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Stanton Friedman
1978-02-01what this date marks is not recorded
Nuclear physicist turned UFO researcher; his 1978 interview with Jesse Marcel reignited the Roswell story after three decades of obscurity, later authored "Crash at Corona."
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This map says1978 interview reignited the storyThe document saysIn 1978, an article appeared in a tabloid newspaper, the National Enquirer, which reported the former intelligence officer, Marcel, claimed that he had recovered UFO debris near Roswell in 1947. Also in 1978, a UFO researcher, Stanton Friedman, met with Marcel and began investigating the claims that the material Marcel handled was from a crashed UFO.Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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investigated the Marcel claims from 1978 alongside Moore, who published "The Roswell Incident" that same period with Charles Berlitzsame document as the row aboveprinted p. 13 · PDF p. 7 checked against the page
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submitted a prepared paper from Westinghouse Astronuclear LaboratorySymposium on Unidentified Flying Objectsprinted p. III · PDF p. 5 checked against the page
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extensively investigated and popularized the documentsMJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
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organized Roswell interviews together at NIDSNIDS / Skinwalker Ranch research history; Kelleher & Knapp, Hunt for the Skinwalker
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publicly debated him about MJ-12 on Nightline, 1987MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
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→ TRWworked there as a nuclear physicist (1969-70)Official government / corporate service records
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→ NICAPmember; read its monthly newslettersKathleen Marden - Stanton Friedman page
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exposed a forged MJ-12 memo attributed to him as a hoaxMJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
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co-authored the Betty Hill abduction book with herSimon & Schuster - Captured! (Friedman & Marden)
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vetted and promoted her star-map analysisBetty & Barney Hill abduction case; Marden & Friedman, Captured! (2007)
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Friedman revealed his undisclosed NSA ties despite public skepticismFriedman FOIA research
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collaborated on Roswell researchHynek & Vallee, The Edge of Reality (1975); 'invisible college'
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publicly debated him on UFO evidence vs. SETI
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Friedman disputed his MIT/Caltech credentials
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Stanton Friedman → William Moore
co-authored "The Roswell Incident" (1980)
investigated the Marcel claims from 1978 alongside Moore, who published "The Roswell Incident" that same period with Charles Berlitz
Friedman did not co-write the book. Weaver printed 13: "Also in 1978, a UFO researcher, Stanton Friedman, met with Marcel and began investigating the claims ... Similarly, two authors, William L. Moore and Charles Berlitz, also engaged in research which led them to publish a book, The Roswell Incident, in 1980." The page describes two parallel efforts. The link's own evidence string has read "Berlitz & Moore" all along.