NAME: HAROLD “HAL” PUTHOFF
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Dr. Hal Puthoff has been involved in secret government projects since his work on the CIA-funded “Project Stargate” in the 1970s. His early career was spent investigating people who claimed to have special mental powers. He later spent time researching a wide range of anomalous phenomena alongside Eric Davis as a member of NIDS. Puthoff has authored papers theorizing on aspects of zero point energy for the Department of Defense and pushed for Disclosure as a founder of To the Stars Academy.
QUOTE: “Advanced ET civilizations now, or ourselves in the future are not fundamentally constrained by physical principles.”
NAME: LUIS ELIZONDO
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Elizondo spent time investigating UFOs with the government as a top member of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). After leaving his role to pursue Disclosure publicly, Elizondo has been thrust into the limelight and is a frequent fixture in the news media whenever the UFO topic is discussed.
QUOTE: “The hope here is that the U.S. government can provide the data and the evidence and information and then allow the American people to decide what we think this is about.” (We won’t hold our breath, Lue!)
NAME: ROBERT BIGELOW
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Robert Bigelow made his fortune in real estate but prefers to spend his money on the study of “fringe” topics. He was the source of funds behind NIDS and a former owner of the Skinwalker Ranch. Bigelow and his collaborators have been a quiet force for Disclosure over the past few decades, influencing politicians and intelligence agencies to take the UFO issues seriously. His latest endeavor, BICS, is an attempt to examine life after death and the existence of human consciousness outside the body. He also owns Bigelow Aerospace, a company that builds inflatable habitats for use in space.
QUOTE: “I’m absolutely convinced. That’s all there is to it, there has been and is an existing presence, an ET presence [on Earth]. And I spent millions and millions and millions — I probably spent more as an individual than anybody else in the United States has ever spent on this subject.” (Proof that money doesn’t buy championships.)
NAME: BOB LAZAR
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Lazar is one of the most controversial personalities in the world of UFO research. Made famous by claiming he worked to reverse-engineer an extraterrestrial craft while he was an employee at Area 51. Lazar’s claims have proven difficult to corroborate and many questions about his credibility still remain.
QUOTE: “My official job description was a ‘Senior Staff Physicist.’ I don’t know if I actually had that position when I was there because I was there so infrequently.” (Sounds legit!)
NAME: LESLIE KEAN
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: An investigative journalist at heart, Kean has written well-researched books about the afterlife and UFOs. In December, 2017 she co-authored the groundbreaking front page story for the New York Times about AATIP, exposing a previously secret Pentagon program studying UFOs. Her subsequent articles about the government’s efforts are largely responsible for stoking the media’s current UFO-frenzy.
QUOTE: “Paranormal phenomena exist. People have capabilities and experiences that have been labeled ‘paranormal.’”
NAME: ERIC DAVIS
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: An astrophysicist with a PhD from University of Arizona, Dr. Eric Davis was a researcher with the Robert Bigelow-funded National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS). While a part of NIDS, Davis camped out on the paranormally-tinged Skinwalker Ranch for extended periods of time and witnessed many anomalous events. He told the New York Times that the government has pieces of “off-world vehicles not made on this earth,” in their possession.
QUOTE: “What if the Tic Tacs decide all of a sudden to turn against us, and they use their advanced weaponry, whatever they have, and start hurting people, start destroying things?”
NAME: CHRIS MELLON
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Mellon spent a few years with the Feds as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense before moving on to the private sector. Like Elizondo, Puthoff and Davis, Mellon was also formerly associated with TTSA, acting as their national security affairs advisor. He is allegedly the original source of the infamous “Navy UFO Trilogy” that took the world by storm when the three videos showing unexplained aerial objects were officially released in 2019.
QUOTE: “There are craft that are violating our airspace with unknown intentions and extraordinary capabilities.”
NAME: JACQUES VALLEÉ
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Valleé popularized the theory that UFOs come from a form of extra-dimensional intelligence that uniquely manifests across cultures and time in order to manipulate and deceive humanity. He is the author of dozens of books on UFOs and related fringe topics and has a long history of partnering with the Bigelow-bunch on various paranormal initiatives.
QUOTE: “Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends them in absurd ways, forcing them to play a role in a bizarre game of deception.”
NAME: HARRY REID
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: The former Senator from Nevada (Bigelow’s place of residence) was instrumental in the creation of the Pentagon’s UFO investigation arm, AATIP. He continues to push for transparency in government regarding the UFO topic.
QUOTE: “You don’t have to be some kind of oddball to be interested in what’s going on.” (No, but it sure helps!)