Civilian Contractors & Companies
Robert Bigelow
1995
Aerospace/hotel billionaire. Founded NIDS (1995); bought Skinwalker Ranch (1996); his company BAASS later won the sole-bid AAWSAP contract (2008).
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founded
Source: George Knapp / KLAS-TV Mystery Wire reporting
recruited as advisor
Source: George Knapp / KLAS-TV Mystery Wire reporting
hired to lead research
Source: Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
founded
Source: NYT, 'Glowing Auras and Black Money,' Dec 16 2017
his boss during NIDS/BAASS-era research
Source: Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
testified he negotiated with Lockheed Martin executives for retrieved material
Source: Congressional hearing records
reported on his NIDS / Skinwalker Ranch research and co-wrote Hunt for the Skinwalker about it
Source: Knapp & Kelleher, Hunt for the Skinwalker (2005)
sold ranch to
Source: George Knapp / KLAS-TV Mystery Wire reporting
founded it in 2020
Source: George Knapp / KLAS-TV Mystery Wire reporting
worked for his NIDS; first to overnight at Skinwalker Ranch
Source: NIDS / Skinwalker Ranch research history; Kelleher & Knapp, Hunt for the Skinwalker
1996 letters document his role on NIDS's advisory board
Source: NIDS records; George Knapp, Statement to Congress, House Oversight (HHRG-118-GO06), Jul 26 2023
spent 13 years there and received a NASA award for the BEAM module
Source: The Planetary Society — Mike Gold profile
longtime friend
Source: NYT, Dec 16 2017
allegedly proposed transferring purported UAP crash-retrieval material to his team (AAWSAP era, ~2009); anonymous/secondhand
Source: Lacatski et al., Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021); Liberation Times