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Stanton Friedman

Disciplines:
cosmology/ufology

Summary

American nuclear physicist who became the leading scientific advocate for the extraterrestrial hypothesis of UFO phenomena — the original civilian investigator of the Roswell incident.

Core Contribution

Original civilian investigator of the Roswell crash (1978). Advocate for the Majestic-12 documents as evidence of a government UFO cover-up. Flying Saucers and Science: a scientific case for the extraterrestrial hypothesis.

Notable Works & Achievements

Flying Saucers and Science

Crash at Corona

Top Secret/MAJIC

Historical Influences

No recorded historical influences.

Intellectual Lineage

No conceptual lineage found.

Contemporaries & Peers

J. Allen Hynek

Minds Influenced

UFO Research Community

Intellectual Posterity

Ufology

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