Journalist or investigator

Stanton Friedman

1978-02-01what this date marks is not recorded

Nuclear physicist turned UFO researcher; his 1978 interview with Jesse Marcel reignited the Roswell story after three decades of obscurity, later authored "Crash at Corona."

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Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident" 1994-07-27
Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects 1968-07-29

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← Jesse Marcel

Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident"

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1978 interview reignited the story

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In 1978, an article appeared in a tabloid newspaper, the National Enquirer, which reported the former intelligence officer, Marcel, claimed that he had recovered UFO debris near Roswell in 1947. Also in 1978, a UFO researcher, Stanton Friedman, met with Marcel and began investigating the claims that the material Marcel handled was from a crashed UFO.

Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
printed p. 13 · read off the page footer
rendered and read by eye — the grade this project quotes from
→ William Moore

investigated the Marcel claims from 1978 alongside Moore, who published "The Roswell Incident" that same period with Charles Berlitz

same document as the row above
printed p. 13 · PDF p. 7 checked against the page
→ House Symposium on UFOs (1968)

submitted a prepared paper from Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory

Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects
printed p. III · PDF p. 5 checked against the page
← Majestic 12 (MJ-12) names a source we do not hold

extensively investigated and popularized the documents

MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
← John Alexander names a source we do not hold

organized Roswell interviews together at NIDS

NIDS / Skinwalker Ranch research history; Kelleher & Knapp, Hunt for the Skinwalker
← Philip J. Klass names a source we do not hold

publicly debated him about MJ-12 on Nightline, 1987

MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
→ TRW names a source we do not hold

worked there as a nuclear physicist (1969-70)

Official government / corporate service records
→ NICAP names a source we do not hold

member; read its monthly newsletters

Kathleen Marden - Stanton Friedman page
→ Roscoe Hillenkoetter names a source we do not hold

exposed a forged MJ-12 memo attributed to him as a hoax

MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
→ Kathleen Marden names a source we do not hold

co-authored the Betty Hill abduction book with her

Simon & Schuster - Captured! (Friedman & Marden)
→ Marjorie Fish names a source we do not hold

vetted and promoted her star-map analysis

Betty & Barney Hill abduction case; Marden & Friedman, Captured! (2007)
← Donald Menzel names a source we do not hold

Friedman revealed his undisclosed NSA ties despite public skepticism

Friedman FOIA research
← Jacques Vallee names a source we do not hold

collaborated on Roswell research

Hynek & Vallee, The Edge of Reality (1975); 'invisible college'
→ Seth Shostak nothing behind it

publicly debated him on UFO evidence vs. SETI
← Bob Lazar nothing behind it

Friedman disputed his MIT/Caltech credentials