Kit Green's USAF "UFO" mentor

This document is a blog post by Keith Basterfield, dated August 29, 2019, which investigates the identity of an unnamed associate of Dr. Christopher 'Kit' Canfield Green. In a July 2019 interview with researcher Richard Dolan, Green described a retired, senior USAF general officer and physician who, during the 1980s, claimed that information regarding alien incursions and recoveries was true. This associate allegedly promised to secure security clearances for Green to access these programs, though the clearance never materialized. The associate passed away in 1997. Basterfield, with assistance from Paul Dean, cross-referenced USAF leadership biographies of individuals who died in 1997. They identified Brigadier General Donald D. Flickinger as the only physician in that group. Flickinger's career included serving as a director of 'human factors' for the USAF's space program, director of bio-astronautics and life sciences, and as a medical advisor to the CIA's Project AQUATONE. Basterfield notes that while Flickinger's biographical details are consistent with Green's description, he found no official records confirming Flickinger's service on a CIA science board or any evidence of his interest in UFOs. The post includes comments from other researchers, such as Robert Sheaffer, who suggests investigating other physicians like Dr. Charles J. Stahl and Dr. James B. Farnum, who had professional associations with Green.