Section A · Scientific analysis of sightings (NARCAP) · 1937–
Richard F. Haines
PhD experimental psychology · retired NASA Ames scientist · founder and chief scientist of NARCAP
Biography
Experimental psychologist (PhD, Michigan State, 1964) and research scientist at NASA Ames from 1967 to 1986, where he worked on Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Space Station projects and led the Space Human Factors Office. After retiring from government he devoted much of his work to documenting and analyzing sightings worldwide, focusing on two areas: pilot reports and photographic analysis. In 1999 he co-founded NARCAP (National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena). He is the analyst who peer-reviewed the Lago de Cote photo (Costa Rica, 1971) and confirmed the disc was not a double exposure, reflection or forgery.
Why they're here · 2 pieces
- 1999
NARCAP (National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena)
Co-founded and scientifically directs the center for analysis of aviation phenomena
- 1990
Análisis de la foto del Lago de Cote
Technical review of the original negative; ruled out double exposure, reflection and forgery
Sources
Associated cases (2)
Lake Cote · IGN aerial photo· 1971
On 4 September 1971, a Costa Rican National Geographic Institute mapping camera, on a survey flight over Lake Cote, automatically captured a roughly 100-meter metallic disc on a single negative of the sequence. Its government chain of custody and peer-reviewed analysis (Haines, NASA-Ames) rank it among the best photographic evidence in the corpus.
O'Hare International· 2006
On 7 November 2006, at least twelve United Airlines employees watched a stationary metallic disc over Gate C-17 at O'Hare airport before it shot upward, punching a hole through the clouds. The FAA denied holding any records; a Chicago Tribune FOIA suit forced release of the internal audio that contradicted the denial.
Synthesized bio from the UAP disclosure ecosystem — categorized by epistemological section (A-F).