9 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American businessman from North Carolina who has experienced ongoing UAP encounters since 2007 — beginning with a multiple-witness sighting on the Cape Fear River — and whose case has attracted significant attention from US government and intelligence researchers, including being briefed to Congress.
Late-night American radio program (originally hosted by Art Bell, currently by George Noory) that covers UFOs, paranormal phenomena, consciousness research, and fringe science — the most listened-to late-night radio program in North America, providing a platform for researchers whose work doesn't fit mainstream media.
Canadian quantum computing entrepreneur who has publicly described experiences of anomalous consciousness states and close encounters with unidentified aerial phenomena — combining technology entrepreneurship with advocacy for taking consciousness and UAP phenomena seriously.
American scholar of religion at UNCW who wrote American Cosmic — examining UAP/UFO phenomena through the lens of religious studies, arguing that the UFO phenomenon functions as a contemporary religion, and exploring the relationship between technology, belief, and the sacred.
French-American astrophysicist and computer scientist who in the 1960s proposed the first computer database of UFO reports and developed the control system hypothesis — arguing that UFO phenomena are a real phenomenon but likely not extraterrestrial spacecraft, instead functioning as a control mechanism that shapes human consciousness and culture.
Retired CIA officer who served for 25 years and who co-founded To the Stars Academy with Tom DeLonge and Lou Elizondo — and who has publicly discussed his own anomalous experiences and advocated for serious government investigation of UAP phenomena.
Retired US Army colonel who ran non-lethal weapons research and was a key figure in government investigation of anomalous phenomena — his connections to remote viewing, UAP research, and consciousness studies making him an important bridge between the military-intelligence world and the consciousness research community.
American writer and researcher who has documented the puzzling frequency with which owls appear in association with UFO/UAP encounters and high strangeness experiences — The Messengers — contributing to the research on the symbolic and psychological dimensions of contact phenomena.
American UAP researcher and podcaster (Bledsoe Said So) who is the son of Chris Bledsoe — an experiencer with a long history of UFO encounters in North Carolina — and who has continued his father's advocacy for taking contact experiences seriously.