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title: "George N. Lewis"
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canonical_name: "George N. Lewis"
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MIT researcher (Program in Science, Technology, and Society / Security Studies Program) who co-authored, with physicist Theodore Postol, the 1991–93 *Science & Global Security* study analyzing publicly available news-camera footage of Patriot–Scud engagements over Israel and Saudi Arabia. Their conclusion — that the footage contained "no unambiguous evidence that Patriot destroyed even one Scud warhead" — was the first public challenge to the Army's wartime Patriot success claims, and it, together with the same April 1992 House subcommittee hearing, fed directly into GAO's own NSIAD-92-340 review that independently found only about 9% of claimed kills met a "strong evidence" standard.

## References
- [[claim-lewis-postol-1993-no-video-evidence-of-patriot-scud-warhead-kill]]
- [[claim-patriot-army-effectiveness-claim-collapsed-from-96-to-52-percent]]
- Captures: 10-inbox/raw/2026-07-09-hop-patriot-osint-lineage.md, 10-inbox/raw/2026-08-07-did-gaonsiad-92-340-find-that-only-about.md