People

109 people speak in the videos. For 24 of them we checked the background against outside sources: which credentials hold, which do not, and where they speak beyond their field.

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David Charles Gruschformer senior intelligence officer, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); UAP whistleblower145 claims, 25 checked
4 videos
Leslie Keaninvestigative journalist and author56 claims, 5 checked
2 videos
Sean M. KirkpatrickDirector, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), Department of Defense51 claims, 4 checked
4 videos
Mick Westscience writer, skeptical investigator, founder of Metabunk and Contrail Science50 claims, 2 checked
2 videos
Garry NolanStanford professor of pathology/microbiology and immunology; biotech entrepreneur; adviser to US government groups on Anomalous Health Incidents and claimed UAP-related programs; co-founder, SOL Foundation48 claims, 0 checked
1 video
David FravorRetired US Navy Commander; former commanding officer, Strike Fighter Squadron 41 ('Black Aces')42 claims, 0 checked
3 videos
Marik von RennenkampffUAP researcher/writer, self-described former DoD/Pentagon employee41 claims, 0 checked
1 video
Greg Eghigianhistorian of science and medicine, Penn State; writing a global history of UFO sightings and alien-contact claims38 claims, 0 checked
1 video
Beatriz Villarroelastronomer; PhD student in astronomy as of 2016, now leads the VASCO project26 claims, 1 checked
1 video
Chris Frenchemeritus professor of psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London; head/founder of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit26 claims, 10 checked
1 video
Kevin Knuthphysicist; self-identifies as 'a scientist'26 claims, 0 checked
1 video
Randall Nickersondocumentary filmmaker, director of Ariel Phenomenon (2022)26 claims, 0 checked
1 video
Susan Clancypostdoctoral research fellow in psychology, Harvard University; at the time of the talk based in Managua, Nicaragua working with the Central American Institute for Business Administration (INCAE)22 claims, 0 checked
1 video
Diana Walsh PasulkaDistinguished Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina Wilmington; scholar of religion, technology and cultural studies20 claims, 1 checked
1 video
Luis "Lue" ElizondoFormer Department of Defense official; former director of a White House special access program on UAP for the National Security Council; author18 claims, 0 checked
3 videos
Scott W. BrayDeputy Director of Naval Intelligence17 claims, 1 checked
1 video
Jacques Valléecomputer scientist, information scientist, venture capitalist, UAP researcher15 claims, 0 checked
1 video
Neil deGrasse Tysonastrophysicist, host of StarTalk14 claims, 1 checked
1 video
John MackHarvard psychiatrist; author of "Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens" (1994)13 claims, 0 checked
1 video
Michael ShellenbergerFounder of the newsletter Public; journalist8 claims, 0 checked
1 video
Ryan GravesExecutive Director, Americans for Safe Aerospace; former US Navy F/A-18 pilot8 claims, 0 checked
1 video
Tim GallaudetRetired Rear Admiral, US Navy; CEO, Ocean STL Consulting; former Acting Administrator/Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (led NOAA)5 claims, 1 checked
1 video
Brian Keatingastrophysicist, UC San Diego; host of the Into the Impossible podcast4 claims, 2 checked
1 video
Michael GoldChief Growth Officer, Redwire Space; former NASA official; member of NASA's UAP Independent Study Team2 claims, 0 checked
1 video

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