James Clapper

Born in 1941, Clapper is a retired United States intelligence official who served as Director of National Intelligence from 2010 to 2017. He has been a notable voice in discussions surrounding government transparency on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). Clapper acknowledged the U.S. government's decades-long culture of secrecy surrounding UAP and expressed regret for not insisting on greater transparency regarding UAP during his tenure in government positions. He advocated that classification of UAP-related information should apply only to sensitive collection methods and emphasized the importance of documenting and recording UAP sightings for future analysis and understanding.