Scientists & Researchers

Frank Malina

1936

Aerodynamicist and JPL co-founder alongside Parsons and von Karman; later forced out of the U.S. rocket program during the McCarthy era over Communist Party associations.

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Connections (3)

confirmedHsue-Shen Tsien (Qian Xuesen)

fellow GALCIT rocket group pioneer and JPL co-founder

Source: Jack Parsons / Agape Lodge OTO history; Pendle, Strange Angel (2005)

confirmedNASA JPL

co-founder

Source: JPL / Caltech history (GALCIT rocket group)

disputedJack Parsons

"Suicide Squad" co-founders together; Parsons secretly informed on him to the FBI without his knowledge

Source: Jack Parsons / Agape Lodge OTO history; Pendle, Strange Angel (2005)

Part of The Red Thread Files — an independent, evidence-first investigation into the UAP, USO, and consciousness question. Confidence labels (confirmed / reported / disputed) are an automated approximation based on the wording and directness of each source, not a verdict. Corrections: [email protected].