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George Knapp

Chief investigative reporter at KLAS-TV (Las Vegas); hosts Weaponized

1987– · Media · Journalist

Chief investigative reporter at KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, he has covered UFOs since 1987 and in 1989 publicized Bob Lazar's account. He is co-author, with James Lacatski and Colm Kelleher, of two books on AAWSAP, including “Skinwalkers at the Pentagon” (2021), and hosts the podcast Weaponized with Jeremy Corbell. On September 9, 2025 he testified before the House task force led by Anna Paulina Luna.

Key claims
  • Reports that James Lacatski allegedly said that the United States possesses a craft of unknown origin and has managed to gain access to its interior.
  • Testified (2025) that the AAWSAP program had about 50 investigators and an archive of 240,000 cases.
  • Maintains that servers exist with UAP videos that Congress has not been able to see (2025).
  • Testified that Harry Reid, his longtime collaborator, was convinced that the United States, Russia and China had retrieved advanced technology.
Controversies
  • According to Art Levine, he maintains, with Corbell, that the government holds a living alien and crashed craft.
  • In the 2025 testimony he declares that he does not want to discuss the credibility of Bob Lazar, whose claims he reported in 1989.
Today
Hosts Weaponized with Corbell; the latest public item documented in the sources is the House testimony of September 9, 2025.

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 2/2
His role at KLAS-TV is attested by his written testimony and the official hearing page.
Direct access not applicable
He relays claims from sources such as Lacatski and Reid; he does not claim direct knowledge of the programs.
Evidence provided 1/2
In 2018 he made public Reid's 2009 letter on AATIP, later confirmed authentic by the DoD, but the claims about retrieved craft remain without public evidence.
Claims track record 1/2
Mixed outcome: some documents he circulated turned out to be authentic, while the claims about held craft and aliens remain unverified.
Conflicts of interest 0/2
He is co-author of books with the same sources whose claims he relays and hosts a podcast on the topic.

Sources

  1. Written testimony of George Knapp to the House, September 9, 2025 (PDF) (primary source)
  2. Official page of the September 9, 2025 hearing (House Oversight) (primary source)
  3. Weaponized: the episode with Matthew Brown (YouTube) (video/audio, pro-disclosure)
  4. The Black Vault: chronology, the 2018 KLAS report on Elizondo and AATIP (analysis)
  5. Metabunk: excerpts from “Skinwalkers at the Pentagon” (2021) (analysis, skeptical)

On this site

Documents 2

Cases 2

Where the claims come from 5

Timeline 4

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