CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia
CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia is the primary campus of the Central Intelligence Agency and the seat of the Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T). In UAP research, it is most directly relevant as the site of a 1989 meeting between NASA mission specialist Bob Echler and CIA DS&T Deputy Director Everett Heinman regarding recovered non-human craft.
The 1989 Heinman-Echler Meeting
In 1989, Echler contacted retired Admiral Bobby Ray Inman — former Director of Naval Intelligence, Director of the NSA, and Deputy Director of the CIA — to inquire whether recovered UFO vehicles might be made available for scientific research. Inman directed Echler to Everett Heinman at CIA DS&T as "the best person to ask" about recovered craft in operational condition. Echler subsequently traveled to CIA Headquarters in Langley for a meeting with Heinman.
During that meeting, Heinman denied any knowledge of UFOs or UAP legacy programs. However, when contacted independently in 2022 by researcher RGH UFOs and asked specifically about Inman's referral, Heinman did not issue a flat denial. Instead he stated he was "far removed from that area of work" — a response UAP Gerb characterizes as an ambiguous partial confirmation, noting that a direct denial would have been the expected response if no such programs existed.
Significance in Legacy Program Research
UAP Gerb presents the Langley meeting as direct evidence that Admiral Inman possessed specific knowledge of which CIA officials managed recovered craft programs. The DS&T, as the CIA's technical intelligence arm, would be a logical organizational home for a program managing physically recovered non-human technology. The video argues that Heinman's career-long position within DS&T, combined with his non-denial in 2022, makes him a figure of ongoing interest in mapping the institutional structure of UAP legacy program oversight.
The site is also relevant to the broader pattern of CIA institutional gatekeeping: in 2011, CIA DS&T Deputy Director Glenn Gaffney allegedly blocked the Kona Blue technology transfer that would have moved recovered non-human materials from Lockheed Martin to the AATIP/Kona Blue research initiative.