Leslie Kean
Leslie Kean is an investigative journalist and author who is most notable for books about UFOs and the afterlife.[1][2]
Background[]
Kean is the daughter of environmentalist and philanthropist Hamilton Fish Kean and the granddaughter of Congressman Robert Kean.[3] Her uncle is former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean Sr., and her cousin is New Jersey State Senator Tom Kean Jr.
Career[]
Kean has published works relating to UFOs since 2000, and has been a guest on Coast to Coast AM.[4][5] Her book UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record, published by Penguin Random House, was a New York Times best seller.[6] Kean belongs to the UFO organization UFODATA.[7]
On 16 December 2017, the New York Times featured an article written by Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal and Kean, which revealed the fact that the US Department of Defense had spent $22.5M on a secret program titled the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program that investigated UFOs.[8]
Written works[]
- 1994. Burma's Revolution of the Spirit: The Struggle for Democratic Freedom and Dignity – with Alan Clements. ISBN 978-0893815806.
- 2010. UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record - with a foreword by John Podesta, Harmony Books, New York. ISBN 978-0307716842.
- 2017. Surviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for an Afterlife. ISBN 978-0553419610.
References[]
- ^ "Leslie Kean Penguin Random House". Penguin Random House. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
- ^ "Leslie Kean HuffPost". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
- ^ HAMILTON KEAN (obituary) Retrieved May 15, 2020
- ^ "Leslie Kean - Biography & Interviews Coast to Coast AM". Coast to Coast AM. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
- ^ Cooper, Helene; Blumenthal, Ralph; Kean, Leslie (December 16, 2017). "Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program". The New York Times. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (December 18, 2017). "On the Trail of a Secret Pentagon U.F.O. Program - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
...The journey began two and a half months ago with a tip to Leslie, who has long reported on U.F.O.s and published a 2010 New York Times best seller, “UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record....
- ^ "UFO DATA Team". Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ Cooper, Helene; Kean, Leslie; Blumenthal, Ralph (December 16, 2017). "2 Navy Airmen and an Object That 'Accelerated Like Nothing I've Ever Seen'". The New York Times. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
External links[]
- Living people
- Kean family
- American investigative journalists
- American UFO writers