Dr. Jeff Meldrum
Dr. Jeff Meldrum is a Full Professor of Anatomy & Anthropology at Idaho State University (since 1993). His research centers on the evolution of hominin bipedalism. His professional interest in the footprints attributed to sasquatch began when he personally examined a line of 15-inch tracks in the Blue Mountains of southeastern Washington, in 1996. Over 25 years later, his lab houses well over 300 footprint casts attributed to relict hominoids around the world. He conducts collaborative laboratory and field research throughout the world, and has shared his findings in numerous popular and professional publications and presentations, interviews, television appearances. He is author of Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science (Tom Doherty Publishers, 2006), which explores the contemporary scientific evidence for the reality of this legendary species, and also affords deference to tribal people’s traditional knowledge of this subject. In addition, he has published two field guides, one focusing on sasquatch, the second casting the net more broadly to consider the potential of relict hominoid species around the world (Paradise Cay Publishing, 2013, 2016). He is editor-in-chief of the scholarly refereed journal, The Relict Hominoid Inquiry (www.isu.edu/rhi), now in its tenth year.
April Slaughter is the author of three books and numerous articles on ghosts, hauntings, psychical research and death and funeral customs. As an active paranormal researcher for nearly twenty five years, she has delved into almost every facet of the unknown from spirits and psychic phenomena to UFO's, Cryptozoology and more. She is one of America's leading researchers into the study of Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP), Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC), and is the first to introduce her personal experiences with Induced After Death Communication (IADC) to the paranormal field. April is also the founder of Slaughter House Collective, LLC and is an accomplished artist.
Greg Lawson has spent much of his adult life exploring strange places. From the first Russian colony in Three Saints Bay, Alaska to the pyramids of Egypt, he has explored paranormal hot spots in over 40 countries. He is a career law enforcement officer with over 30-years of experience. He has worked as a hostage negotiator, SWAT officer, academy instructor and as a sex crimes and homicide detective. He is also a 10 year military veteran and a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
Greg has a master's degree in education from Texas State University where he studied Complex Adaptive Human Systems (CAHS). He also specializes in investigative procedures and teaches these skills to Texas law enforcement officers and paranormal investigators.
Greg is an international lecturer and the author of four books on the paranormal: Detecting Paranormal, Diaries of a Paranormalist, and How to Be a Paranormal Detective. His latest work: Roswell: the After-Action Report, takes a fresh look at the 1947 events and the continuing Air Force cover up.
James Keenan is an author, researcher, and field investigator. He has authored seven fictional books that have science fiction or paranormal components to them. James began his writing career after spending twenty-four years in law enforcement and civil investigations. His most recent book, “Bigfoot at Skinwalker Ranch,” is the conclusion to his, “UFO and an Alien” series.
James has a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara. His main curriculum was anthropology and archaeology. He did the majority of his field work in Mexico. His most recent research has taken place in Northeastern Utah.
James continues to explore the topics of the paranormal and Ufology. He has come to believe that the paranormal, Ufology, and ancient human history may be intertwined. He has been a guest on numerous television, podcast, and radio shows, including, the History Channel series, “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.”
Russell Victor Acord
As an author and part-time filmmaker, with a full-time job in the Nuclear industry, I also had the privilege to land a role in the Travel Channels series of 'Expedition Bigfoot' with three other serious researchers. It has been an honor to work with such high-level team who truly bring a level of professionalism and experience to the field of Bigfoot research.
My bio is a bit tricky as I try to add a piece of myself to my writings. I was born in Baltimore MD but as a child my father provided the greatest gift to our family and moved us to the state of Montana. Personally I feel that this is the greatest state in the US, but others will challenge that with their coast lines and warm climates, but I hold my ground with my majestic scenery.
My book is written around the Bitterroot Mountains where I was raised and this allows for a closer description and personal touch and texture to the landscape. I don’t have a great Bigfoot experience to share, only that I look forward to researching and following up on leads.
After grade school in Corvallis Montana and high school in Arlee Montana I traveled throughout the states trying to find my own direction but kept coming back to the familiar scenery of Montana as it always felt like home. For many years I have had this idea in my mind of what I thought the culture of how Bigfoot would live, and how they would keep so well hidden over the many years. I listened carefully to the plentiful tales that were told about the legendary Bigfoot and began to pick out the consistencies in the many stories and decided that this would be the foundation of my book.
As an adult I answered the ‘call of patriotism’ and enlisted in the Army and embarked on the greatest highs and toughest lows of my life. I saw many different countries and cultures as a soldier and rode the evolving pendulum of the military life. Never have I been more proud of the men and women around me as I was serving my military career. I wanted my twenty five years in; but the ‘rough duties’ of a soldier caught up with me and I was medically (honorably) discharged from the US Army. The most difficult day of my life was driving away from post knowing that I was now a retired veteran and leaving my ‘active duty’ life behind. The military did however provide a four year college education for me which in itself brought new challenges. I minored in civil engineering and majored in Safety and Health Management and honored the military by graduating ‘Magna Cum Laude’. I set out into the Nuclear Safety field and kept typing away at the novel that had been brewing on my mind all these years.
With a little midnight candle effort I finally completed the first of my trilogy in March of 2012. I became trapped in the world of ‘career man’ responsibilities and found little time to write but never completely quit. Now that the second book, ‘Bigfoot and the Tripwire’ is completed (January 2016), my third book is already coming together.
My life is simple; work hard, give it your all, let your mind accept that there are possibilities on this planet, secrets that have not yet been revealed. I believe that there are discoveries that have yet to present themselves to us… maybe in our lifetime we will be amazed with tangible evidence of Bigfoot, or we will have to keep believing in the possibility and continue the search.
Jim Vieira will share his travels and research around the globe to bring to light a missing chapter of human history. Not only did giants appear to have existed in ancient times but they left a legacy of astounding and incomprehensible stonework from Peru to Greece, Turkey and Egypt. Worldwide traditions state that the “Gods” or the “Engineers” created giants and humans by virtue of genetic manipulation. Find out the truth from secret society sources, religious documents, oral traditions and the great mystics about a world where myth meets reality.
Jim Vieira is a stonemason, explorer, historical detective and host of the History Channel shows -"Search for the Lost Giants" (2014) "Roanoke: Search for the Lost Colony" (2015) and "Return to Roanoke: Search the Seven" (2016). He has also appeared on Expedition Unknown with Josh Gates (2017), Legends of the Lost with Megan Fox (2018), Travel Channel’s Code of the Wild (2019), Science Channel’s Uncharted (2019), History Channel’s Ancient Aliens (2019, 2020)
Hailing from the swamps of North Florida is film maker and skunk ape researcher Stacy Brown Jr. While watching “Unsolved Mysteries” in the early 90’s Stacy came across a segment on The Florida Skunk Ape and immediately became fascinated with the thought of a hairy monster running around the woods in his neighborhood. Over the next thirty one years he would dig thru the libraries for information, speak with hundreds of eye witnesses and even spend countless hours in the swamp in search of the creature.
On November 6th 2011 his work would finally pay off. That night he had his very first sighting of a skunk ape along the apalachicola river. Months later his father Stacy Sr would capture what is to be considered the best piece of footage of a skunk ape or Bigfoot type creature on thermal in northern Florida with a flir camera while camping one night with his son. Since then you may have seen him on Finding Bigfoot, strange evidence, travel channel and spike TVs 10 million dollar Bigfoot bounty in which he was awarded the $100,000 research grant.
In 2019 Stacy released a film documenting the best evidence and stories from his years of research titled “the skunk ape lives” which is available on YouTube now.
Dr. Travis Taylor
Dr. Travis Taylor is an engineer and best-selling author who holds PhDs in Optical Science and Engineering, Aerospace Systems Engineering, and Master's Degrees in Physics and Astronomy. For the past twenty-five years, Taylor has worked on various hi-tech programs for the Department of Defense and NASA. He brings a vast wealth of knowledge that helps the team at Skinwalker Ranch to apply hard science in an effort to solve the incredible mystery at Skinwalker Ranch.
Thomas Winterton -Thomas is the Manager of the famous Skinwalker Ranch where he currently oversees every responsibility of maintaining the property, its facilities and equipment, as well as providing logistical support to its ranching and science activities. A native of the Uintah Basin in Utah and a successful entrepreneur and business leader in the area. His unique background and experience give him an in-depth insight into the UFO phenomena at Skinwalker Ranch and the surrounding area -- especially his own incredible experiences that have taken place there.
As the Principal Investigator and Chief Scientist on Skinwalker Ranch, Erik Bard has not only installed a cutting-edge surveillance system that constantly monitors the entire property, but also heads all investigations. Having worked alongside Brandon on various scientific endeavors for the last decade, Bard brings a vast wealth of knowledge and his intense curiosity to the study of the strange phenomena reported on at Skinwalker Ranch.
A highly trained private security contractor who has conducted and led security operations on Skinwalker Ranch Kaleb has had many diverse experiences on and off the Ranch while assisting in experiments and providing other critical services. Kaleb served 6 years and received an Honorable Discharge from the United States Marine Corps, has provided armed security on Skinwalker Ranch since 2017, and serves in the local community as a Peacekeeper for multiple Agencies. Highly trained in the use of firearms, multiple studies of martial arts, and Self-Defense Techniques Kaleb studied language, mythology, and history at Utah State University where he played football and Rugby.
Actor, Producer, and Podcaster Bryce Johnson is always looking for his next adventure, whether acting in film and television, voicing characters, pod-casting or hunting down the elusive creature known as Bigfoot, Bryce Johnson is forging new paths in the entertainment industry.
One film you may recognize Bryce from is the 2010 found-footage hit 'Willow Creek' written & directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. Bryce produced and starred in the film playing 'Jim' who along with his girlfriend go on a pilgrimage to the famed Patterson-Gimlin Film Site deep in the woods. Suffice it to say things get a little 'hairy' when they discover evidence of Bigfoot.
Bryce is also the co-creator of the podcast Bigfoot Collectors Club, a weekly paranormal podcast in which amazing guests discuss their personal paranormal histories, followed by a story of high strangeness.
But Bryce's BIGGEST role yet is as the star and producer of Travel channel's hit NEW show Expedition Bigfoot, in which he put together a team of scientists, experts and researchers in the quest for definitive proof of Bigfoot. Airing on Discovery + NOW!
Ronny Le Blanc
Ronny Le Blanc is a globally recognized figure in the world of paranormal, Bigfoot and UFOs. Ronny stars in Travel Channel's juggernaut EXPEDITION BIGFOOT and the hit series PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
Ronny is an independent researcher of all things strange, speaker, screenwriter and author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling book Monsterland: Encounters with UFOs, Bigfoot and Orange Orbs, which details the history and connection between the various phenomena, highlighting his experience and a research area called Monsterland in central Massachusetts.
Ronny was the first person ever to cast a Bigfoot print in the Bay State from a trackway discovered by a couple in Leominster State Forest in the summer of 2010. He has written a second book entitled Monsterland: Shamans, Sasquatch, Synchronicity and High Strangeness.
He is a regular speaker at the Exeter UFO Festival, New England UFO Conference and ParaFest and has been featured on nationally syndicated radio programs like Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, Fade to Black with Jimmy Church and many others.
To learn more go to www.RonnyLeBlanc.com
British Explorer Adam Davies is unique. Simply put, there is no one alive today who has done more active (Off Camera) fieldwork to prove the existence of yet-to-be discovered animals in remote and sometimes dangerous parts of the world.
From the dense jungles of the Congo and Sumatra, to the Deserts of Mongolia, and the Mountains of Nepal, Adam has traveled the world in search of scientific evidence for the existence of these creatures. Adam has actually brought back real scientific evidence of the creatures he has tracked, a feat unmatched by anyone ever in this field so far. Examples of the creatures he has gathered evidence of, and which have astonished, include the Orang-Pendek in Sumatra, the Yeren in China, and the Seljord Serpent in Norway. Indeed, he has even worked on a project with one of the world's leading geneticists, also fascinated by Bigfoot.
Adam, an accomplished Animal Tracker since childhood, combines this with his skills in courtroom cross examination, a job he performed for 7 years representing the British Governments Home Office. Adam would love to hunt for unknown creatures round the clock, but for now he can only devote his spare time and money to this passion, just dreaming of what he could really achieve if he had the opportunity to devote all his energy towards the cryptid universe.
Adam is a frequent contributor to documentary television programming, including shows such as the History Channel's "MonsterQuest", National Geographic's “Is It Real?” series, Animal Planet's "Finding Bigfoot" and the Science Channel's “Unexplained Files”. His latest books Extreme Expeditions 2: Manbeasts - A Personal Investigation (2014 / 2020 2nd Edition) and Extreme Expeditions 3: Bigfoot Versus The Yeti (2020), followed his hit Extreme Expeditions: Travel Adventures Stalking The World’s Mystery Animals (2008 / 2020 2nd Edition).
You can read about Adam’s most recent expedition to Nepal, searching for the yeti with Josh Gates while filming multiple episodes of “Expedition Unknown” for the Travel Channel, in his newest book Extreme Expeditions 3: Bigfoot Versus The Yeti (2020).
Bryant "Dragon" Arnold
Bryant Arnold - As Head of Security for the infamous Skinwalker Ranch, Bryant aka "Dragon" brings a wealth of experience and diversity of skills to his position.
Mr. Arnold is a licensed armed private security officer in the state of Utah, and is recognized as an expert marksman and private security specialist. A native of Utah, Mr. Arnold has spent much of his life in the outdoors exploring, camping, hunting, and fishing in the remote corners of the state's vast wilderness areas. "Dragon" is an Eagle Scout and is highly skilled in outdoor survival methods.
As a trusted friend and advisor for nearly 30 years to the current owner of Skinwalker Ranch, Brandon Fugal, "Dragon" has been heading up the security and safety efforts at Skinwalker Ranch since current ownership acquired the property in 2016. Along with his work as head security and safety, Bryant is a vital part of the overall operations at the ranch, as well as assisting in the scientific efforts taking place.
"Dragon" is known for his, "tell it like it is," and no-nonsense mentality when it comes to executing on Mr. Fugal's instructions and initiatives and looking out for the security and well-being of Skinwalker Ranch, the team, and invited guests.
Ed Brown - PhenomeCon MC
Ed Brown is a researcher that spends his time traveling the country searching and visiting some of the most famous and most active hot spots from the different genres regarding the mysterious and unexplained.
He has visited everything from the infamous Amityville Horror House, to laying on the couch where Lizzy Borden gave her father 40 wacks! From the crash site in Roswell to Area 51, the grounds that Skinwalker Ranch sits on and to Harlen County Kentucky where he believes he had his own Bigfoot sighting.
He has researched the cryptid and the paranormal in over a dozen states and is continuously being drawn to visit even more!
Dr. Rebecca Foster
Dr. Rebecca Foster is a clairvoyant medium with 36 years of experience in the paranormal field. She is gifted from God and can see past lives, current situations, and future events, she can speak to animals both living and passed over, see, hear, smell, and feel the other side and convey messages from those passed over to bring comfort to the living. Dr. Foster can remote view different locations and walk through homes and various places with the intent of communicating with the energies living there, including talking with Sasquatch, extra-terrestrials, fairies and other elementals. Dr. Foster's gift started at an early age of four, having the fun of a fairy family that used to keep her company and help her to sleep. She has personal experience with UFO's and extraterrestrials and several experiences with Sasquatch, which continues to occur telepathically with them from afar. You can find Dr. Foster on her website www.GodsTool.com, on Youtube, Facebook, and Tiktok where she conducts free online galleries, in addition to traveling and conducting in-person gallery readings and investigations. She is a two-time #1 best seller on Amazon, having written two books on her abilities and how we each connect to Spirit. Dr. Foster attributes her entire gift and abilities to God, without Whom she could do none of it.
The explorer, researcher, and up-and-coming YouTuber, Terry Carter has been treasure hunting since 1981. On his YouTube channel, Terry Carter Treasure Hunter, he acts as a medium for others to share their never before heard tales of excitement and mystery, as well as his own. He recently aired on an episode for the show “Beyond Oak Island, the Lost Josephine Mine” on the History Channel, where he is actively searching for a billion-dollar treasure in gold bars. Terry has often been consulted by different production companies who know of Terry’s vast resources and knowledge. Recently, Terry was recruited to work on an independent documentary in search of a unique style of quasi-Egyptian hieroglyphs that Terry has been researching which are scattered throughout the western United States in remote locations. He has traveled across the western United States in search of out of place artifacts, ancient treasures, mysterious giants, and the unspoken history of the United States. He was one of the original founders of the Ancient Historical Research Foundation, which at first consisted of a handful of scientists, archaeologists, researchers, and explorers searching for truth through science and technology. Through all of his years of treasure hunting, he has heard first hand accounts of stories that most people will never get to hear; he has been to places that most people will never know about; and he has seen things that most people will never get to see, and to him, that is his treasure. Anything else is just icing on the cake.
Ron Meyer owns Centre Communication, a film production company. He has produced and directed feature films, including the first feature film for Discovery Communications “Legend of the Spirit Dog.” He is an author of two novels with Mark Reeder and two other novels, their latest being Bigfoot Singularity. Ron leads flow workshops, is a 5th black belt in Aikido and a world-renowned fossil collector. He lives in Louisville, Colorado, USA.
Recently he produced the number one streaming documentary series on Amazon Prime about serial killers.
As a follow-up to the highly successful Amazon Prime series “Chasing Bigfoot,” he has produced an award-winning documentary feature called “The Bigfoot Alien Connection Revealed.” The movie has garnered over 2 million views in less than five months.
New movies coming soon in 2022: “The Paranormal Mind: Lifting the Veil to a Greater Reality;” “Alien Contact in the Rockies” and “Aliens and Nukes: the Mario Wood Story.”
His new novel: “Aliens 2035: The End of Technology,” was released in the fall of 2021.
Ron just completed a new five-part television series “The Paranormal Highway” to be released in the fall.
Here is a IMDB link to a few of his productions https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3499084/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2
“There is little doubt that Bigfoot contact experiences are real. To my surprise it turned out that these experiences were chosen for each individual by what can only be called an alien nonhuman intelligence” -- Ron Meyer
Alan Megargle is a filmmaker, event organizer, paranormal investigator and Bigfoot researcher. He produced the film Minerva Monster and directed the films "The Back 80: A Modern Day Bigfoot Encounter", "Ghosts in Ghost Towns: Haunting the Wild West" and "The Bigfoot Alien Connection Revealed." Alan produces and co-stars in the paranormal adventure series "Trails to the Unknown" on Amazon Prime. He began conducting Bigfoot investigations with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (B.F.R.O.) in his home state of Ohio over a decade ago. Alan has had numerous encounters and has witnessed many strange occurrences that have provided fuel to his quest for seeking answers. Along with his friends, Alan runs a yearly Bigfoot camp-out called Bigfoot Adventure Weekends where he teaches attendees how to conduct their own investigations and takes them out to search for the elusive Sasquatch.
Christopher Duncan is a recognized figured in the Remote Viewing and scientific communities. After working for the federal government for over 15 years, Christopher left to pursue scientific research into the phenomena of remote viewing and the occult.
Since leaving he has become a Chief Engineer at a major defense contractor, published two papers on the abnormal and under-researched behaviors of low frequencies in the magnetic field, appeared on the Tom Green show as well as Expedition Bigfoot, using both scientific equipment and remote viewing to help the team.
Christopher is currently a PhD Candidate at George Mason University in computational sciences focusing on magnetic fields. He is also a military veteran, space operations office in the Army Reserves, a qualified astronaut for Project Possum at the IIAS studying climate change effects on noctilucent clouds.
Kent Smith is a historian, collector, & lecturer. Kent has collected and written over 17 diaries of personal stories on such things as treasure, mines and burials. Kent is one of the two originators of the “Morgan Pow Wow” (now known as the Gathering at Moon Lake) which has continued for 24 years highlighting treasure, outlaws, Bigfoot, skinwalkers, UFOs and other interesting subjects.
Kent started being interested in ancient American history in Utah in about 1956 and when he and a friend found some treasure in Maeser, Utah (about 3 miles west of Vernal) which consisted of several coins, gold, a ruby and several buckles and bones.
Kent’s knowledge, libraries, collections and his abilities has provided him with many opportunities that few others have ever had. He has been shown several Spanish mines, some of the largest and greatest treasures in the state of Utah and has been shown sacred and secret Indian sites. Kent has been given photographs, original maps and has had maps drawn for him to mines, burials, treasures, giant mummies and skeletons, and numerous other things. He has intriguing stories and information from the Utes, Piute and Navajo as well as other Native American Tribes, the Spanish and other ancient times.
Gary Voorhis -- UAPx President / Co-Founder
GARY VOORHIS: background in mechanical engineering, and working as an electronic and RF technician. He was a fire control-man and Aegis Computer/ CEC technician in the United States Navy. His responsibilities included the operation, maintenance, and repair of the Aegis weapon systems and non-Aegis senor systems for the purpose of testing and evaluating experimental upgrades to the Aegis baseline 6.1 and Cooperative Engagement Systems or CEC for short.
During his time on the U.S.S. Princeton, he had the task of security and inventory of top-secret and classified information and materials including being trained on the W.A.S.P military recon U.A.V. for the Pacific Fleet during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On the week of the 14th of November 2004, he was an eyewitness of the U.S.S. Nimitz "tic-tac" events. As a result of this experience, he was interviewed by Chris Mellon for the History Channel Show UNIDENTIFIED: INSIDE AMERICA'S UFO INVESTIGATION.
Dr. Mireya Mayor
Dr. Mireya Mayor is a world-renowned primatologist and explorer, an award winning TV host and a recognized science communicator. As National Geographic’s first female wildlife correspondent, Mireya has hosted dozens of documentaries, including her own Nat Geo Wild! series Wild Nights with Mireya Mayor and Mark Burnett’s Expedition Africa for History Channel. Mireya currently stars in Travel Channel’s hit series, Expedition Bigfoot. But the former NFL cheerleader, daughter of Cuban immigrants, and mother of six, is not your typical scientist.
Mireya is known for exploring the most remote regions of the earth in search of elusive, rare and little known animals. Her explorations have led to several scientific discoveries, most notably her co-discovery in Madagascar of the world’s smallest primate, a brand new species to science.
In addition to her regular TV appearances, Dr. Mayor is also the Director of Exploration and Science Communications at Florida International University (FIU) and regularly gives lectures around the country for the National Geographic Speakers Bureau.
Richard Hoffman -- UAPx Team
Rich Hoffman is an Army Information Technology (IT) defense contractor with Chugach Government Solutions. He is a Senior Systems Engineer Analyst working in the US Army Materiel Command Headquarters at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama helping to shape the future directions of systems, networks, and application hosting arrangements used within the Army.
With a B.A. degree from Wright State University in Organizational Communication and an extensive career in leadership positions in numerous business sectors, he has a solid background in numerous disciplines including IT, Training & Development, Organizational Development, and many others.
For nearly six decades, since his eighth-grade science class and timed with the Patrolman Lonnie Zamora sighting in Socorro, New Mexico on 24 April 1964, Rich has been pursuing his primary interest in investigating, researching, and lecturing about UFOs.
Rich grew up in Dayton, Ohio and started his investigations into UFOs in 1964, and was connected with Project Blue Book, Dr. J. Allen Hynek, and other thought leaders within the UFO field. In late 1969, he joined the Midwest UFO Network, later known as MUFON. He was also the Director of Investigations for the Ohio UFO Investigators League. Over his many decades with MUFON, he served as State Section Director, State Director, Star Team Manager, Deputy Director for Investigations, and then Director, Strategic Projects. He remains a Benefactor and Lifetime Member of MUFON
In June 2017, Rich left his position in MUFON to start a scientific organization known as the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU). Currently, he is an Executive Board Officer with them. SCU is composed of 150+ scientists, engineers, former military, academia, and business professionals who work to solve the phenomena using scientific methodologies and leverage current technologies to investigate them. It is a Think Tank that focuses on cases that have strong supporting evidence and requires dedicated scientific study.
He is also a member of a team of scientists and engineers working in UFOData, a project within CUFOS, and a member of the UAPx effort to do instrumented studies along the Pacific coastline and other hotspot areas. These efforts seek to utilize technologies such as radar, multi-spectral cameras, electromagnetic detectors, and other technologies in order to study the UAP.
Dr. Kevin Knuth, Ph.D -- UAPx Vice President
Dr. Knuth is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University at Albany (SUNY) and is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Entropy (MDPI). He is a former NASA research scientist having worked for four years at NASA Ames Research Center in the Intelligent Systems Division designing artificial intelligence algorithms for astrophysical data analysis. He has over 20 years of experience in applying Bayesian and maximum entropy methods to the design of machine learning algorithms for data analysis applied to the physical sciences. His current research interests include the foundations of physics, quantum information, inference and inquiry, autonomous robotics, and the search for and characterization of extrasolar planets. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed publications and has been invited to give over 80 presentations in 14 countries.
Jeremy McGowan -- UAPx Team
A trained observer, investigator, and veteran of the United States Air Force. He built what Luis Elizondo called the “world’s first mobile UAP tracker” – the O.S.I.R.I.S. (Off-road Scientific Investigation & Response Informatics System.)
He is heavily embedded into the UFO/UAP community and appeared on History Channel’s “Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation" on Season 2, Episode 3. His research and growth journey in the UAP community started in 1995 when he witnessed a still unknown event while deployed with the United States Air Force in Jordan. Jeremy guarded what is thought to have been a recovered nuclear device when he saw a UAP exhibiting extreme flight characteristics that appeared non-conformant with the current known laws of flight and physics.
Over the next 25 years, Jeremy never forgot his singular experience. Then, as chance would have it, a serendipitous viewing of a random episode of “Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation” gave him the push to attempt to validate his experience by writing about it on Reddit and asking the internet community to help him identify the person who was with him on his deployment. While that person to this day remains anonymous, producers for the History Channel contacted Jeremy. They enabled him to present his story to the world in Season two, episode three, “UFOs & Nukes.”
Since then, Jeremy has become one of the leading voices in the UFO/UAP community. He has appeared on dozens of podcasts, starred in "A Tear in the Sky" movie, is involved in making a television series, and is spearheading a citizen-led grassroots effort to fast-track the ideas of disclosure.
Not accepting the generational information drip of declassification without explanation from the US Government, Jeremy created his own UAP tracker, which utilizes, as its backbone, a SkyHub (www.skyhub.org) unit in conjunction with a multitude of other scientific data measurement devices.
As a trained investigator, a prior pilot, and armed with a little technical knowledge, Jeremy pushes forward, seeking answers and researching one of the most intriguing and unknown elements of existence, “What is the Phenomenon?“
Jeremy owns and operates the O.S.I.R.I.S. (Off-road Scientific Investigation & Response Informatics System) and can be found throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico with his unique vehicle while investigating, classifying, recording, and experiencing this phenomenon – all with the singular goal of providing answers to the world and not allowing data to end up obscured or hidden.
Phillip C. Wright
Phillip C. Wright is an avid history buff, especially religious history and archeological discoveries. He is especially interested in alien abduction and phenomena.
As a young boy in northern California, Phill and his older brother experienced their first of many alien encounters and paranormal experiences that lasted throughout their lives.
Phill is a sought-after speaker and the best-selling author of several books, including, Not Without Mercy The Black Death and Not Without Mercy The Passage Home, book two of the series, and a non-fiction book titled Man Against Messian-The Sanhedrin Plot to Against Jesus, the "TRUE" story of the actual members of the Sanhedrin who participated in the illegal trial that condemned Jesus Christ to the cross.
Being a Christian and believer in aliens visiting the earth for thousands of years, Phill has always wanted to find a way to unite these sometimes conflicting beliefs. Using his own life experience and the experience of others, he decided to write a book that would bridge God with aliens.
Believing that God created worlds without number and that he placed his children on those worlds, Phill, with the help of his good friend Richard Nelson, wrote an epic book in a new and ground-breaking genre of religious-sci-fi-fantasy-fiction , called Return From Rysa.
A dear friend, Author Brandon Mull, with eighteen NY Times Best-Selling books, including the Fablehaven Series, Dragon Watch, and Beyonders, offered to assist the project. His wife Erlyn Mull became the editor of Return From Rysa.
Return From Rysa was released on December 30 th, 2021, and became an instant best-seller.
Return From Rysa, Angels, and Aliens is book one in a five-book series. The story, referred to as a Parable based on "TRUE" events, follows the life of a boy named Conner, who, abducted at age four, discovers we are not alone in the universe!
Dr. Matthew Szydagis, Ph.D. -- UAPx Team
Professor Matthew Szydagis received his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2005, 2006 and 2011 respectively, then continued his work in physics as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California Davis (2010-2014). Since 2014, he has been a professor at the University at Albany Department of Physics, pursuing experimental particle astrophysics, in particular the direct laboratory detection of dark matter WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) underground, and general detector development for “rare event” searches. He works on the LUX (Large Underground Xenon) and LZ liquid-Xe based experiments and is the developer of the NEST (Noble Element Simulation Technique) software and the “snowball chamber” supercooled water technology.
He grew up watching Star Trek: The Next Generation right away with Season 1 from the age of ~5, falling in love with the character of Lt. Cmdr. Data, realizing that science officer was the position for him. Voyager fed his imagination in junior high and high school, and Enterprise in college. He became a physicist after being inspired by the time travel and faster-than-light warp drives in Star Trek. He realized that the UAP phenomenon may be tied to real-life extraterrestrial incursion after the AATIP reveal and the numerous trusted media outlets following up on it and the Nimitz incident, along with similar incidents. Lastly, recent discoveries by colleagues in the exoplanets field especially numerous Earth-like planets caused him to question the assumption of Earth’s uniqueness for life.