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Dan Caine
Documented What these labels mean →Gen. John Daniel 'Razin' Caine. F-16 pilot from the Air National Guard; assistant commanding general of JSOC (2016–18). Director of the DoD Special Access Program Central Office under USD(A&S), 2019–2021, succeeding Dawn Dunlop after she was fired. CIA associate director for military affairs (Nov 2021–Dec 2024). Chairman of the Joint Chiefs since April 2025. Named as SAPCO director on the DoD IG's 2021 UAP-evaluation contact list. No public UAP statements found.
Ties
| To | Role | Years | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson-Davis notes | same office: the SAPCO director is the one alleged to have pointed Wilson to the program | 1997 | Unproven | |
| Dawn Dunlop | successor as SAPCO director after her May 2019 firing | 2019 | Documented · occurred | airforcetimes.com |
| SAP loopholes (UAP Gerb Vol 2) | ran the office that reports SAPs to Congress | 2019–2021 | Documented · occurred | |
| DoD IG UAP evaluation 2021 | listed as Director, DoD SAPCO on the POC list | 2021 | Documented · occurred | documents2.theblackvault.com |
| Terry Phillips | both on the IG's SAP-office POC list | 2021 | Documented · occurred | documents2.theblackvault.com |
| Tonopah Test Range | Sen. Rosen: Caine served at a 'data masked' classified location; she raised the NTTR/Tonopah exposure records | 2025 | Documented · occurred | rev.com |
Tied from
| From | Role | Years | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn Dunlop | succeeded her at SAPCO | 2019 | Documented · occurred | |
| Report 01 - UAP program records | chapter 5 | 2019–2021 | Structural | |
| DoD IG UAP evaluation 2021 | listed as DoD SAPCO director | 2021 | Documented · occurred | documents2.theblackvault.com |
| AARO | SAPCO director before AARO existed; same oversight chain | 2021 | Concept | |
| Weinstein - suppressed physics (All-In 2026) | he's meeting the 'Department of War' and OSTP, same era | 2026 | — |
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What his SAPCO years (2019–2021) overlap
- The UAP Task Force stood up (Aug 2020), and the SASC FY21 NDAA language ordered its report.
- The DoD IG pre-evaluation meetings with OSI/PJ (Feb–Mar 2021).
- The Mellon Signal exchange ('2020') naming an Air Force SES-2 gatekeeper.
- Grusch's period of inquiry: Grusch says he was briefed on the "preponderance" of DoD SAPs.
Soft-synthesis flag
- These are timing overlaps. There is no record of Caine acting on UAP. Anyone in the SAPCO director's chair in those years would show the same overlaps.
Checkable
- SASC confirmation hearing (Apr 1, 2025): Hirono asked about Signal use (he said no). Rosen referenced his "own experience serving at a data masked location." No UAP question found in the transcript.