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Matthew Brown

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Self-identified ex-Pentagon analyst whose Immaculate Constellation claims lack classification markers or chain-of-custody evidence

Occupation — National security analyst, Policy advisor

Education — Johns Hopkins University, Naval Postgraduate School

Disclosure Rating — 1/10

Brown asserts that he worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of State with TS/SCI access. No independent personnel record, pay stub or military service verification has been produced to corroborate those assignments.

PeriodEducation / PositionNotes
2010B.A., International Affairs, The George Washington University
(no degree)Began M.A. in Security Policy Studies, GWUThesis incomplete; left for federal employment
2010–2012Analyst, Washington, D.C. think tank (WMD non-proliferation)Published open-source articles under byline M. J. Brown
2012–2017Contractor analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense ProgramsHeld TS//SCI via DIA; reportedly worked in C-Ring WMD Policy cell for over four years
2017–2018Detail to Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD(I&S))Six-month assignment; worked in special programs cell with exposure to SAP document libraries
2019–2023Foreign Affairs Officer, Bureau of International Security & Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of StateDesk: Europe-Eurasia; granted pre-publication review authority over own writings (FOIA confirmed, 2024)

Brown resigned from the State Department in early 2025 and currently resides in Northern Virginia. As of 2025, he holds no active security clearance. No pending criminal or security-violation charges have been found in public records.

  Immaculate Constellation Artefact

The file at the centre of Brown's story carries none of the mandatory banners, routing identifiers, copy numbers or statutory citations required for a Special-Access Program product under DoD 5230.09 or 10 U.S.C. § 119. Its code-name—"Immaculate Constellation"—resembles an aspirational slogan rather than a registry-generated word pair. Formatting specialists label the document either private advocacy text or a red-team prop, not a genuine USAP brief.

  Public Narrative

Brown says he accidentally opened the file on JWICS, attempted to self-report the spillage, drafted an eleven-page analytic memo later cleared by the State Department with no redactions, and moved to public testimony after Congress showed indifference.

  Internal Contradictions

TopicStatements in Conflict
Scope of JWICS accessClaims near-unrestricted browsing for any Top-Secret holder yet also describes zero-tolerance compartment policing that blocks mention of certain names.
Penalties for mishandling classified materialDescribes both routine paperwork for accidental exposure and life-imprisonment—or execution—for the same act.
Prior interest in UFOsCalls the subject a lifelong passion, then minutes later insists he was never a "UFO guy."
Accidental vs. deliberate document discoveryAlternates between a single mis-filed deck and hours of purposeful file mining.
Degree of secrecy in DoDDepicts an all-pervasive lockdown yet recalls a two-year window of open chat on classified networks.
Pre-publication clearance meaningTreats a clean State pass as proof nothing is classified while elsewhere fearing DoD still considers it classified.
Operational-security posturePromotes extreme encryption and air-gapping, then openly flies cross-country to hand the file to journalists.
SAP hierarchy expertiseFirst limits intelligence SAPs to USD(I&S) but later uses an OSD(P) briefing as evidence of an intelligence parent SAP.
Legislative outcomeDeclares the UAP Disclosure Act failed even though Subtitle L passed within the FY 2024 NDAA.
Publicity aversionClaims he never wanted media attention yet books lengthy livestream appearances.

These tensions do not alone prove fabrication, but they erode confidence until primary artefacts emerge.

  Evidentiary Assessment

Evidence PointAssessment
Spillage report, suspension memo, or IG docket numberNone has been produced.
State Department pre-publication clearanceClearance was granted with no redactions, implying no classified fact is recognized in Brown's memo.
Operational examples providedAll are either already public Navy videos or untraceable anecdotes lacking supporting telemetry.

Under Intelligence Community Directive 203 the account remains unsubstantiated reporting with low plausibility.

Born on January 1, 1989

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