Scientist or researcher

Travis Taylor

2020-01-01year known, day not recorded

Aerospace/optical scientist (multiple doctorates), 20-year U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command veteran, and History Channel personality ("Ancient Aliens," "The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch"). Recruited by Jay Stratton as the UAP Task Force's informal "chief scientist" while simultaneously working on Brandon Fugal's Skinwalker Ranch research team - a dual role the Pentagon confirmed but said created no conflict of interest. Now a Principal Research Scientist at Radiance Technologies.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "uap". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

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← Dan Farah names a source we do not hold

featured him in "The Age of Disclosure"

The Age of Disclosure (2025 documentary)
← Mike Gold names a source we do not hold

fellow member of the Disclosure Foundation's NASA archive review committee

Disclosure Foundation announcements
→ George Knapp names a source we do not hold

Knapp broke the story identifying him as the task force's scientist

KLAS-TV/Knapp reporting, 2023
→ Brandon Fugal names a source we do not hold

part of his research team at Skinwalker Ranch

NIDS / Skinwalker Ranch research history; Kelleher & Knapp, Hunt for the Skinwalker
→ AARO names a source we do not hold

his UAP Task Force work directly preceded AARO's creation

DoD, Dep. SecDef memo establishing AARO, Jul 20 2022; AARO.mil
→ Susan Gough nothing behind it

she confirmed his informal "chief scientist" role amid criticism
→ Jay Stratton nothing behind it

recruited him as the task force's chief scientist
→ Radiance Technologies nothing behind it

principal research scientist there
→ Scott Bray nothing behind it

his doubts about the 2019 "drone" conclusion contradicted Bray's testimony