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Michael Schratt (private pilot/aviation historian) has been investigating UFO encounters for over 25 years. Between 2008 and 2009, Michael meticulously reviewed a minimum of 50,000 cases which were preserved at the CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies) archives in Chicago. Michael has re-created dozens of highly credible UFO cases using drawings, illustrations and commissioned artwork. He has also investigated the Kingman UFO crash which has returned to widespread scrutiny thanks to Christopher Mellon’s recent release of an email chain suggesting the crash was rea. Michael has appeared on multiple media platforms including the following: Coast to Coast AM, History Channel, Paranormal Matrix, UFO Hunters, Fade to Black and, of course A Different Perspective. In addition, Michael has been a guest speaker at multiple UFO conferences including the following: Phoenix MUFON, Orange County MUFON, International UFO Congress, MUFON Symposium and UFO CON.

Rob has an undergraduate degree in physics and spent his career at the US Patent and Trademark Office working on intellectual property in a number of areas, most importantly in aeronautics and astronautics. (Ironically, he said since the latter includes circular aircraft, he can state he worked on flying saucers for the government.) His UFO involvement goes back to 1968 during what he called his larval stage, when ongoing sightings and the University of Colorado UFO study permanently nailed his attention. Once he arrived in the DC area with the PTO, he joined the Fund for UFO Research and subsequently was elected to the executive committee of that organization. Around 2006 as the Fund wound down due to the rise of the Internet and other factors (it still exists as an organization, however, although at the moment it's largely dormant), he was asked to join MUFON's board of directors, and continues to serve there to this day.

Although it is perhaps lesser known than other alleged UFO crashes such as the Roswell incident in the summer of 1947, an apparent crash and recovery of an extraterrestrial vehicle in Kingman, Arizona in the spring of 1953 is potentially one of the most controversial and credible of such claims. In most instances, despite the obvious caution, most such claims usually fall into one category or another. With the Kingman UFO crash, though, compelling arguments are made for both it being a genuine event or something explained with more down-to-earth reasons.

The Kingman UFO Crash: A Controversial Claim The Kingman UFO crash is a controversial alleged incident that purportedly occurred in Kingman, Arizona, in 1953. The claim suggests that an extraterrestrial spacecraft crashed in the area, and that the wreckage was recovered by the U.S. government. Key points about the claim: Alleged crash site: The crash is said to have happened near Paradise Valley, just outside of Kingman. Government involvement: According to proponents, the U.S. Air Force responded to the incident and recovered the wreckage. Leaked documents: The claim is often supported by references to leaked government documents that allegedly confirm the crash. Source icon Lack of official confirmation: Despite the claims, there is no official confirmation from any government agency, and many experts remain skeptical. The controversy: - Lack of evidence: There is no concrete physical evidence to support the claim, such as photographs or eyewitness testimonies that have been independently verified. -Inconsistencies: The details of the incident and the leaked documents often vary, making it difficult to establish a consistent narrative. -Government secrecy: Some argue that the government's alleged involvement in covering up the incident is a common theme in UFO lore, and that it's difficult to distinguish between fact and fiction. Conclusion: While the Kingman UFO crash remains a popular topic among UFO enthusiasts, there is no definitive evidence to support the claim. The lack of official confirmation and the inconsistencies in the available information make it a subject of ongoing debate and speculation.

Robert Sheaffer is a writer with a lifelong interest in astronomy and the question of life on other planets. He is one of the leading skeptical investigators of UFOs, a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry cleverly known as CSI and his written the Psychic Vibration column in the Skeptical Inquirer for over 35 years. He is a founding director and past chairman of the Bay Area Skeptics. He has written books on a variety of paranormal topics and has appeared on many television and radio shows over the years. His book, Bad UFOs, is what is of interest to us here.

Over the years, David Jones has had a variety of occupations, including shipping agent and short story writer, and has a degree in art history and classical studies. His research into the Roswell Incident began in the summer of 2022 and ended in the winter of the following year when his work on the Ramey Memo and the accompanying book was completed. He lives in the west Midlands and runs a small online shop selling art prints.

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David has had a lifelong interest in the subject of UFOs. He joined The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) in 1990 as a Field Investigator Trainee. Since then, he has served as Field Investigator, State Section Director, as well as Illinois State Director. David is currently an independent UFO researcher. During his tenure with MUFON, he had conducted numerous investigations into alleged UFO sightings and related experiences. He has discussed the subject of UFOs on numerous radio and television news programs. He has also lectured on the subject to various school and adult audiences over the years. He is also the Executive Director of the National UFO Historical Records Center, which is a collection of material, reports and a repository for data from around the world. Dozens of UFO researchers have donated their files to the Center. David received his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE). He received his Certification in Hypnotherapy from Mottin and Johnson Institute of Hypnosis in St. Louis, Missouri. David is a Registered Polysomnographic Technician (RPSGT) and assisted in diagnosing and treating patients that suffered from various sleep disorders for several years at a major St. Louis-based medical facility. He has worked within the medical field for over twenty years. His book is Triangular UFOs: An Estimate of the Situation. He might by the world’s foremost authority on triangular-shaped UFOs.

Kevin Randle was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, grew up in Denver, Colorado and entered the Army in Texas. He learned to fly helicopters, had a tour in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and then left active duty for college. He attended the University of Iowa and upon graduation was commissioned into the Air Force Reserve. Randle spent most of his Air Force career as an intelligence officer. In 1986, he was released into the inactive reserve. Randle became interested in UFOs as a teenager and continued his studies after joining the Army. He served as a field investigator for APRO, was one of the first to investigate cattle mutilations and was the first to report an alien abduction from inside a home. His most important work has been in the Roswell UFO crash case. With Don Schmitt he wrote UFO CRASH AT ROSWELL and THE TRUTH ABOUT THE UFO CRASH AT ROSWELL. He has also written THE ROSWELL ENCYCLOPEDIA. His other UFO books included PROJECT BLUEBOOK EXPOSED, A HISTORY OF UFO CRASHES, SCIENTIFIC UFOLOGY and THE ABDUCTION ENIGMA. Randle has appeared on numerous TV programs, in many documentaries, and even appeared briefly, if you knew where to look in the Showtime original movie, ROSWELL.

David Rudiak has a bachelor's in physics and a doctor of optometry from the University of California, Berkeley plus graduate training in biophysics and neurophysiology. He has done scientific research and published papers on brain wave recording to visual stimuli and stimulation of the brain with magnetic stimulators. In Ufology, his main area of expertise is the alleged Roswell saucer crash of 1947, which he has been studying since1994. He is perhaps best known for his work on reading the telex photographed in Gen. Roger Ramey's hand as Ramey tried to debunk the Roswell crash as a weather balloon. Ramey's memo mentions "THE VICTIMS OF THE WRECK" and dealing with something "IN THE ‘DISC’" (perhaps “CADAVERS”), words and phrases which he and others consider to be smoking gun proof that a saucer crash really happened and bodies were recovered. He has been a speaker at the Aztec UFO conference in 2005, discussing the Ramey memo, the Ozark UFO conference in 2003 on the memo and in 2007 discussing his analysis of the 1994 Nellis military UFO video, the 2009 and 2012 Roswell UFO conferences again discussing the memo and how the military ran a debunkery campaign in 1947 against Roswell and the flying saucer wave. He has been interviewed for various UFO/Roswell TV documentaries. He has also done extensive research on the Socorro/Lonnie Zamora UFO sighting of 1964, proving, e.g., that it couldn’t have been any sort of balloon because historical wind data make it impossible. He has also extensively researched the 1950 McMinville, Oregon/Paul Trent photos, disproving claims that it was a “truck mirror” suspended from overhead power lines. In contrast, his analysis of another famous UFO photo case, Rex Heflin/Santa Ana, CA from 1965, showed that shadow and camera position evidence strongly pointed to a hoax. (unpublished)

Don Ecker is a writer/researcher/commentator currently living in the Los Angeles area. Serving as the former Director of Research and Media Liaison for UFO Magazine for 20 years, Ecker is an internationally renowned investigator of the UFO phenomenon. A former law enforcement officer and criminal investigator with over 10 years-experience, he brought legitimacy to a field that has for years suffered being painted with a fringe brush. He has written numerous articles for the definitive UFO publication, UFO Magazine, as well as articles for international publications, the United Kingdom's Fortean Times, Omni, the Compuserve System, and the ParaNet Computer Data Base. His novel, Past Sins is available on Amazon.com. It's the tense height of the Cold War when the CIA discovers and wants to utilize a new, ultra-lethal weapon--a vicious vampire the Agency arrogantly assumes it can contain and control. But they forget one important thing: You can never dance with the Devil unless he calls the tune! Now, at the dawn of the 21st Century, the thing has escaped, and the real nightmare has only just begun.

Earl Grey Anderson is MUFON’s State Director of Southern California, a STAR Team member, and an executive member of MUFON’s The Experiencer Resource Team. Earl has hosted MUFON’s ‘Experiencer Workshops’ at the last two MUFON Symposia, and will be hosting 3 different events at the 2024 MUFON Symposium in Dallas/Fort Worth Texas.

Born in Maryland in 1955, Ryan S. Wood first became interested in UFOs when his father, Dr. Robert Wood, was engaged in deciphering the physics of UFOs while managing a research project on anti-gravity for McDonnell Douglas. In 1978, he graduated from Cal Poly San Lous Obispo with degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science. Ryan is now regarded as a leading authority on the Top Secret classified Majestic-12 intelligence documents and the 1941 Cape Girardeau, Missouri UFO Crash among others. He is the author of Majic Eyes Only in a recently updated version. A frequent lecturer on the UFO subject, Ryan has taught college courses and made numerous presentations about UFOs to civic organizations and at ufology conferences. He has organized seven worldwide UFO crash retrieval symposia and once presented a UFO lecture to a class on National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School that formed the basis of the final exam. He has appeared on many documentaries, and radio shows. He continues to manage the content of www.majesticdocuments.com and along with his father was the executive producer of a television documentary on the authenticity of the Majestic-12 documents called The Secret.

Allen Hynek, UFO Investigations Paul Hynek has decades of successful experience in finance, technology, and entertainment. Paul is a Wharton MBA, an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Accounting at Pepperdine University, and the creator of startup financial projections software that has raised over $1 billion for thousands and startups. He has significant executive, software, and high tech experience in the US, Europe, and Asia. Paul was involved in the making of Avatar, Lord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes, Tintin, Real Steel, Warcraft, The Hobbit, Halo, Call of Duty, and numerous other movies and games. Paul led the successful acquisition of Giant Studios’ ownership of its renowned virtual production motion capture software, and was instrumental in Giant’s sale to James Cameron for Avatar 2-5. Paul is a consultant on HISTORY’s new hit show “Project Blue Book” and was the Technology Consultant on “Mayne vs. Shark” which will be Discovery Channel’s big Shark Week special in August, 2019. Paul has a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School of Business, a Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania’s Joseph H. Lauder Institute, and a BA in French from the University of Illinois. Paul’s highly-rated course at Pepperdine uses a curriculum he developed that combines elements of accounting, finance, personal finance, entrepreneurship, and negotiations, and features diverse guest speakers, real world experience, and great food. And it is fair to say that his interest in UFOs was inspired by his father’s work with the Air Force and as the Science Consultant to Project Blue Book, both the actual investigation and the History Channel series.

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Kevin Randle was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, grew up in Denver, Colorado and entered the Army in Texas. He learned to fly helicopters, had a tour in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and then left active duty for college. He attended the University of Iowa and upon graduation was commissioned into the Air Force Reserve. Randle spent most of his Air Force career as an intelligence officer. In 1986, he was released into the inactive reserve. Randle became interested in UFOs as a teenager and continued his studies after joining the Army. He served as a field investigator for APRO, was one of the first to investigate cattle mutilations and was the first to report an alien abduction from inside a home. His most important work has been in the Roswell UFO crash case. With Don Schmitt he wrote UFO CRASH AT ROSWELL and THE TRUTH ABOUT THE UFO CRASH AT ROSWELL. He has also written THE ROSWELL ENCYCLOPEDIA. His other UFO books included PROJECT BLUEBOOK EXPOSED, A HISTORY OF UFO CRASHES, SCIENTIFIC UFOLOGY and THE ABDUCTION ENIGMA. Randle has appeared on numerous TV programs, in many documentaries, and even appeared briefly, if you knew where to look in the Showtime original movie, ROSWELL.

Over the past 25 years Bassett has helped shape the language and chart the course for a major political movement. He has lectured around the world and given over 1200 radio and television interviews about the implications of “Disclosure” – the formal confirmation by heads of state of an extraterrestrial presence. His advocacy work has been extensively covered by news media such as CNN, Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC and over 500 articles From 2004 to 2010 Bassett produced six “exopolitical” conferences in the Washington metro area, each accompanied by press events at the National Press Club. In 2013 he produced the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure” also at the National Press Club – a mock congressional hearing over five days with six former members of Congress and 42 witnesses from 10 countries. This was followed in 2015 by a two-year political initiative that injected the UAP/ET issue into the 2016 presidential campaign. Bassett has appeared in many documentary films and his lectures and interviews are well represented on YouTube. In December 2023, Steve Co-Founded The Hollywood Disclosure Alliance in Los Angeles, a new, media-centric organization working to align those working within the UAP/ET research arena with writers, directors and producers working across every facet of the global entertainment industry..

Robert Powell, a founding Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, has studied the UFO subject for 17 years. His work is encapsulated in UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don’t Know) which provides a scientific rationale for the reality of non-terrestrial craft that are intelligently controlled. Powell begins his book by familiarizing the reader with the history of UFOs and he identifies the more enigmatic and interesting UFO sightings. He examines the characteristics of these sightings that argue against a prosaic explanation: extreme acceleration, electromagnetic interference, bending light, no obvious propulsion mechanisms, and a lack of interaction with the atmosphere. Powell discusses the recent events that have caused our government to change the term from UFO to UAP. Included is information never before released indicating the government possesses not just two videos but five videos from 2015 of UFOs operating in the vicinity of the USS Roosevelt nuclear aircraft carrier.

Kevin Randle was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, grew up in Denver, Colorado and entered the Army in Texas. He learned to fly helicopters, had a tour in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and then left active duty for college. He attended the University of Iowa and upon graduation was commissioned into the Air Force Reserve. Randle spent most of his Air Force career as an intelligence officer. In 1986, he was released into the inactive reserve. Randle became interested in UFOs as a teenager and continued his studies after joining the Army. He served as a field investigator for APRO, was one of the first to investigate cattle mutilations and was the first to report an alien abduction from inside a home. His most important work has been in the Roswell UFO crash case. With Don Schmitt he wrote UFO CRASH AT ROSWELL and THE TRUTH ABOUT THE UFO CRASH AT ROSWELL. He has also written THE ROSWELL ENCYCLOPEDIA. His other UFO books included PROJECT BLUEBOOK EXPOSED, A HISTORY OF UFO CRASHES, SCIENTIFIC UFOLOGY and THE ABDUCTION ENIGMA. Randle has appeared on numerous TV programs, in many documentaries, and even appeared briefly, if you knew where to look in the Showtime original movie, ROSWELL.

Saucers theTime Forgot - Curtis L. Collins is the author behind Blue Blurry Lines, the website focused on the UFO mystery, as well as its legends and hoaxes. After a career in retail management Curt began writing about UFOs, with a special interest in re-investigating the paradoxical 1980 Texas Cash-Landrum case. In 2015 Curt was on the investigative team, the Roswell Slides Research Group, that exposed the BeWitness alien photo fiasco. More recently, he launched The Saucers That Time Forgot with Claude Falkstrom, focused on unearthing “tales that UFO history has overlooked, or would rather forget.” Curt lives in the southern United States, near Jackson, Mississippi.

UFOs and Alien Abductions in Europe: Clas Svahn (born 1958) is chairman for Archives for the Unexplained (AFU) in Sweden. AFU was founded in 1973 and today spans over 6,500 square feet and 4,000 yards of shelf capacity. Svahn has been a professional journalist since 1978 and employed with Sweden’s largest newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, since 1990. He is international director for UFO-Sweden and has been investigating reports of alleged UFOs since 1974. He is also the author of nearly 30 books and a frequent expert on Swedish radio and TV and lecturer. He is living outside Stockholm with his wife Anneli and has two grown up sons.

William Puckett was employed as a meteorologist with the National Weather Service for 3 years and the Environmental Protection Agency for 27 years. He retired from government service in 2007. He is a professional member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). Puckett has worked as a consultant for the “UFO Hunters” series for the History Channel and has appeared on two “UFO Hunters” episodes. He also appeared on an episode on the Science Channel’s Close Encounters series.” He also was a research associate with NARCAP (National Reporting Center for Anomalous Phenomena.) He is credited with meteorological and radar analysis for the November 7, 2006 UFO Incident at O’Hare Airport in Chicago. Puckett was formerly the State Director for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) in Montana. He is a certified field investigator for MUFON and has written several technical articles for the MUFON Journal. He has been a guest on many talk show radio programs, interviewed for some TV programs. Puckett continues his work as an independent investigator and presents the results of his studies on his websites: UFOS Northwest and UFO Sightings Montana.

Cattle MOOtilation - From 1992 to 2002 Christopher O’Brien investigated over one thousand paranormal events reported in the San Luis Valley —located in south-central Colorado/north-central New Mexico. Working with law enforcement officials, ex-military, ranchers, and an extensive network of sky watchers, he documented what may have been the most intense wave of unexplained activity ever seen in a single region of North America. His ten-year investigation resulted in the three books of his “mysterious valley” trilogy: The Mysterious Valley, Enter the Valley, and Secrets of the Mysterious Valley. His meticulous field investigation of UFO reports, unexplained livestock deaths, haunted sites, Native American legends, cryptozoology, secret military activity and the folklore, found in the world’s largest alpine valley, has produced one of the largest databases of unusual occurrences gathered from a single geographic region. He is currently working with a team of specialists installing a high-tech video surveillance and hard-data monitoring system in and around the San Luis Valley. His latest book: Stalking the Herd, published by Adventures Unlimited Press is being called the most important book ever written examining our relationship with cattle and how this has manifested into the modern “cattle mutilation” mystery.

Cattle mutilation (also known as bovine excision and unexplained livestock death, or animal mutilation) is the killing and mutilation of cattle under unusual, usually bloodless circumstances. This phenomenon has been observed among wild animals as well. Worldwide, sheep, horses, goats, pigs, rabbits, cats, dogs, bison, deer and elk have been reported mutilated with similar bloodless excisions; often an ear, eyeball, jaw flesh, tongue, lymph nodes, genitals and rectum are removed. Since the first reports of animal mutilations, various explanations have been offered, ranging from natural decomposition and normal predation to cults and secretive governmental and military agencies, to a range of speculations, including cryptid predators (like the chupacabra) and extraterrestrials. Mutilations have been the subject of two independent federal investigations in the United States.

Hottel Memo/Latest UAP Information : Starting at the age of 15, John Greenewald, Jr. was struck with a curiosity that led off a lifelong journey. First researching the UFO phenomenon, Greenewald began utilizing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to hammer the United States Government for answers, and he targeted every government agency to get them. As he waited for answers on this niche of the paranormal, he then branched off to investigate nearly every government secret imaginable. He was a sophomore in high school when he first started his trek in 1996, and he archived all of his research on a website that became known around the world as The Black Vault. Today, he has amassed well more than 2,000,000 pages of declassified records. His efforts throughout decades of research have been responsible for getting hundreds of thousands of pages that have never seen the light of day into the public domain. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs throughout the world and is frequently sourced in various news articles and stories for his archive and his discoveries.