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Daniel Sheehan

Attorney, chief counsel of the New Paradigm Institute

2021– · Media · Researcher

An attorney active since the 1970s in public interest cases, from the Pentagon Papers to the Silkwood case, he co-founded the Christic Institute in 1980 and today chairs the Romero Institute. In 2023 he founded the New Paradigm Institute, of which he is chief counsel, created to follow the progress of the UAP Disclosure Act. According to his website he was the lawyer for John Mack and for Steven Greer's Disclosure Project and in 2021 he represented Luis Elizondo.

Key claims
  • Says that he has worked on UAP since the late 1970s as a special consultant on a Library of Congress study requested during the Carter administration.
Controversies
  • In the late 1980s a federal court in Florida judged frivolous a $24 million lawsuit brought by the Christic Institute, which he co-founded, and ordered the institute to pay about $1 million in fees and costs; the decision was upheld on appeal and by the Supreme Court.
Today
Chief counsel of the New Paradigm Institute; hosts the program “Full Disclosure with Danny Sheehan” (SpectreVision Radio).

Documented authority

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Credentials 1/2
His legal career and his roles at the Christic Institute, the Romero Institute and the New Paradigm Institute are reported by Wikipedia and on his website; the role as UFO consultant in the 1970s is only self-declared.
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Conflicts of interest 1/2
He leads an organization dedicated to UAP disclosure and hosts a program on the subject; the sources consulted do not document specific compensation.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia – Romero Institute (Christic Institute and New Paradigm Institute) (other)
  2. Danny Sheehan's website: biography (self-declared) (other, pro-disclosure)

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