Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter
First CIA Director — NICAP Board Member
1947–1960sGovernment
Notable People
UFOPulse takes a deeper look at the figures who have shaped the UFO/UAP landscape — from the 1940s into the charged disclosure climate of 2026.
Adm. Tim Gallaudet
Retired Navy Rear Admiral — Maritime UAP Transparency Advocate
2017–presentGovernment
AW
Alexandro Wiggins
Navy Senior Chief — 2025 Underwater Anomaly Data
2025Witnesses
AE
Amy Eskridge
Co-Founder, Institute for Exotic Science
2010s–2022Scientists
Art Bell
Coast to Coast AM Host — UAP Platform Builder
1984–2013Journalists
Betty & Barney Hill
Abduction Case — First High-Profile Encounter
1961Witnesses
BL
Bob Lazar
Physicist (Claimed) — Area 51 / S4 Whistleblower
1989–presentAdvanced
BZ
Bryce Zabel
Former CNN Correspondent — Need to Know Podcast
2000s–presentJournalists
Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
First Head of Project Blue Book — Coined 'UFO'
1951–1953Government
CK
Capt. Kenjyu Terauchi
Japan Airlines Pilot — 1986 Alaska UAP Encounter
1986Witnesses
CR
Capt. Robert Salas
USAF Officer — Malmstrom AFB ICBM Shutdown Witness
1967Witnesses
CW
Capt. William Nash
Pan Am Pilot — 1952 Chesapeake Bay Sighting
1952Witnesses
CG
Carl Grillmair
Caltech Astronomer — Near-Earth Object Research
1990s–2026Scientists
Christopher Mellon
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
1997–2019Government
Cmdr. David Fravor
U.S. Navy Commander — Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter
2004–presentWitnesses
Col. Charles Halt
Deputy Base Commander — Rendlesham Forest Incident
1980Witnesses
David Grusch
Intelligence Officer — Whistleblower on Crash Retrieval Programs
2021–presentGovernment
Donald Keyhoe
Marine Major & NICAP Director — 1950s UFO Advocate
1950–1969Journalists
Dr. Avi Loeb
Harvard Astronomer — Galileo Project
2017–presentScientists
DB
Dr. Beatriz Villarroel
Astronomer — VASCO Project
2019–presentScientists
Dr. Bruce Maccabee
Navy Optical Physicist — UAP Film Analyst
1970s–2010sScientists
DD
Dr. Diana Pasulka
Religious Studies Scholar — The Invisible College
2010s–presentScientists
Dr. Edward Condon
Physicist — Head of Condon Committee
1966–1969Scientists
DE
Dr. Eric Davis
Physicist — Wilson-Davis Memo, AATIP Contractor
2000s–presentScientists
DG
Dr. Garry Nolan
Stanford Immunologist — UAP Biological Research
2012–presentScientists
Dr. Hal Puthoff
Physicist — CIA Stargate Project & AATIP Research
1970s–presentScientists
Dr. J. Allen Hynek
Astronomer — Father of Modern UFO Research
1948–1986Scientists
Dr. Jacques Vallée
Computer Scientist & Astronomer — Interdimensional Hypothesis
1960s–presentScientists
Dr. James McDonald
Atmospheric Physicist — Air Force Debunking Challenger
1965–1971Scientists
Dr. John Mack
Harvard Psychiatrist — Abduction Phenomenon Researcher
1990–2004Scientists
DJ
Dr. Jon Kosloski
Current AARO Director (2024–present)
2024–presentGovernment
DK
Dr. Kevin Knuth
Physics Professor — UAP Flight Characteristics Analyst
2010s–presentScientists
DM
Dr. Michael Masters
Anthropologist — Extra-Tempestrial Hypothesis
2019–presentScientists
Dr. Michio Kaku
Theoretical Physicist — UAP Public Advocate
2021–presentScientists
DN
Dr. Ning Li
Anti-Gravity Researcher — University of Alabama
1990s–2021Scientists
DS
Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick
Founding Director of AARO
2022–2024Government
Dr. Stanton Friedman
Nuclear Physicist — Chief Roswell Investigator
1970–2019Scientists
FM
Frank Maiwald
JPL Spectroscopy Engineer — UAP Detection Systems
2000s–2024Scientists
Gen. Charles Cabell
USAF Intelligence Chief — Pushed for Serious UFO Study
1948–1953Government
George Knapp
Investigative Journalist — Broke the Bob Lazar Story
1989–presentJournalists
Gov. Fife Symington
Arizona Governor — Phoenix Lights Witness
1997Witnesses
James Fox
Filmmaker — The Phenomenon
2000–presentJournalists
JS
Jay Stratton
Former UAP Task Force Director
2018–2021Government
JC
Jeremy Corbell
Filmmaker — Leaked Military UAP Footage
2018–presentJournalists
JC
Jerome Clark
Author — UFO Encyclopedia, Community Historian
1960s–presentJournalists
Jesse Marcel
U.S. Army Air Forces Intelligence Officer — Roswell
1947Witnesses
John Burroughs
USAF Airman — Rendlesham Forest Witness
1980Witnesses
John Greenewald Jr.
Founder, The Black Vault — FOIA Researcher
1996–presentJournalists
John St. Clair
Inventor — Black Project Propulsion Patents
2000sScientists
KN
Karl Nell
Retired Army Colonel — Corroborated Grusch Claims
2021–presentGovernment
Kenneth Arnold
Civilian Pilot — First Modern UFO Witness
1947Witnesses
Kevin Day
USS Princeton Radar Operator — Nimitz Encounter
2004Witnesses
LK
Leslie Kean
Investigative Journalist — 2017 NYT AATIP Story
2000–presentJournalists
Linda Moulton Howe
Investigative Journalist — Cattle Mutilations & Physical Evidence
1980s–presentJournalists
LZ
Lonnie Zamora
Socorro Police Officer — 1964 Landed Craft Witness
1964Witnesses
Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich
U.S. Navy Pilot — Nimitz Tic Tac Corroboration
2004Witnesses
Luis Elizondo
Former AATIP Director — Modern Disclosure Movement
2007–presentGovernment
MS
Matthew Sullivan
USAF Advanced Sensor Researcher — Deceased 2024
2010s–2024Advanced
MC
Melissa Casias
Los Alamos Staffer — Missing 2025
2010s–2025Advanced
Michael Shellenberger
Journalist — Immaculate Constellation Report
2024–presentJournalists
MJ
Monica Jacinto Reza
JPL Materials Scientist — Missing 2025
2010s–2025Scientists
Morris K. Jessup
Author & Researcher — The Case for the UFO
1955–1959
NP
Nick Pope
Former UK MoD — UFO Desk Official
1991–2006Government
Paul Hellyer
Former Canadian Defence Minister — ET Disclosure Advocate
1963–2021Government
Phil Schneider
Geologist — Claimed Underground Base Construction
1990s–1996Advanced
RB
Ralph Blumenthal
NYT Veteran Reporter — AATIP Co-Author
2017–presentJournalists
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
U.S. Representative (R-FL) — Field Hearings Organiser
2023–presentMembers
Rep. Cory Mills
U.S. Representative (R-FL) — Off-World Technology Advocate
2023–presentMembers
Rep. Eric Burlison
U.S. Representative (R-MO) — Eminent Domain Advocate
2023–presentMembers
Rep. Glenn Grothman
U.S. Representative (R-WI) — Chaired Grusch Hearing
2023–presentMembers
Rep. Jared Moskowitz
U.S. Representative (D-FL) — Bipartisan UAP Advocate
2023–presentMembers
Rep. Matt Gaetz
U.S. Representative (R-FL) — Eglin AFB UAP Claimant
2023–presentMembers
Rep. Nancy Mace
U.S. Representative (R-SC) — Non-Human Intelligence Advocate
2023–presentMembers
Rep. Robert Garcia
U.S. Representative (D-CA) — Pilot Reporting Advocate
2023–presentMembers
Rep. Tim Burchett
U.S. Representative (R-TN) — UAP Transparency Leader
2019–presentMembers
RD
Richard Doty
AFOSI Special Agent — Disinformation Operative
1979–1988Government
Ross Coulthart
Investigative Journalist — In Plain Sight, Grusch Interview
2020–presentJournalists
Ryan Graves
Former Navy F/A-18 Pilot — UAP Transparency Advocate
2014–presentWitnesses
Salvatore Pais
Navy Engineer — 'UFO-Like' Propulsion Patents
2016–2020Scientists
Sen. Chuck Schumer
U.S. Senate Majority Leader — UAP Disclosure Act
2023–presentMembers
Sen. Harry Reid
U.S. Senate Majority Leader — AATIP Funding
2007–2021Members
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator (D-NY) — Creator of AARO Framework
2021–presentMembers
Sen. Marco Rubio
U.S. Senator (R-FL) — Senate Intelligence Vice Chair
2020–presentMembers
Sen. Mark Warner
Senate Intelligence Chair — Briefed on Anomalous Incursions
2021–presentMembers
Sen. Mike Rounds
U.S. Senator (R-SD) — UAP Disclosure Act Co-Sponsor
2023–presentMembers
SG
Steven Garcia
Aerospace Materials Contractor — Kansas City — Missing 2025
2010s–2025Advanced
TM
The Marconi Scientists
UK Defence Researchers — 1980s Death Cluster
1982–1990Advanced
Tom DeLonge
Founder, To The Stars Academy — Civilian Disclosure Bridge
2015–presentJournalists
Travis Walton
Logger — Arizona Abduction Case
1975Witnesses
William Neil McCasland
Former AFRL Director — Missing 2026
2000s–2026Advanced