Dr Bruce Maccabee and the CIA

This document is a blog post by Keith Basterfield, dated November 30, 2014, reviewing Dr. Bruce Maccabee's book, 'The FBI CIA UFO Connection.' The post details Maccabee's interactions with CIA personnel, beginning in 1979 after he investigated a 1978 New Zealand sighting. Maccabee was referred to Dr. Gordon MacDonald of the MITRE Corporation, who facilitated contact with the CIA. Maccabee presented his findings to seven CIA employees, including Christopher 'Kit' Green, who expressed personal interest in the subject. In 1984, Maccabee began a long-term association with Dr. Ronald Pandolfi, a scientist and intelligence analyst at the CIA, initially regarding Laser Generated Underwater Sound (LGUS) but extending to UAP research. Pandolfi provided Maccabee with documents related to the 1986 JAL1628 encounter. Maccabee later lectured at CIA headquarters in 1987, which he claims encouraged other employees to search for classified UAP information. Pandolfi eventually informed Maccabee that the official CIA interest in UAP was driven by espionage concerns—specifically, the possibility that the KGB was using UAP reports to penetrate the U.S. defense program. The post also mentions Maccabee's 1993 interaction with CIA Director Robert James Woolsey and historian Gerald K. Haines regarding an official history of CIA involvement in UFOs. The document concludes with comments from readers and references to other UAP-related research and data warehouses.