Dan Burisch and J-Rod

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Dan Burisch and J-Rod
Bob Lazar: Groom Lake and Papoose Lake , both in the Nevada Test and Training Range . Groom Lake is also in Area 51 . Note that some of the lines you see beside…
Bob Lazar: Groom Lake and Papoose Lake , both in the Nevada Test and Training Range . Groom Lake is also in Area 51 . Note that some of the lines you see beside… Photo: Doc Searls from Santa Barbara, USA · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Date2008
TopicsBeings & bodies (topic), Government programs (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic)
PeopleDan Burisch, Bob Lazar
TestimonyShellenberger testimony, p. 165
Year2008 in UFO history
Timeline2008 on the UAP Timeline
Sources4

Dan Burisch and J-Rod — Dan Burisch claims he studied an extraterrestrial being at the S-4 facility.

Dan Burisch, who also uses the name Dan Crain, has claimed since the early 2000s that he was a microbiologist working at the S-4 facility near Area 51, where he studied an extraterrestrial being he called "J-Rod". He has also claimed he served on a Majestic-12 committee and that the being was a time traveller from the future.

His story was promoted in the mid-2000s by Project Camelot and other outlets. He has a documented academic background, but researchers have found no evidence of his claimed employment at S-4 or elsewhere in classified programs.

Burisch's claims are generally regarded as unsupported. The testimony places them alongside other S-4 claims, such as Bob Lazar's, and the disputed Project Aquarius documents.

People and topics

Area 51 Groom Road gate.
Area 51 Groom Road gate. Photo: Tim1337 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
  • Dan Burisch — Man who claims he studied an alien called J-Rod at S-4.
  • S-4 — The site near Area 51 where Bob Lazar said he worked on alien craft.
  • Area 51 — The secret Nevada test site where spy planes and stealth aircraft were developed.
  • MJ-12 — Disputed documents describing a secret committee managing crashed saucers.
  • Bob Lazar — Man who claimed in 1989 that he worked on alien craft at S-4 near Area 51.
  • Project Aquarius — Disputed documents describing a secret UFO program, linked to Richard Doty.

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