Jason Reza Jorjani

Early Life and Education

Jason Reza Jorjani is an Iranian-American philosopher who received his BA and MA from New York University and completed his doctorate in Philosophy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His academic training emphasizes continental philosophy, particularly the phenomenological tradition and the work of Martin Heidegger.

Academic Career

Jorjani has held teaching positions at several institutions, including the New Jersey Institute of Technology (where he taught Science, Technology and Society; Heidegger's philosophy; and Iranian history) and SUNY (where he taught Comparative Religion, Ethics, Political Theory, and the History of Philosophy). His scholarly approach bridges analytic and continental philosophy, applying philosophical rigor to interdisciplinary questions about consciousness, technology, and anomalous phenomena.

Major Work: Closer Encounters (2021)

Jorjani's most significant contribution to UAP studies is his book Closer Encounters, which presents a comprehensive philosophical examination of seven interpretive frameworks for close encounter phenomena:

1. Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH) — conventional ET visitation model
2. Breakaway Civilization Hypothesis — secret human spacefaring factions
3. Inter-Dimensional Hypothesis — non-Euclidean reality access
4. Time Traveler Hypothesis — future humans returning to the past
5. Parapsychological (Ultra-Terrestrial) Hypothesis — psychic or consciousness-based phenomena
6. Atlantean Survivors / Crypto-Terrestrial Hypothesis — remnants of advanced pre-human civilization
7. Simulation Avatars Hypothesis — beings operating within computational reality

The book argues that close encounter phenomena point to a broader cosmic evolutionary force challenging humanity to transcend its biological and cognitive limitations. Jorjani frames UAP encounters as evidence of Non-Human Intelligence (NHI) or Artificial Super-Intelligence (ASI) actively engaging with human consciousness.

Critique of Official Disclosure

Jorjani is notably skeptical of contemporary government UAP disclosure efforts, particularly in the United States. He argues that the Pentagon's PURSUE initiative and related government releases constitute a "massive deception by omission campaign" designed to control narrative rather than reveal truth. He contends that official disclosure is strategically incomplete—acknowledging the reality of UAP while withholding crucial evidence of non-human intelligence and interaction. His concern extends to what he sees as a coordinated effort to prepare populations for controlled contact narratives that serve geopolitical rather than scientific interests.

Published Works

Beyond Closer Encounters, Jorjani is the author of over seventeen books spanning philosophy, future studies, and Iranian intellectual history. His Prometheus and Atlas (2015) won the 2016 Book Award from the Parapsychological Association, establishing his credibility in studies of consciousness and anomalous phenomena. His work in prometheism—a philosophical framework concerned with transcending human limitations through knowledge and technology—directly informs his approach to close encounters.