Ufologists & Researchers

74 people who shaped the field — pioneers, investigators, skeptics, and the UAP era.

1970–

Skeptical Inquirer deputy editor investigating UFO photo and video hoaxes and the social dynamics of mass-sighting panics.

1901–1976

Harvard astronomer and the most prominent early scientific UFO skeptic, later revealed to have held extensive classified security clearances.

1944–

Former NASA engineer whose expertise identified rocket-reentry and satellite events behind many reported UFO sightings.

1944–

Former stage magician and private investigator turned CSI senior research fellow applying forensic methods to UFO and paranormal claims.

1954–

Founded Skeptic magazine and wrote a long-running Scientific American column critiquing UFO and alien-abduction claims.

1962–

Founded Metabunk.org and pioneered 3D simulation analysis (Sitrec) reinterpreting viral Navy UAP videos as conventional objects.

1919–2005

Aviation Week editor and the field's most tenacious skeptic, offering a standing reward for any UFO case that resisted conventional explanation.

1949–

Longtime chair of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry's UFO Subcommittee, providing decades of case-by-case skeptical reanalysis.

1943–

SETI Institute astronomer arguing UAP sightings lack evidence of extraterrestrial visitation despite actively supporting the search for alien life.