Crash retrieval
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Roswell IncidentEvidence rated ContestedIn July 1947, debris from an unidentified object was recovered from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico; the U.S. Army initially announced the capture of a 'flying disc' before retracting the claim, launching the most enduring and consequential UFO controversy in history.The Varginha IncidentEvidence rated ContestedIn January 1996, three young women in Varginha, Brazil, reported encountering a terrified, foul-smelling humanoid creature in a vacant lot; within weeks a military police officer who allegedly captured the being was dead, and the case became South America's most debated UFO incident.Trinity Site Crash (1945)Evidence rated DebunkedTwo boys allegedly discovered a crashed avocado-shaped craft and small humanoid occupants on a ranch near the Trinity nuclear test site, five weeks after the first atomic bomb detonation — a claim that remained untold for nearly six decades.Kecksburg UFO IncidentEvidence rated ContestedA metallic acorn-shaped object streaked across six U.S. states as a fireball, crashed into Pennsylvania woodland, and was reportedly recovered by U.S. Army engineers before official denials claimed nothing had been found.Shag Harbour IncidentEvidence rated DocumentedMass sighting of a large illuminated object descending into the waters off Nova Scotia, investigated by multiple Canadian military and civilian agencies—Canada's most credible and well-documented UFO incident.Dalnegorsk Height 611 CrashEvidence rated ContestedA reddish metallic sphere crashed into Height 611 near Dalnegorsk in the Soviet Far East, leaving behind anomalous metallic debris that defied conventional analysis — earning the case its reputation as 'Russia's Roswell.'Aurora Airship CrashEvidence rated ContestedDuring the Great Airship Wave of 1896–1897, a cigar-shaped craft allegedly crashed into a windmill in Aurora, Texas, and townspeople reportedly buried the non-human pilot in the local cemetery — a story that has been debated for over a century.Maury Island Debris IncidentEvidence rated DebunkedHarbor patrolman Harold Dahl reported witnessing six doughnut-shaped craft ejecting debris over Puget Sound on June 21, 1947—the first major post-war UFO debris claim, predating Roswell by two weeks.2023 House Oversight Committee UAP HearingEvidence rated DocumentedFirst major congressional hearing on UAPs since 1966, featuring former intelligence officer David Grusch's testimony about alleged multi-decade crash retrieval and reverse-engineering programs.Philadelphia ExperimentEvidence rated DebunkedLegendary claim that USS Eldridge was rendered invisible and teleported via secret military experiment.Cape Girardeau UFO Crash of 1941Evidence rated ContestedPre-Roswell UFO crash recovery with humanoid bodies reported by local clergyman, first publicly documented in 1991 through family testimony.Kingman UFO Crash (1953)Evidence rated ContestedMilitary recovery of a crashed disc-shaped craft with a small humanoid occupant near Kingman, Arizona, documented via sworn affidavit and corroborating testimony.Carp/Guardian UFO IncidentEvidence rated ContestedA rural Ontario family witnessed bright lights and flames in a nearby field, later entangled in a controversial anonymous hoax claiming government crash retrieval.Aztec, New Mexico UFO CrashEvidence rated DebunkedA widely publicized 1949–50 claim that a 100-foot flying saucer and 16 humanoid bodies were recovered near Aztec, New Mexico in 1948 — a story that made a bestseller of journalist Frank Scully's book before being exposed as a fraud built by two con men to sell fake oil-detecting devices.Coyame UFO IncidentEvidence rated DebunkedAlleged mid-air collision between a UFO and civilian aircraft near Coyame, Chihuahua, followed by military response and unconfirmed recovery operations.Brazilian Amazon Craft RecoveryEvidence rated ContestedRetired Brazilian military officer testified to covert recovery of non-human craft in Amazon basin with anomalous material properties, described as 'biggest UFO bombshell of 2026.'The Age of Disclosure DocumentaryEvidence rated ContestedA 2025 documentary assembling on-record testimony from 34 U.S. government, military, and intelligence figures asserting non-human intelligence and a decades-long crash-retrieval cover-up became Prime Video's highest-grossing documentary ever, while critics savaged it for offering no physical evidence.Kecksburg UFO IncidentEvidence rated DocumentedA fireball streaked across six U.S. states and Canada on December 9, 1965, allegedly impacting near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania; witnesses reported an acorn-shaped metallic object recovered by military personnel.PURSUE Third Batch Declassified ReleaseEvidence rated DocumentedOn June 12, 2026, the U.S. Department of War released the third tranche of declassified UAP files under the PURSUE program, containing 72 files spanning 1940s–2026 with video evidence of glowing plasma orbs, historical incidents, and Dr. Jon Kosloski's analysis showing 40% of phenomena remain unresolved.Immaculate Constellation Program DisclosureEvidence rated ContestedA U.S. national security whistleblower publicly revealed the existence of an alleged Pentagon UAP surveillance and reverse-engineering program called 'Immaculate Constellation,' bringing the claim before Congress in April 2025.Salta UFO Flap and Alleged Crash ("Roswell Argentino")Evidence rated ContestedA months-long 1995 Argentine UFO wave culminated in a reported explosion and smoke column over Serranía Colorada near Joaquín V. González, Salta, that local lore has since dubbed the "Roswell Argentino."Brazilian Armed Forces Craft Recovery, 2026Evidence rated ContestedRetired Brazilian Armed Forces colonel testified in March 2026 to a secret military operation that successfully recovered a non-human craft in the Amazon basin during early 2025.Kapustin Yar 1948 UFO IncidentEvidence rated ContestedSoviet MiG fighter pilot engages and reportedly downs a silver cigar-shaped UFO above the USSR's primary missile test range; both craft crash and are recovered.Shaitan Mazar UFO IncidentEvidence rated ContestedRadar-tracked UFO sighting over Caspian Sea with military interception attempt; alleged crash in remote Kyrgyz mountains.Amazon Basin Craft RecoveryEvidence rated ContestedRetired Brazilian colonel testified to a covert 2025 military recovery operation of a non-human craft in the Amazon Basin, described as the biggest UFO disclosure of 2026.Immaculate Constellation Program DisclosureEvidence rated ContestedPublic disclosure of Immaculate Constellation, an alleged unacknowledged Special Access Program managing UAP reconnaissance and crash-retrieval intelligence since 2017.Project Mogul and the 1947 Roswell DebrisEvidence rated DocumentedA classified Army Air Forces balloon program whose radar-reflector trains are the leading conventional explanation for the debris recovered near Roswell in July 1947.Corona Debris Field and the 'Crash at Corona' Claim (1947)Evidence rated ContestedThe debris that rancher W. W. 'Mac' Brazel found near Corona, New Mexico, in June–July 1947 is the same material that sparked the Roswell story; the 1994 Air Force review tied it to a classified Project Mogul balloon, but Stanton Friedman and Don Berliner later argued in Crash at Corona (1992) that it marked a separate alien craft crash.Project SerpoEvidence rated FringeA series of anonymous 2005 emails claimed that twelve US military personnel had spent 1965–1978 on a planet called Serpo in the Zeta Reticuli system under a secret exchange with aliens; no verifiable evidence has surfaced, and investigators have traced the material to a hoax.Alien Autopsy Film (1995)Evidence rated DebunkedA 1995 black-and-white film purporting to show a US military autopsy of an alien from the 1947 Roswell crash was broadcast worldwide by Fox; its producer, Ray Santilli, admitted in 2006 that it was a staged reconstruction.Roswell Slides (2015)Evidence rated DebunkedA set of 1940s-era Kodachrome slides, presented in Mexico City in May 2015 as photographs of an alien body from the 1947 Roswell crash, was identified within days as a photo of a mummified child displayed in a Mesa Verde museum, and its promoters publicly retracted their claims.Clan Lake UFO Incident (1960)Evidence rated ContestedIn June 1960, two prospectors reported an object with spokes crashing into Clan Lake north of Yellowknife; RCMP and RCAF searched the lake bed, found nothing, and the case was closed unresolved.Hungarian 'Roswell' Claim (September 1996)Evidence rated FringeA documented Hungarian Air Force fighter crash in September 1996 became the basis of a later, unverified claim that a fighter pilot collided with a UFO and that alien bodies were recovered.Project Moon Dust (Cold War debris recovery program)Evidence rated ContestedProject Moon Dust was a covert U.S. Air Force program, run from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, to recover re-entered foreign spacecraft debris and exploit foreign hardware; declassified documents confirm its existence, but claims that it recovered crashed extraterrestrial craft remain unproven.Megaplatanos (Atalanti) UFO Incident 1990Evidence rated ContestedOn 2 September 1990 villagers near Atalanti in central Greece reported a crash of one of several luminous objects, followed by a Hellenic Air Force cordon and a Soviet-satellite explanation; no physical analysis has been published.Hangar 18 (Wright-Patterson conspiracy claim, 1974)Evidence rated DebunkedIn January 1974 Florida writer Robert Spencer Carr claimed the Air Force kept two flying saucers in a 'Hangar 18' at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; the Air Force denied any such hangar exists, and the claim became a lasting part of Roswell-era folklore.Tarija / Cerro El Zaire Object (Bolivia–Argentina border, 1978)Evidence rated ContestedOn 6 May 1978 a bright cylindrical or egg-shaped object was reported falling and exploding on a mountain on the Bolivia–Argentina border; officials and the press gave conflicting explanations, and claims of a US retrieval remain unverified.
Personalities
103 people
Robert Morning SkyEvidence rated FringeArizona storyteller and UFO contactee claiming family recovery of 1947 Roswell-area crash survivor.Fred Lee CrismanEvidence rated ContestedTacoma aviator and early UFO activist who co-reported the contested Maury Island incident (1947) and later pursued conspiracy investigations into the Kennedy assassination.Silas Mason NewtonEvidence rated DebunkedOil producer and con artist who fabricated the Aztec crashed saucer hoax and defrauded investors with alien technology schemes.Philip J. KlassEvidence rated DocumentedAviation journalist and electrical engineer who spent four decades as America's foremost UFO skeptic, systematically investigating hundreds of cases and founding CSICOP's UFO subcommittee.Kenn ThomasEvidence rated FringeParapolitical researcher and Steamshovel Press founder who connected UFO incidents to JFK assassination via Fred Crisman.Sheridan W. CavittEvidence rated ContestedU.S. Army counterintelligence officer who accompanied Major Jesse Marcel to the Roswell debris field in July 1947, and whose shifting accounts became central to the Project Mogul debate.W.W. 'Mack' BrazelEvidence rated ContestedSheep ranch foreman who discovered the debris field at the center of the 1947 Roswell incident.Clifford StoneEvidence rated ContestedRetired Army sergeant who claims involvement in classified UFO crash retrieval operations and communication with non-human beings.Richard M. DolanEvidence rated DocumentedHistorian and author of the influential UFOs and the National Security State series, who brought academic rigor to the study of government UFO secrecy.Dorothy KilgallenEvidence rated ContestedSyndicated journalist and game show panelist who reported recovered UFO debris in British hands (1955) and conducted controversial JFK assassination investigation before her mysterious death.Dr. Jesse A. Marcel Jr.Evidence rated DocumentedFlight surgeon and physician who claimed to have examined Roswell debris as a child, testifying for 35+ years.Alfred 'Al' O'DonnellEvidence rated DocumentedManhattan Project and Area 51 nuclear engineer who revealed classified Roswell details to Annie Jacobsen.Dan BurischEvidence rated ContestedArea 51 whistleblower claiming research involvement with recovered extraterrestrial biology and time-travel technology.Robert Irving SarbacherEvidence rated ContestedHarvard physicist and Pentagon consultant who claimed inside knowledge of recovered UFO crash materials.Noe TorresEvidence rated DocumentedAmerican UFO historian and author specializing in undocumented crash incidents along the US-Mexico borderWilliam Mills TompkinsEvidence rated FringeAerospace engineer who claimed to have designed mile-long Navy spacecraft in a classified Douglas Aircraft think tank and acted as a WWII courier for intelligence on Nazi UFO programs.Timothy GoodEvidence rated ContestedBritish UFO researcher whose bestselling works on government cover-ups and military whistleblowers shaped modern ufologyThomas J. CareyEvidence rated DocumentedPennsylvania-based anthropologist and leading Roswell incident investigator who co-authored the definitive witness account.Philip J. CorsoEvidence rated ContestedArmy officer who claimed U.S. reverse-engineered Roswell alien technology to develop fiber optics, lasers, and integrated circuits.Marina PopovichEvidence rated DocumentedSoviet test pilot and UFO researcher who claimed Soviet recovery of five crashed UFOsMorris K. JessupEvidence rated ContestedPioneering UFO researcher and author who bridged ancient astronaut theory and the Philadelphia Experiment mystery.Leonard H. StringfieldEvidence rated DocumentedFirst UFO researcher to systematically focus on crash retrievals and alien body recovery claimsJohn Olsen LearEvidence rated ContestedCIA pilot and son of Learjet founder who became one of the most influential UFO conspiracy theorists of the 1980s–90s, claiming government contact with aliens and moon bases.Bill BirnesEvidence rated ContestedAuthor and ghostwriter who published UFO Magazine and led the History Channel series UFO Hunters, and who co-wrote The Day After Roswell with Philip Corso.Vice Admiral Thomas R. WilsonEvidence rated ContestedDIA Director allegedly briefed on classified UFO crash-retrieval program in 1997 Las Vegas meeting.Stephen LovekinEvidence rated ContestedWhite House cryptologist and Eisenhower aide who claimed to have inspected Roswell crash debris in 1959.Tom CareyEvidence rated DocumentedLeading Roswell investigator and bestselling UFO authorJesse Marcel Sr.Evidence rated DocumentedFirst military investigator of Roswell debris, later claimed it was extraterrestrial; a key witness to the most iconic UFO incident in historyJames T. LacatskiEvidence rated ContestedDefense Intelligence Agency rocket scientist who architected AAWSAP — the largest and longest-running secret U.S. government UAP investigation — and later claimed that by 2011 he had briefed senior officials on a recovered craft of non-human origin.Ryan S. WoodEvidence rated ContestedLeading researcher and authenticator of Majestic-12 documents; organizer of seminal UFO crash retrieval symposia.Robert "Bob" OechslerEvidence rated ContestedNASA robotics contractor turned UFO investigator whose Gulf Breeze photo analysis and claimed high-level government contacts made him a fixture of early-1990s ufology — and a lightning rod for skeptics.Frank ScullyEvidence rated ContestedPioneering UFO journalist whose 1950 bestseller established the crashed-saucer narrative in mainstream culture.Michael HesemannEvidence rated DocumentedGerman historian and Vatican-accredited journalist whose decades-long UFO investigations span the Billy Meier case, Carlos Diaz encounters, and Roswell autopsy footage.Robert M. WoodEvidence rated DocumentedAerospace engineer and UFO researcher who led classified propulsion research and authenticated Majestic-12 documents.Ron JamesEvidence rated DocumentedAward-winning UFO documentary filmmaker and media director who created the first UAP film ever mentioned by name in Congress, establishing a bridge between entertainment and disclosure through MUFON Television and the Hollywood Disclosure Alliance.Michael SchrattEvidence rated DocumentedMilitary aerospace historian and pilot who documented 50,000+ UFO cases and crash retrieval evidence.Kent JeffreyEvidence rated DocumentedAirline and test pilot turned Roswell researcher who founded the International Roswell Initiative before reversing his saucer conclusions through witness interviews.Admiral Bobby Ray InmanEvidence rated DocumentedFormer NSA and CIA director who allegedly confirmed US government possession of recovered non-human technology.Paola Leopizzi HarrisEvidence rated ContestedItalo-American investigative journalist and photojournalist who spent over four decades interviewing military witnesses, whistleblowers, and abductees — and co-authored with Jacques Vallée the landmark study of the 1945 Trinity UFO crash predating Roswell.David RudiakEvidence rated DocumentedPhysicist and optometrist specializing in technical analysis of Roswell crash evidence and the Ramey memo.Nick CookEvidence rated ContestedAviation journalist and aerospace author whose investigative work on classified anti-gravity technology bridges defense reporting and UFO research.Dr. Shirley WrightEvidence rated ContestedEinstein's assistant who claimed she and the physicist examined extraterrestrial crash debris and beings at Roswell in 1947, documented via 1993 taped testimony.Chuck SchumerEvidence rated DocumentedU.S. Senate Majority Leader championing legislative disclosure of UAP records and alleged government coverups.Dr. Yuri LabvinEvidence rated FringeRussian astrophysicist and UFO researcher who proposes extraterrestrial intervention in the 1908 Tunguska eventFrankie RoweEvidence rated ContestedRoswell witness and author who claimed her firefighter father recovered alien craft debris and non-human beings in 1947.Rob MacGregorEvidence rated DocumentedAmerican journalist, author, and UFO researcher; co-authored definitive Bermuda Triangle electronic fog studies with witness Bruce Gernon.William Milton CooperEvidence rated DebunkedNavy veteran turned shortwave broadcaster who claimed to have seen classified documents on a government-alien conspiracy, then reversed course to argue the UFO story itself was a hoax designed to usher in a New World Order — becoming, through *Behold a Pale Horse*, one of the most influential conspiracy figures of the late twentieth century.Gerald LightEvidence rated ContestedOccultist and UFO witness who claimed to observe five types of alien aircraft at Muroc Air Force Base in 1954Joseph StefulaEvidence rated ContestedFormer U.S. Army CID agent and MUFON New Jersey State Director who co-wrote a 1993 critique of the Linda Napolitano abduction case, interviewed a Roswell witness in 1995, and promoted the military "Fast Walker" tracking thesis.Ion HobanaEvidence rated DocumentedPioneer of Romanian ufology who brought Eastern Bloc UFO evidence to international attention during the Cold War.Ruben UriarteEvidence rated DocumentedMUFON investigator and border UFO crash researcher specializing in the Chihuahua and Coyame incidentsStan GordonEvidence rated DocumentedGreensburg, Pennsylvania electronics technician who has investigated UFO and Bigfoot reports in western Pennsylvania since 1965, best known as the lead on-scene investigator of the 1965 Kecksburg incident.Valery DvuzhilnyEvidence rated DocumentedRussian biologist and UFO researcher who investigated the Dalnegorsk Height 611 incident and founded the Far Eastern Branch of the Academy of Sciences' anomalous phenomena research committee.Mark RichardsEvidence rated FringeIncarcerated secret space program officer claiming off-world military service and battles against extraterrestrial forces.Bill UhouseEvidence rated ContestedRetired mechanical engineer who claimed to have worked at Area 51's S-4 facility reverse-engineering UFO technology and collaborating with an extraterrestrial Grey named J-Rod.Carlos de SouzaEvidence rated DocumentedPrimary witness to Brazil's Varginha UFO incident (1996) who emerged publicly in 2026 to testify before Congress after three decades of silence.J. Robert OppenheimerEvidence rated ContestedManhattan Project director with alleged classified knowledge of UFO crash retrieval and extraterrestrial contact.Bob LazarEvidence rated ContestedSelf-proclaimed physicist who claimed to have reverse-engineered alien spacecraft at Area 51's secret S-4 facility in 1989, becoming the most iconic UFO whistleblower of the post-Cold War era despite pervasive credibility issues.Anthony BragaliaEvidence rated DocumentedIndependent UFO investigator and FOIA specialist who exposed Pentagon documentation of UAP material analysis.Dr. Olavo T. FontesEvidence rated DocumentedBrazilian physician and pioneering UFO investigator who brought medical rigor to South American UAP documentation (1957–1968).Don PhillipsEvidence rated ContestedFormer Lockheed Skunk Works engineer who claimed the U.S. reverse-engineered alien technology from RoswellRay SantilliEvidence rated DebunkedMusic and film producer who sparked global controversy in 1995 by releasing the 'Alien Autopsy' footage, claimed to document an extraterrestrial dissection from Roswell.William PawelecEvidence rated ContestedAir Force computer specialist who claimed to have witnessed reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial craft at secret Nevada facilityGuy HottelEvidence rated ContestedFBI Special Agent in Charge whose 1950 memo became one of the most-viewed UFO documents in history, though the Bureau never investigated the claims.Chase BrandonEvidence rated ContestedCIA veteran and first Entertainment Liaison Officer who disclosed access to Roswell documentation and encoded alleged UFO secrets in a published novel.Lawrence R. SpencerEvidence rated FringeUFO author and editor of *Alien Interview*, which presents alleged 1947 Roswell contactee testimony.Colonel Richard M. WeaverEvidence rated DocumentedU.S. Air Force investigator who led the 1994–1997 official investigation into the Roswell incident and authored the government's definitive explanation attributing the debris to Project Mogul.Mark McCandlishEvidence rated ContestedAerospace illustrator and Disclosure Project witness who drew the 'Flux Liner' antigravity craft and died under disputed circumstances weeks before a planned Senate briefing.Vitório PacacciniEvidence rated ContestedItalian-Brazilian engineer who has been the founding, and most persistent, investigator of Brazil's most famous UFO case, the 1996 Varginha incident.Lydia SleppyEvidence rated ContestedA radio teletype operator who says she was ordered off the wire while transmitting a 1947 story about a crashed 'flying saucer' near Roswell, New Mexico.Wilbert B. SmithEvidence rated ContestedCanadian Department of Transport radio engineer who ran Project Magnet, a secret 1950s study of whether geomagnetism could detect or power flying saucers, and who later made increasingly sweeping extraterrestrial claims.Roberto PinottiEvidence rated ContestedItaly's most prominent ufologist, founder of the Centro Ufologico Nazionale, organizer of the San Marino World UFO Symposium, and author of the contested Mussolini-era 'Magenta 1933' crash claim.Dr. Miloš JesenskýEvidence rated DocumentedSlovak ufologist and researcher of anomalous phenomena; promoter of UFO scholarship across Central Europe.Gordon NovelEvidence rated FringePrivate investigator and electronics expert who spent decades investigating alleged U.S. government possession of reverse-engineered UFO technology.Dr. Italo VenturelliEvidence rated ContestedBrazilian neurosurgeon who claims he examined a non-human being brought to a hospital during the 1996 Varginha UFO incident, remaining silent for 30 years before testifying publicly in 2025–2026.Jake BarberEvidence rated DocumentedAir Force veteran and crash retrieval whistleblower who disclosed classified government UAP recovery programs in January 2025.Robert LazarEvidence rated ContestedArea 51 whistleblower who claims to have reverse-engineered alien spacecraft at classified facility S-4.Dr. Gregory RogersEvidence rated DocumentedNASA Chief Flight Surgeon and Air Force major who witnessed a 20-foot metallic UFO inside a secured Cape Canaveral hangar in 1992, breaking 30 years of silence in 2024–25.Jacob BarberEvidence rated ContestedAir Force veteran and intelligence contractor turned UAP whistleblower alleging government retrieval programs and classified imagery archives.Stanton Terry FriedmanEvidence rated DocumentedNuclear physicist who brought the Roswell incident into the mainstream and pioneered scientific UFO research.Kevin RandleEvidence rated DocumentedRetired Army/Air Force intelligence officer and the most prolific investigator of the Roswell incident, whose decades of fieldwork produced both the case's defining texts and, later, his own public skepticism about it.Dr. Phyllis A. BudingerEvidence rated DocumentedAnalytical chemist who applied rigor to UAP materials analysis through Frontier Analysis, Ltd., and co-authored a major 2025 scientific synthesis on UAP research.Robert G. ToddEvidence rated DocumentedFOIA researcher whose obsessive document hunting traced the Roswell debris to Project Mogul and helped unmask the MJ-12 papers as a hoax.David ShoemakerEvidence rated ContestedGemologist and UFO debris researcher from New Mexico who claims to analyze material evidence from alleged crash-retrieval sites.Jonathan Caplan KCEvidence rated DocumentedUK King's Counsel barrister with 50+ years of UAP research who published "Not For Disclosure," a comprehensive legal-evidentiary examination of the UFO cover-up.Jason SandsEvidence rated ContestedRetired Air Force whistleblower claiming direct encounter with a telepathic 'blue being' at Area 51-S4.Kent HeckenlivelyEvidence rated ContestedAttorney and bestselling author who transitioned from exposing corporate fraud to advocating for catastrophic government UAP disclosure.Frank WarrenEvidence rated DocumentedFounder and editor of The UFO Chronicles; historian of early-era UFO casesJarod YatesEvidence rated ContestedMaterials physicist conducting rigorous analysis of purported UFO crash debris via SEM, spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction.Gerald AndersonEvidence rated ContestedA Missouri man who, in 1990, came forward with a detailed account of seeing a crashed craft and its occupants on the New Mexico plains as a young child in 1947, an account that drew both enthusiastic endorsement from Roswell researchers and a detailed debunking from the U.S. Air Force.Bill MooreEvidence rated ContestedUfology author who co-wrote the 1980 book that made Roswell a crashed-saucer story, later co-circulated the MJ-12 papers, and in 1989 publicly admitted running disinformation against a fellow researcher for Air Force intelligence.Milton William "Bill" CooperEvidence rated FringeAmerican conspiracy theorist, radio host and author of Behold a Pale Horse (1991), whose Majestic 12 and alien cover-up claims shaped militia and UFO-fringe circles until his fatal 2001 standoff with Arizona deputies.Donald R. SchmittEvidence rated ContestedFormer Center for UFO Studies investigator and co-author of the 1991 book UFO Crash at Roswell, whose partnership with Kevin Randle helped define the modern Roswell narrative.Walter G. HautEvidence rated ContestedThe Roswell Army Air Field press officer who issued the July 8, 1947 “flying disc” release, co-founded the Roswell UFO museum, and left behind a posthumous affidavit claiming he saw alien bodies.Ademar José GevaerdEvidence rated DocumentedBrazilian ufologist, editor of Revista UFO, founder of CBPDV, CBU, and IBEXO; chronicler of the Varginha case and Brazil's most influential researcher of his generationDonald Raymond SchmittEvidence rated ContestedSeven-time best-selling UFO researcher and lead investigator at the International UFO Museum who transformed Roswell investigation through eyewitness testimony and institutional rigor.Eric Arthur WalkerEvidence rated ContestedEnglish-born engineer and Penn State president alleged by UFO researchers to have attended secret crash-retrieval briefings and confirmed knowledge of MJ-12Don BerlinerEvidence rated ContestedAviation historian and independent UFO investigator who co-authored the landmark Roswell study 'Crash at Corona,' co-produced the Rockefeller-funded UFO Briefing Document, and spent four decades as one of American ufology's most methodical chroniclers.Glenn DennisEvidence rated ContestedRoswell mortuary worker whose story of child-size caskets and a nurse's autopsy account became a pillar of the Roswell mythos, later undermined by his own admission that he had fabricated her name.Emery SmithEvidence rated ContestedFormer USAF surgical technician claiming classified work with extraterrestrial technology and alien autopsies.Charles BerlitzEvidence rated DebunkedHeir to the Berlitz language-school fortune turned bestselling paranormal author whose 1974–1980 trilogy on the Bermuda Triangle, the Philadelphia Experiment, and Roswell shaped mass-market UFO culture for a generation.David GruschEvidence rated ContestedFormer Pentagon intelligence officer who testified to Congress in 2023 about classified UAP crash-retrieval programs.Edgar MitchellEvidence rated ContestedApollo 14 lunar module pilot who, after leaving NASA, publicly asserted that aliens have visited Earth and that governments cover it up, while conceding his evidence was secondhand.