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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

HHS Secretary who said in October 2026 that a group claiming crash-retrieval experience approached him during the transition, and that he has had briefings since.

Current role: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (since February 2025)

Former roles:

  • Independent candidate for President (2023–2024)
  • Environmental lawyer; founder of Children's Health Defense

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Background

Secretary of Health and Human Services since February 2025. He entered the UAP conversation on October 8, 2026, when, in conversation with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on his department's own podcast, he said that during the 2024–25 presidential transition a group approached him in Palm Beach to talk about UAP and that he has had briefings since taking office. The group's claims are relayed second-hand and unnamed; he gave no detail of the briefings. No official response has been made.

On the record

  • 2026-10-08 – The Secretary Kennedy Podcast, with Rep. Luna – "during the transition, I was living in Palm Beach. And this group approached me to talk about UAPs. [...] it was a very high-level NASA scientist, and then a bunch of Navy SEALs and Green Berets who had been on recovery teams." He described what they told him as "crazy", said they wanted him to go public and he declined given "so many counts against me on conspiracy theories", and then: "But I have had briefings once I got in there, and it's pretty – a lot of that stuff is really, really crazy." Episode · 20:13

Reported claims (secondary / anonymous-sourced)

  • 2026-10-08 – the group's claims, as relayed by Kennedy – that they had worked out how to "call some of the ships in" and were then "under orders to destroy them and recover them". No names, documents or official confirmation. Episode

Responses and criticism

  • 2026-10-08 – Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, in reply: "people will say a lot but can you prove it? What does the actual data prove, or can you actually bring forward tangible evidence?" Episode

Timeline of involvement

  • 2025-02-13 – confirmed as HHS Secretary
  • 2026-10-08 – describes the transition approach and his briefings on the HHS podcast

Part of the Key People in Disclosure series. Verified 2026-11-02. Spotted an error? Reach out.