A starting point for finding the people who have shaped UFO research and public discussion. Search 28 profiles by name, role, or subject, or choose a field below. Each entry links to a biography, institutional page, published work, or original testimony.
Selection reflects public contributions across several viewpoints. Inclusion is not an endorsement of a person’s claims. Profiles use original summaries and were checked October 2, 2026.
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Helped shape modern UFO case classification and founded the Center for UFO Studies in 1973. His work is a starting point for the history of systematic civilian investigation and the close-encounter categories.
Known for long-running study of UFO reports and books examining their recurring patterns and interpretations. His work spans case collection, historical comparison, and alternative hypotheses about the phenomenon.
Spent decades publicly arguing for the scientific investigation of flying-saucer reports. His lectures and writings helped make UFO research a sustained public topic; his conclusions should be distinguished from independently demonstrated findings.
Succeeded Hynek as CUFOS scientific director. His work connects archival preservation, case analysis, and the organization’s continuing research into reported aerial phenomena.
A biomedical researcher who helped establish the Sol Foundation’s UAP research and policy initiative. He has participated in discussions of material analysis, scientific methods, and the institutional study of UAP.
Helped establish the Sol Foundation and its program of research and policy discussion. His contribution emphasizes the cultural and social questions raised by UAP claims and how institutions respond to them.
Leads the Galileo Project’s search for evidence of extraterrestrial technological artifacts. Its observational approach brings instrumentation and data collection into a subject often dominated by retrospective testimony.
Studies methods for investigating UAP and has participated in instrumented field research with UAPx colleagues. His university’s research coverage describes the use of visible-light and infrared observations and the challenges of interpreting anomalous data.
Studies changes and apparent disappearances in historical astronomical observations. She has presented this research in UAP-focused scientific forums, connecting archival images with questions that can be tested through data.
German Wikipedia biography.
#Testified at the July 2023 House UAP hearing as executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace. His public work focuses on pilot reporting, airspace safety, and the professional stigma attached to unusual observations.
Wikipedia redirects this profile to its coverage of the reported encounters.
#A former Navy squadron commanding officer who testified at the July 2023 House UAP hearing. His account of the 2004 encounter commonly called the Tic Tac case is widely discussed alongside the associated military reporting.
Wikipedia redirects this profile to its coverage of the reported encounters.
#Testified at the July 2023 House hearing about allegations concerning undisclosed UAP programs. His testimony is a primary record of what he asserted to Congress; the existence of testimony does not independently establish every underlying allegation.
A prominent public advocate for UAP disclosure and author of Imminent. He has described his involvement in government UAP work in interviews and books; readers can compare his accounts with official records and responses.
Writes about UAP policy, government transparency, and national-security oversight. His public essays connect the subject to reporting systems, congressional scrutiny, and the collection of better evidence.
Author of UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record. Her reporting and participation in public research forums have helped bring military and aviation witnesses into mainstream discussion.
Writes about UFO reporting and the history of encounter claims. His books include The Believer, a biography of psychiatrist John Mack and his investigations of people reporting unusual experiences.
A longtime public voice in UFO reporting and co-host of WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell. Their program presents interviews, documents, and claimed military footage for public discussion.
Co-hosts WEAPONIZED with George Knapp and publishes investigations and interviews about UAP. His work frequently centers on claimed military encounters and the people who bring those accounts forward.
An Australian investigative journalist whose UAP coverage includes witness interviews and arguments for government disclosure. His work is influential in contemporary public discussion of alleged secret programs.
Known for documentaries about UFO witnesses and historical cases, including The Phenomenon. He also participated in National Geographic’s Chasing UFOs, bringing a documentary approach to field investigations.
Publishes government records and research through The Black Vault. His work is useful for following the documentary trail behind UAP stories, including FOIA releases and the context around agency responses.
Writes and speaks about the history of UFO reporting, official secrecy, and public policy. His books and commentary provide an interpretive history that readers can compare against the original records he discusses.
Spanish Wikipedia biography.
#Organizes disclosure advocacy and promotes contact-related practices through his public projects. His accounts and claims are influential in one part of the UFO community and should be evaluated on their supporting evidence.
Became widely known for claims that he worked on reverse engineering extraterrestrial technology. The claims are a major part of UFO culture; this directory describes his public role without treating those claims as established fact.
Writes about his reported encounters and the experiences of other witnesses. Communion and his Unknown Country platform have played a significant role in the public discussion of contact and abduction narratives.
Publishes skeptical analyses of unusual footage and disputed claims. His work emphasizes testing possible explanations, reconstructing viewing geometry, and communicating how an apparent anomaly might arise.
Produced The UFO Movie THEY Don’t Want You to See, which examines UFO claims from a skeptical, science-focused perspective. His work supplies a contrasting approach to evaluating widely circulated evidence.
Listed among CUFOS’s directors as an archivist. His role highlights the importance of preserving original case records so later researchers can inspect the evidence and reporting context.
