'Total BS': Reagan's Energy Secretary speaks out on alien meltdown story
In this week's Signs of Life, I tracked down John Herrington, who served as Ronald Reagan's energy secretary and deputy Navy secretary -- to ask him about his role in longstanding UFO lore.
For years, Hollywood writer/producer Brent Friedman has told a story about a disturbing dinner he allegedly had with Herrington in the summer of 1981, when Friedman had just graduated high school and Herrington had just joined the Reagan administration.
Friedman said that he and Herrington had been neighbors in California and that Herrington had hired him to drive his car and belongings out east after Herrington took a job in Washington. At the end of that trip, Friedman claims that Herrington had him over for dinner and began drinking.
Herrington then confessed that he had received secret briefings about government knowledge of aliens that had left him deeply distressed, according to the tale.
I was able to reach Herrington late last year by phone. After some prompting, Herrington said he vaguely recalled Friedman being his neighbor, but he called the alien story "total BS."
So, we now have that on the record.
Friedman tells me he stands by his story.
More details in Signs of Life #02. Link below to read and subscribe