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UFO hacker Gary McKinnon shares what he found

By T.K. Randall
June 8, 2022
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The 56-year-old made headline news in the early 2000s after he was caught hacking into US government computers.
McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, became the focus of a trans-Atlantic legal battle when he was caught hacking into NASA files in an effort to find evidence of UFOs.

At the time, the US had wanted to extradite him from the UK to face trial for his crimes - a move which would have likely seen him sentenced to as much as 70 years in prison.

After a great deal of legal wrangling, however, the extradition order was blocked by the UK.

These days McKinnon keeps a low profile, however he does still speak out about what happened and in particular, exactly what it was he found while browsing through sensitive government files.
Speaking to The Sun recently, he described finding thousands of images, including one of a mysterious cigar-shaped 'alien spacecraft'.

"It's a fact that there are objects we don't understand flying around in our skies, it's also a fact that there are scientific, intelligence and military departments that study these objects," he said.

"I was absolutely gobsmacked and those folders had thousands more images."

Due to his slow Internet connection, however, he was unable to download them all.

Source: Lad Bible




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