Person
R. Evan Hineman
CIA Deputy Director for Science and Technology in the 1980s, tied by UAP Gerb to the NRO's CIA-run satellite Program B and its Pine Gap ground station. Bobby Ray Inman named him in 1989 as the best person to ask about recovered vehicles; he denied knowledge when Bob Oechsler met him and in 2022 said he was long out of the field.
Claims (5)
Inman to Oechsler, 1989: 'The deputy director for science and technology at CIA is named Everett Hineman. He is in fact getting ready to retire in the very near future. That may make him somewhat more willing to have dialogues.'firsthandOn the recordOechsler's recording of the call (cited by UAP Gerb)
He met Oechsler at Langley on 10 Aug 1989 and denied knowledge.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedBob Oechsler
In 2022 he answered researcher RGH_UFOs: 'I am a long way and quite a few years from working in the area you are researching.'firsthandSourced, unconfirmedR. Evan Hineman (reply to RGH_UFOs, 2022)
A 14 Dec 1984 memo on the Navy Special Program suggested including a representative from Hineman's directorate on a special ad hoc requirements committee.US Navy UFO Crash Retrieval & Reverse Engineering ProgramsfirsthandOn the recordCIA memo, 14 Dec 1984 (cited by UAP Gerb)
He was the first chief of the NRO's CIA-run Program B ground element at Pine Gap and directed Program B in 1982-89.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedNRO leadership bios (cited by UAP Gerb)
Connected
Central Intelligence Agency orgNational Reconnaissance Office (NRO) orgNRO Program B orgBob Oechsler personBobby Ray Inman personPine Gap, Australia place
Sources
- UAP Gerb: the National Reconnaissance Office
- UAP Gerb: US Navy crash retrieval and USO programs
- UAP Gerb: 80 Years, the legacy-program timeline