Scientists & Researchers

Travis Taylor

2020

Aerospace/optical scientist (multiple doctorates), 20-year U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command veteran, and History Channel personality ("Ancient Aliens," "The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch"). Recruited by Jay Stratton as the UAP Task Force's informal "chief scientist" while simultaneously working on Brandon Fugal's Skinwalker Ranch research team - a dual role the Pentagon confirmed but said created no conflict of interest. Now a Principal Research Scientist at Radiance Technologies.

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Connections (9)

confirmedSusan Gough

she confirmed his informal "chief scientist" role amid criticism

confirmedGeorge Knapp

Knapp broke the story identifying him as the task force's scientist

Source: KLAS-TV/Knapp reporting, 2023

confirmedRadiance Technologies

principal research scientist there

confirmedJay Stratton

recruited him as the task force's chief scientist

confirmedBrandon Fugal

part of his research team at Skinwalker Ranch

Source: NIDS / Skinwalker Ranch research history; Kelleher & Knapp, Hunt for the Skinwalker

confirmedDan Farah

featured him in "The Age of Disclosure"

Source: The Age of Disclosure (2025 documentary)

confirmedMike Gold

fellow member of the Disclosure Foundation's NASA archive review committee

Source: Disclosure Foundation announcements

confirmedAARO

his UAP Task Force work directly preceded AARO's creation

Source: DoD, Dep. SecDef memo establishing AARO, Jul 20 2022; AARO.mil

disputedScott Bray

his doubts about the 2019 "drone" conclusion contradicted Bray's testimony

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