I’ve learned that Kean and Blumenthal did, in fact, bring the story to the Times, but the paper of record turned it down. The Times didn’t respond to a request for comment, but Blumenthal, reached by phone, confirmed the paper “passed on an early version” in April. “To be clear -- the Washington Post did not pass on our story,” Kean wrote on Facebook Monday. During interviews on NewsNation with both Grusch and Kean, it became clear that neither had seen photos of the alleged craft. A number of publications have picked up the Debrief story—some noting their skepticism—since its publication, though the Times and Post have not.

Source: Washington Post June 09, 2023 02:24 UTC