DOUGLAS DEAN JOHNSON

Douglas Dean Johnson researches and writes on UAP, often with focus on UAP-related activity in Congress and the Executive Branch, and UAP-related misinformation. All opinions expressed are his alone.

Scientist & intelligence officer Sean Kirkpatrick picked to head the new Pentagon-IC office empowered by Congress to study Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

By Douglas Dean Johnson@ddeanjohnson on Twitter "I have to be able to see and metaphorically hear everything that’s going on between 100 kilometers off the face of the planet to wherever we are, and right now we can’t do that." – Sean Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., April 13, 2021

UFOs

"Plasma Beam"-- or Fever Dream? Key Questions for PhDs, Journalists, and Regular Folks About Ray Stanford's "Beam Ship UFO" Movie of October 5, 1985, and Other Stanford Tales

By Douglas Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson on Twitter April 29, 2022 "[Kevin Knuth, Ph.D., physicist] plans on writing a scientific paper on UAP characteristics using the [October 5, 1985 Ray] Stanford image in the near future where the film and images will be put through proper and rigorous study." – "Here

Project Starlight International (P.S.I.), Fact and Fiction: Daniel H. Harris, Ph.D., Project Starlight Research Director (1977-1978), releases a strongly worded challenge to Ray Stanford's P.S.I. stories and UFO-evidence claims

"I have recently become aware of various interviews in which Ray Stanford has painted a picture of P.S.I. and my participation therein that is very different from the reality that I knew," writes Daniel H. Harris, Ph.D., in a just-released open letter. Dr. Harris was Research Director

Congress Tells Pentagon and Intelligence Community: UFOs Are Serious Business!

Congress directs the military and intelligence agencies to get a grip on "unidentified aerial phenomena," and authorizes the resources required.By Douglas Dean Johnson@ddeanjohnson on Twitter WASHINGTON– (December 7, 2021, 1:45 PM EST) – With the unveiling today of legislative language already agreed on in negotiations between key lawmakers

Joe Rogan and Bob Lazar -- A Tale of Parallel Universes?

By Douglas D. Johnson December 13, 2020 @ddeanjohnson on Twitter Jacques Vallee appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast for 3.25 hours on December 4, 2020. They spent much time discussing purported materials recovered from UFOs, yet they conspicuously avoided discussing the claims of Bob Lazar– claims which Rogan has on

Will Congress now boldly go where no Congress has gone before?

The U.S. Senate may soon consider a far-reaching proposal to upgrade military and intelligence investigations of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and to require annual unclassified reportsby Douglas Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson on Twitter WASHINGTON (Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, Noon EDT, with later updates noted in brackets) -- The U.S. Senate

Bob Lazar and his Nevada felony: Some key documents

In June 1990, Bob Lazar pled guilty in Nevada to a felony charge, criminal pandering. Lazar received a three-year suspended sentence, with probation; he satisfactorily completed the probation. These documents are part of the now-public file of court documents associated a petition filed with the court in 1996, seeking to