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Steven M. Greer
Ufologist & Former Physician
Steven M. Greer
Ufologist & Former Physician
Ufologist and founder of CSETI, the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence as well as the Disclosure Project.
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Paola Harris
Investigative Journalist
Paola Harris
Investigative Journalist
Journalist who interviewed some of the top ufologists in the world and wrote numerous books on the subject including an in-depth report on the Trinity Crash in New Mexico.
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Mark Hulsey
Pilot
Mark Hulsey
Pilot
Pilot of a private jet and former Marine Corps F-18 pilot reported 4 to 7 unidentified flying objects hovering about a mile above him which became part of the "Racetrack UAPs".
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J. Allen Hynek
Astronomer, Professor & Ufologist
J. Allen Hynek
Astronomer, Professor & Ufologist
Initially skeptical of UFOs, Hynek, a professor of astronomy, was recruited by U.S. Air Force in 1948 to serve as astronomical consultant for Project Sign. He later became the founder and first head of the Center for UFO Studies.
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Robert Jacobs
U.S. Air Force Photographic Instrumentation Officer
Robert Jacobs
U.S. Air Force Photographic Instrumentation Officer
Former USAF lieutenant asserted that he saw video footage of a UFO shoot laser beams to dismantle a dummy nuclear warhead in 1964.
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Clarence Kelly Johnson
Aeronautical Engineer
Clarence Kelly Johnson
Aeronautical Engineer
Aviation pioneer and Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 aircraft designer, witnessed a UFO with his wife Althea in 1953 from their ranch in Agoura, California.
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John E. Mack
Psychiatrist, Writer & Professor
John E. Mack
Psychiatrist, Writer & Professor
Harvard professor who headed the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Later in life, he became a leading researcher in understanding the psychology of people who claimed to have experienced alien encounters.
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James E. McDonald
Physicist & Professor
James E. McDonald
Physicist & Professor
One of the earliest reputable scientific researchers of UFOs, McDonald grew frustrated with the USAF Project Blue Book and pushed Congress for serious investigations.
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Thornton Leigh Page
Astrophysicist & Radar Expert
Thornton Leigh Page
Astrophysicist & Radar Expert
Professor of astronomy and a committee member on the Robertson Panel which examined evidence on UFOs.
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Ronald Reagan
U.S. President
Ronald Reagan
U.S. President
Had an alleged UFO sighting while on an airplane and grew very interested in the subject afterwards.
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Harry Reid
Lawyer & Politician
Harry Reid
Lawyer & Politician
United States Senator who helped obtain funding for the government's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program that investigated reports of UFOs.
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Edward J. Ruppelt
U.S. Air Force & Intelligence
Edward J. Ruppelt
U.S. Air Force & Intelligence
Director of Project Blue Book and generally credited with coining the terms "unidentified flying object" instead of "flying saucer" or "flying disk."
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Robert Salas
U.S. Air Force, Weapons Controller
Robert Salas
U.S. Air Force, Weapons Controller
A USAF nuclear missile targeting officer on duty in Montana when the Malmstrom UFO incident occurred and coauthor of "Faded Giant."
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Nathan F. Twining
U.S. Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
U.S. Air Force
Wrote the famous 1948 "Twining Memo", which stated that the UAP phenomenon "is something real and not visionary or fictitious."
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Consort of British Monarch
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Consort of British Monarch
The British Prince had a lifelong fascination with the subject and supposedly had extensive files on aliens and UFOs.
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Clare Boothe Luce
Politician & Writer
Clare Boothe Luce
Politician & Writer
While in a Rome as US Ambassador to Italy, she was witness to a UFO sighting.
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John Podesta
Political Consultant
John Podesta
Political Consultant
Political consultant and advisor to Presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden who urged for government transparency regarding UFOs.
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Lloyd J Austin III
U.S. Secretary of Defense
Lloyd J Austin III
U.S. Secretary of Defense
28th US Secretary of Defense of the United States of America.
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Mario Avila
Chemist
Mario Avila
Chemist
CEFAA scientific committee member and nuclear chemist who was given footage of the UFO recorded by the Chilean Navy in 2014.
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Harry G. Barnes
Air Traffic Controller
Harry G. Barnes
Air Traffic Controller
Senior air traffic controller at Washington National Airport that tracked UFOs over Washington, D.C. on radar in 1952.
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Luis Barrera
Astrophysicist
Luis Barrera
Astrophysicist
Astrophysicist asked to help identify the UFO recorded by the Chilean Navy in 2014.
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Frances Emma Barwood
Phoenix City Councilwoman
Frances Emma Barwood
Phoenix City Councilwoman
City of Phoenix councilwoman asked for a city investigation into the Phoenix Lights event of 1997.
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Keith Basterfield
Author & Researcher
Keith Basterfield
Author & Researcher
UFO researcher believed that the Westall UFO sighting was actually a high altitude balloon.
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Dave Beaty
Documentary Filmmaker & Researcher
Dave Beaty
Documentary Filmmaker & Researcher
Filmmaker, researcher, and UAV expert, and UAP AATIP consultant.
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Michel Bounias
Biochemist & Biophysicist
Michel Bounias
Biochemist & Biophysicist
French scientist who studied plant material near alleged UFO sightings in the 1980's with Jacques Vallee, including Trans-en-Provence.
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Jimmy Carter
Former U.S. President
Jimmy Carter
Former U.S. President
Before he was US President, Carter filed a UFO report with MUFON in 1973, and had a keen interest in the subject throughout his presidency.
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Fernando Cámara
Spanish Air Force Pilot
Fernando Cámara
Spanish Air Force Pilot
A captain in the Spanish Air Force was sent to investigate the UFO which became known as the Manises incident.
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Brian Dunning
Writer, Producer & Skeptic
Brian Dunning
Writer, Producer & Skeptic
Writer and producer who critically examined pseudoscience, believed that the Westall incident can best be explained as a weather balloon.
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Edward R. Murrow
Broadcast Journalist & War Correspondent
Edward R. Murrow
Broadcast Journalist & War Correspondent
CBS reporter and journalist narrated a half-hour radio program, "The Case of the Flying Saucer," in 1950.
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Kerry Forides
Permaculturalist
Kerry Forides
Permaculturalist
Filmed an object with a strange dark tail or plume, from a commercial aircraft flight over the Aegean Sea.
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William H. Fortenberry
Air Force Pilot
William H. Fortenberry
Air Force Pilot
Pilot for Pan American World Airways witnessed eight UFOs with co-pilot, William B. Nash, while flying over the Chesapeake Bay in 1952.
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Patrick Gokey
U.S. Navy Seaman
Patrick Gokey
U.S. Navy Seaman
Navy seaman aboard the USS Ronald Reagan witnessed a glowing orange blob two different times hovering over the ship.
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Andrew Greenwood
Teacher
Andrew Greenwood
Teacher
Teacher that alleged Australian authorities covered up a mass UFO sighting at multiple schools near Melbourne in 1966.
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William K. Hartmann
Planetary Scientist & Author
William K. Hartmann
Planetary Scientist & Author
Planetary scientist and author who was a member of the University of Colorado Condon Committee that investigated UFOs for the US Air Force.
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Carl Hatch
U.S. Senator
Carl Hatch
U.S. Senator
U.S. Senator from New Mexico in 1947 that allegedly requested special meeting with President Truman about the Roswell incident.
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Enrique Múgica Herzog
Politician
Enrique Múgica Herzog
Politician
Spanish politician was a representative of The High Chamber and requested an account for the Manises UFO incident.
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Zhu Jin
Astronomer
Zhu Jin
Astronomer
Curator of Beijing Planetarium and vice executive director of Beijing's UFO Research Society refuted claims that two UFOs swept by Shenzhou 9, China's spacecraft.
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Rosie Jones
Director
Rosie Jones
Director
Produced documentary "Westall '66, a Suburban UFO Mystery" about the mass UFO sighting.
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Ed Keffel
Photographer
Ed Keffel
Photographer
Press photographer who took five pictures of a UFO that were published by O Cruzeiro, a Brazilian weekly magazine in 1952.
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Lynne Kitei
Physician
Lynne Kitei
Physician
Local physician who witnessed the Phoenix Lights and wrote a book about what she uncovered while searching for the truth.
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