According to Dr. Eric Davis, who recently spoke at the November 22nd to 23rd Sol Foundation Symposium [22], PEADS was what one or more US president(s), in the past, have issued to keep the UAP crash-retrieval and reverse-engineering program(s) highly protected (waived unacknowledged Special Access Programs), outside of Congressional oversight, and outside of Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Dr. Davis confirmed to the author that the use of PEADS in this manner began with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose administration PEADS originated.

the evidence is strong that William Gibson used this expression and QI believes that he created it. However, the precise wording varies and the earliest citations do not appear in Gibson’s writings.