Pippa Malmgren

Last verified 2026-06-25. Roles and affiliations may have changed since.

Economist and former Bush economic adviser who writes on UAP policy and relayed the late Harald Malmgren's claims about handling recovered material.

Current role: Economist and technology entrepreneur; writes the Substack Pippa's Pen and Podcast; former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Economic Policy (as of 2026-06-25)

Former roles:

Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, National Economic Council (George W. Bush administration)
Member, President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Co-founder, Principalis Asset Management

@DrPippaM on X

Background

Pippa Malmgren is an American economist and technology entrepreneur. She holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics, served as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Economic Policy on the National Economic Council, co-founded Principalis Asset Management in 2009 and is the author of Signals and other books on geopolitics and markets. She began writing about UAP on her Substack in 2022, framing it as a bipartisan policy question with budget and markets implications. She is the daughter of Harald Malmgren, the economist and trade negotiator who in 2024 and 2025 publicly claimed to have handled recovered material and been briefed on "otherworld technologies"; he died in February 2025 and she co-hosted his final long-form interview. Her own position is that of a commentator, not a witness. Her Wikipedia entry covers the career.

On the record

2026-06-25 – Disclosure Forum 2026, Kennedy Caucus Room, Washington – spoke on a panel about the financial risks and opportunities of disclosure and said the disappearances or deaths of scientists linked to defence and aerospace work could hinder disclosure and unsettle markets. – NewsNation
2025-03-25 – X, replying to Christopher Mellon about her father – "He was being judicious in his revelations. Although, he felt a sense of urgency as more and more senior public officials started going on record and confirming that we know much more about this subject than is widely understood." – Post
2024-12-16 – Substack – on the New Jersey drone sightings: "The idea that the US government has no imagery and no idea what these unidentified flying objects are is beyond absurd." and "Clearly, everybody knew that the drones were coming except the public." – Substack
2023-08-10 – Aubrey Marcus Podcast – discussed UAP and space security as a former presidential adviser. – Episode page
2023-06-06 – Substack, "Disclosure of Anomalous Phenomena" – on UAP policy: "This is pretty much the only subject where we find a truly bipartisan agreement." – Substack
2022-05-09 – Substack, "The Space Space: Part 2" – first post discussing the reclassification of UFOs as UAP and related spending. – Substack

Reported claims (secondary / anonymous-sourced)

2025-04-22 – Jesse Michels interview with Harald Malmgren, released posthumously – Harald Malmgren claimed he handled material recovered after the 1962 Bluegill Triple Prime test, was briefed by CIA Deputy Director Richard Bissell, and, per the interview, told his daughter he had seen footage of crash survivors. These are Harald Malmgren's claims, relayed in part through Pippa Malmgren. No corroborating witness or document has been produced. – Interview
2024-12-31 – X – Harald Malmgren posted that there were hidden links between the US Navy and UAP retrievals from Los Alamos nuclear tests outside DoD oversight. His own claim, uncorroborated. – Post

Responses and criticism

Douglas Dean Johnson, after reviewing federal personnel and clearance records, concluded that Harald Malmgren's account of his 1962 to 1964 role did not match the documents: "The documents dissolved multiple key cornerstones of Malmgren's tales." The piece does not address Pippa Malmgren directly. – Washington Examiner, 2025-05-20

Timeline of involvement

2022-05-09 – first Substack post on UAP
2023-06-06 – "Disclosure of Anomalous Phenomena"
2023-08-10 – Aubrey Marcus Podcast appearance
2024-12-16 – Substack post on the New Jersey drones
2025-02-13 – Harald Malmgren dies
2025-04-22 – Harald Malmgren's final interview released
2025-05-20 – Johnson's records review published
2026-06-25 – Disclosure Forum panel

Relevant links

Part of the Key People in Disclosure series. Verified 2026-06-25. Spotted an error? Reach out.