Gary McKinnon

Gary McKinnon

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Gary McKinnon is a British systems administrator who hacked U.S. military and NASA computers and says he encountered material suggesting suppressed UFO information.

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Gary McKinnon is a Scottish computer systems administrator who, between 2001 and 2002, gained unauthorized access to computers belonging to the U.S. military and NASA. Using the online name “Solo,” he said he was searching for evidence of UFO suppression and advanced energy technology. U.S. prosecutors sought his extradition on computer-misuse charges, but the British government blocked extradition in 2012 on human-rights grounds related to his health.

McKinnon’s case became a major British civil-liberties and extradition controversy independent of the UFO claims. U.S. prosecutors described extensive unauthorized access and damage, while his supporters emphasized his autism diagnosis, mental health, and the disproportionate consequences of removal to the United States. After a long legal campaign, the British government blocked extradition. The episode turned McKinnon from an obscure computer user into a public figure whose alleged discoveries can never be separated from the methods and legal stakes of the intrusion.

McKinnon has said that while connected to a NASA system he viewed a processed image of an unusual object and found references to “non-terrestrial officers” and ship-to-ship transfers. He did not preserve the image or underlying files in a form that has been publicly authenticated. NASA and the military have not confirmed his interpretation, and the phrases he recalls remain open to conventional bureaucratic or operational meanings.

McKinnon’s place in disclosure history rests on an unusual combination: the intrusion into government systems is documented, while his reported discoveries were never preserved for public inspection. His story therefore joins a real computer-security breach with claims about hidden aerospace material. That unresolved divide has kept him prominent in discussions of government secrecy and UAP disclosure long after the criminal case ended.

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[Retweeted] 🚨 Gary McKinnon’s (@realGMcKinnon) Gary McKinnon claims that during 2001–02 he accessed/hacked NASA and Pentagon networks and discovered evidence of an extraterrestrial space program, including files on "non-terra" officers. Original source credit: Gary McKinnon interviews, circulated via Jesse Michels / American Alchemy

An oldie but goodie from 2019! 👀 Gary McKinnon accessed US military and NASA systems and found what looks like proof of a secret space program, including a list of "non-terrestrial officers." The US government went after him for 10 years. Why? Watch: https://t.co/RpDnmHvRqb https://t.co/ZsNQwAlHRk

I think that the real question is: How many times has this experiment failed throughout the eons? https://t.co/yGjKAiOrMx [Quoted] How many civilisations does it take to realise that central control frameworks don't work ?

I had the opportunity to interview a software developer named Dustin Wilkins, who is coming forward for the first time as a witness to the Phoenix Lights back in ‘97. He is coming forward because he found a craft named in the leak from Gary McKinnon that matches exactly what he saw (and its very unique light pattern). The craft is the TR6 TELOS. Then, I brought Dustin and his testimony to Dr. Lynne Kitei, who has been studying the Phoenix Lights since it happened nearly 30 years ago. I would...

I had the opportunity to interview a software developer named Dustin Wilkins, who is coming forward for the first time as a witness to the Phoenix Lights back in ‘97. He is coming forward because he found a craft named in the leak from Gary McKinnon that matches exactly what he saw (and its very unique light pattern). The craft is the TR6 TELOS. Then, I brought Dustin and his testimony to Dr. Lynne Kitei, who has been studying the Phoenix Lights since it happened nearly 30 years ago. I would...

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Digging into the vault for this one! 🗂️ Back in 2019, I sat down with Gary McKinnon, the man who hacked into US military computers looking for UFO evidence and says he found it. A perfectly smooth craft photographed from space. Watch here: https://t.co/lxG6Z2sNjC https://t.co/cSjWOZwtdo

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RT @realGMcKinnon: Dear possible cousin Mr President (@realDonaldTrump ), please pardon me so that i can visit the graves of our ancestors.…

​ - Gary McKinnon claims he saw images of what appeared to be an alien spacecraft, as well as evidence of a secret U.S. "non-terrestrial officers" space program, while hacking into NASA and U.S. military computer networks in the early 2000s. - McKinnon, a British systems administrator and UFO enthusiast, famously broke into 97 U.S. military and NASA computers between 2001 and 2002 using the handle "Solo". During his intrusions, he made several claims about what he discovered - The Satellite P...

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