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Bob Lazar

Maintains that he worked on alien craft at the “S-4” site near Area 51

1989–2019 · Historical figures (1933–2007) · Witness

In May 1989 he gave his first public interview, maintaining that since December 1988 he had worked on alien craft at the S-4 site; on December 9, 1989, interviewed by George Knapp for KLAS-TV, he said they were powered by element 115. According to Wikipedia, the degrees from MIT and Caltech that he claims are not on record, Los Alamos holds no records on him and a 1982 telephone directory of the laboratory lists him as a technician of the subcontractor Kirk-Mayer. His claims are rejected by skeptics and by the USAF, according to the sources cited by Wikipedia, but have been revived by Jeremy Corbell's documentary (2018, on Netflix since 2019).

Key claims
  • Claims to have worked, starting in December 1988, on craft of alien origin at the S-4 site.
  • Maintains that the craft were powered by element 115 (KLAS-TV interview, December 9, 1989).
  • Claims to hold degrees from MIT and Caltech.
Controversies
  • The claimed degrees from MIT and Caltech are not on record, according to Wikipedia.
  • Los Alamos holds no records on him; a 1982 telephone directory lists him as a technician of the subcontractor Kirk-Mayer.
Today
His account is promoted by George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell, who sat behind Grusch at the July 26, 2023 hearing; a mention of Lazar by Grusch, Elizondo or AARO is not confirmed in the sources collected.

Documented authority

It measures how documented and verifiable what the person claims is, not their honesty. Each criterion is scored from 0 to 2.

Credentials 0/2
The degrees from MIT and Caltech that he claims are not on record; at Los Alamos he appears only as a technician of a subcontractor (1982).
Direct access 1/2
Claims direct knowledge, but his employment at S-4 has no documentary corroboration.
Evidence provided 0/2
No public evidence of the employment at S-4 or of the craft described.
Claims track record 0/2
Claims rejected by skeptics and by the USAF according to the sources cited by Wikipedia; declared credentials not corroborated.
Conflicts of interest not applicable
Insufficient data in the sources collected.

Sources

  1. Bob Lazar, English Wikipedia (other)
  2. Detroit Free Press: the documentary on Bob Lazar (April 10, 2019) (press)
  3. M. West, “UFOs: Beliefs, Conspiracies, and Aliens,” Skeptical Inquirer (August 26, 2021) (analysis, skeptical)
  4. George Knapp (journalist), English Wikipedia (other)

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