Did the United States military finance a popular UFO-reporting app via proxies?
Did the former head of a Pentagon UFO office in any way financially profit from these investments?
The Pentagon/US government in reporting may be tied to financing Enigma Labs, which self-reported (but later removed) connections to AARO, and former AARO "boss" Sean Kirkpatrick is listed as a member of the financing company claimed to be a seed investor for Enigma Labs.
What claimed evidence is there of this?
Researcher Jack Brewer published this article:
Which states:
Andresen identified Kirsten Bartok Touw as previously listed as a source of pre-seed funding for Enigma Labs, Inc., a recently launched company outwardly dedicated to UAP investigation and transparency, yet seemingly much less forthcoming than their self-description suggests. As documented by Andresen, the role of Bartok Touw has since been removed from websites.
Bartok Touw is a “Special Government Employee” at the Office of Strategic Capital (under the Office of the Secretary of Defense), as well as a managing partner at New Vista Capital and AirFinance, among other roles of potential significance. If designated a “Special Government Employee,” or SGE, one may simultaneously represent the interests of big tech companies, banks, venture capital funds, military contractors, intelligence agencies, defense tech start-ups and, pretty much, anybody with skin in the game.
Who are the allegedly involved parties?
Who is AARO?
The goverrnment office in the Pentagon charged by the United States Congress and President under law to investigate military reports of UFOs:
Who is the Office of Strategic Capital (under the Office of the Secretary of Defense)? These people:
"…the Secretary of Defense established the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) in December 2022 to attract and scale investment to national security priorities. OSC aims to use the United States’ comparative advantages in capital markets and economic competition to crowd in capital for the critical technology supply chains needed by the Department of Defense."
Who is New Vista Capital? These people:
They appear to be major aerospace investors.
New Vista Capital on their website as of October 3, 2024, lists Sean M. Kirkpatrick under their "Venture Partners and Advisors" page:
That would be this Sean M. Kirkpatrick, who was a long-time DOD/military/IC related scientist and 'spy' sort, who ran AARO and briefed Congress:
Who now also works apparently for Oak Ridge National Laboratory as "Chief Technology Officer for Defense and Intelligence Programs" as seen here:
Who is Enigma Labs?
A popular app/website where the public can report UFO sightings. The ownership/staffing of Enigma is highly secretive.
What is the inference/alleged implication here?
We thus allegedly have military-provided seed funding for Enigma Labs, which announced (and then tried to obscure?) ties to AARO, ran at the time by Sean M. Kirkpatrick:
- http://archive.today/2024.10.03-160845/https://www.reddit.com/r/UAP/comments/10ht11n/engima_labs_is_partnering_up_with_aaro/
- https://i.imgur.com/6BlNJpx.png
- The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) of the Pentagon was created by Congressional mandate.
- Sean M. Kirkpatrick was in charge of AARO when Enigma Labs briefly reported ties to AARO.
- Enigma Labs is now reported to have allegedly received some level of government-affilited financing via New Vista Capital.
- Jack Brewer reports Jensine Andresen, PhD, found ties connecting Kirsten Bartok Touw of New Vista Capital to Enigma Labs financing.
- Bartok Touw is reportedly tied to the Pentagon office of Office of Strategic Capital for financing national security technologies.
- AARO "Boss" Sean M. Kirkpatrick is listed as a team member by New Vista Capital on their site.
Questions raised:
- Did the United States military via a proxy finance Enigma Labs?
- Is Enigma Labs today in any way connected to or affiliated with the Pentagon?
- Was Enigma Labs in any way previously connected to or affiliated with the Pentagon?
- Did Sean M. Kirkpatrick personally profit in any financial way from this beyond his government employment?
by PyroIsSpai
2 Comments
I just referenced your previous post about Enigma Labs with another Redditor who was curious about them. There’s plenty of shade there to suggest their ulterior motives are sketchy, at best. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
For those who haven’t seen it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/Rhf3syQ0Ju
Enigma contacts people who post UFO videos, urging them to post to their database. When asked about how the data would be used, and who funds the project, only cagey answers were forthcoming.
Your data is valuable. Even if redditors don’t appreciate potato-quality captures, there are people who know what to look for and want the goods.