Section A · Scientific researchers · 1934–2019
Stanton Friedman
Primary framework: Classical Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH)
MSc in physics, University of Chicago + 14 years in the nuclear industry (Westinghouse, GE, McDonnell) + 4,500+ public lectures
Stanton Friedman (self) · CC-BY-SA 3.0
Biography
The only nuclear physicist who devoted more than fifty years full-time to the phenomenon. He centered his work on the 1947 Roswell case and in 1985 released the 'MJ-12' documents, whose authenticity was never verified and remains disputed. His books are an obligatory reference for the narrative linking Roswell to the extraterrestrial hypothesis.
Why they're here · 3 pieces
- 1980
Flying Saucers ARE Real
Compendium of historical cases + extraterrestrial-hypothesis thesis
- 1992
Crash at Corona
Reconstruction of Roswell with Don Berliner
- 1996
TOP SECRET/MAJIC
MJ-12 documents + institutional case
Sources
- Stanton Friedman & Don Berliner, 'Crash at Corona' (1992) — Reconstruction of the Roswell case.
Associated cases (3)
Falcon Lake· 1967
Prospector Stefan Michalak suffered hospital-documented geometric-pattern burns after touching an object that had landed near Falcon Lake, Manitoba; the RCMP and RCAF investigated officially and elevated radioactivity was measured at the site.
Varginha· 1996
Brazilian Army operation in January 1996, one or more non-human creatures reported by civilians, soldier Marco Eli Cherese dead six weeks later from atypical bacterial infection. Thirty years later, the case remains politically alive: Brazilian witnesses testified behind closed doors in the U.S. Congress (Longworth, Jan 2026), a Brazilian neurosurgeon described a lilac-eyed entity, James Fox and Leslie Kean hosted the 30th-anniversary press conference at the National Press Club (Jan 2026), the Brazilian Superior Tribunal Militar dismissed the case as 'error and rumor' (Jan 2026), and the bipartisan Capitol press conference of Jun 9, 2026 specifically called to declassify Varginha records.
Roswell· 1947
The 509th Bombardment Group's base issued history's only official military press release claiming recovery of a 'flying disc', retracted within hours as a weather balloon; the official explanation later changed twice more (Mogul 1994, crash-test dummies 1997).
Synthesized bio from the UAP disclosure ecosystem — categorized by epistemological section (A-F).