Helene Cooper

Pentagon correspondent for the New York Times. Co-author of the groundbreaking NYT article of December 16, 2017 ('2 Navy Airmen and an Object That Accelerated Like Nothing I've Ever Seen') together with Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal — revealed the secret AATIP program and triggered the modern disclosure movement. Pulitzer Prize winner (2015, Ebola coverage). Author of 'The House at Sugar Beach' (2008, memoir about Liberia) and 'Madame President: The Extraordinary, True (And Evolving) Story of Women in Politics' (2017). Decades of Pentagon experience gave her access to AATIP sources. Connections: Leslie Kean, Ralph Blumenthal, Luis Elizondo, Harry Reid.