume: until those files appear, 'you are no closer to the truth than 2017.'
A living CIA official on the record; the paper still inside.
Names on this file
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.
R. Evans Hineman
CIA Deputy Director for Science & Technology, 1982–1989
Hume got Hineman on record acknowledging involvement in UFO programs in the 1980s — after Blue Book. Hume's standing demand: release the CIA DS&T UFO program files from that decade. He has urged AARO and later declassification tranches to interview him.
Leon Panetta
Former CIA Director
Hume asked whether ODNI UAP investigators spoke with Panetta, Hineman, Gaffney and BRI — all still alive — and if those interviews will be public.
Cases
Source posts
Public posts by @rgh_ufos. Open may be blocked inside this preview — copy the URL and paste it in a new tab.
- 2026-08-01
He acknowledge to me involvement in UFO programs in the 80s, this is after PBB closed. So what program is he talking about?