India, May 17 -- A former CIA-funded government researcher made a sensational claim that the US has retrieved four distinct species of extraterrestrial life from crashed UFOs.

Dr. Hal Puthoff, who previously served as an advisor for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program and was a CIA-funded researcher, presented this assertion alongside Dan Farrah, the director of "Age of Disclosure," during an episode of Steve Bartlett's podcast, "The Diary of a CEO," on Thursday.

"People who have been involved in recoveries have said there are at least four types. Four separate types," Puthoff said. "Now I have not had direct access to that but I believe the people who I talked to - four separate types of life."

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