Retired US Army colonel and author on anomalous phenomena; known for *UFOs: Myths, Conspiracies and Realities* and *Reality Denied*.

US Air Force veteran who has made public whistleblower claims regarding UAP retrieval operations; appeared in media interviews, founder of Skywatcher.

Founder of Bigelow Aerospace; BAASS was the prime contractor for the DIA’s AAWSAP programme; former owner of Skinwalker Ranch.

US congressman (TN‑02); vocal advocate for transparency on UAP.

US representative (MO-07); participant in House UAP oversight activity and supporter of measures seeking greater transparency on UAP matters.

Investigative journalist; NewsNation special correspondent; author of *In Plain Sight* and co‑host of *Need to Know*.

Documentary filmmaker; co‑host of the *Weaponized* podcast.

Physicist at EarthTech International; associated with the (contested) “Davis–Wilson memo” narrative.

Musician; founder and CEO of To The Stars; helped catalyse post‑2017 public interest in UAP.

Former US Navy F/A-18 pilot and eyewitness to the 2004 “Nimitz” encounter; public advocate for aviation safety reporting regarding UAP.

Historian and commentator; author of *UFOs and the National Security State* and co‑author of *After Disclosure*.

Former US Army counterintelligence officer; publicly associated with AATIP (leadership role has been disputed in some official statements).

Documentary filmmaker (*The Phenomenon*, *Moment of Contact*).

Pilot associated with the 2004 Nimitz incident; widely cited witness.

Oceanographer; former Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator of NOAA and former Oceanographer of the Navy; public advocate for improved sensing and reporting of UAP in the maritime domain.

US senator; has led bipartisan efforts to resource and oversee UAP inquiry within the Department of Defense.

Former US Navy pilot; executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace; testified to Congress on UAP safety reporting in 2023.

Physician‑scientist; former CIA (life sciences); professor of psychiatry and radiology at Wayne State University.

Former intelligence official; filed whistleblower disclosures and testified to the US House in 2023 (claims remain disputed).

Astronomer and ufology pioneer; scientific adviser to Project Blue Book; originator of the “close encounter” typology.

Investigative journalist; co‑authored the 2017 New York Times reporting that reignited official interest; author of *UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials on the Record*.

Journalist and influential ufologist; author of *Operation Trojan Horse* and *The Eighth Tower*.

Former NASA research scientist; professor of physics at the University at Albany; publishes on UAP data analyses.

Former DIA programme manager for AAWSAP.

Public figure who claims involvement in reverse‑engineering projects near Area 51 in the late 1980s; claims are highly contested.

Harvard astrophysicist; leads the Galileo Project; led an expedition analysing spherules associated with the interstellar meteor IM1; author of *Extraterrestrial*.

US representative (FL-13); active in House Oversight inquiries into UAP and a vocal advocate for increased transparency and reporting.

Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize‑winning author; studied abduction experiences and wrote *Abduction*.

Retired US Army colonel and aerospace/defence executive; supported Army engagement with the UAP Task Force; author of a 2025 Sol Foundation policy paper advocating structured disclosure; frequent speaker on UAP policy.

Former White House chief of staff and presidential counsellor; long‑standing advocate for government transparency on UAP.

Physicist; president of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin; consultant on UAP‑related research; co‑founder of To The Stars Academy.

Scientist and manager; programme manager within AAWSAP; co‑author of *Skinwalkers at the Pentagon*.

Laser and materials physicist; first director of DoD’s AARO (2022–2023); subsequently CTO for defence and intelligence programs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory; public advocate for evidence-led UAP analysis.

Investigative journalist and broadcaster; long‑time host on “Coast to Coast AM”; co‑host of *Weaponized*.

Director of the U.S. Department of Defense’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO); previously held technical and leadership roles in the NSA’s Research Directorate (networking, computing, free-space optics); leads AARO’s UAP reporting, analysis and outreach.

Professor of pathology at Stanford; co‑founder of the Sol Foundation; researcher and commentator on UAP‑adjacent biomedical questions.

Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; public advocate for improved UAP reporting and oversight.

Professor of religious studies; author of “American Cosmic” and “Encounters”.

US senator; co-sponsor of Schumer’s UAP amendment language.

US senator; senior member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; public proponent of UAP inquiry.

US Senate Majority Leader; co‑sponsored UAP‑related amendment language during NDAA FY24 deliberations.

Former CIA senior operations officer; co‑founder of To The Stars Academy.

Former ONI senior executive; led the US Navy’s UAP Task Force.

Author and experiencer; “Communion” brought wide attention to abduction narratives; a large archive of reader correspondence is held at Rice University.

Computer scientist and astronomer; long‑standing investigator; author of *Passport to Magonia* exploring links with folklore and the paranormal.

Astronomer; leads projects on vanishing stars and anomalous transients (VASCO, ExoProbe).

Television producer and writer; former showrunner of *Dark Skies*; co‑author of *A.D. After Disclosure*; co‑host of *Need to Know*.