Albert Collins
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| Type | Person |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Albert Bruce Collins |
| On the Timeline | 3 events, 1949–1991 |
Albert Bruce Collins is described as a metallurgist and Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) technician who, according to researcher Tim Cooper, studied debris from crashed UFOs in the late 1940s. No independent record confirms that he held the roles described.[1][2]
The account
Cooper said he interviewed Collins in 1990, shortly before his death. In this account Collins said he was a metallurgist who worked on Manhattan Project-related research at the University of California, Berkeley, and Occidental College from 1942 to the late 1950s, developing alloys for electromagnetic propagation and magnetic propulsion; that in 1947 he saw the Roswell craft on a flatbed truck being backed into a warehouse in Berkeley; and that he then helped analyse debris fragments, which the Army later took away. Cooper also said Collins belonged to the "Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit", a little-documented Army unit.[1][2]
Stringfield
Leonard Stringfield published Cooper's account in his Status Report VI (July 1991), "The Inner Sanctum", identifying Collins by the code name "Barnabas". Stringfield quoted Collins as saying in 1990 that the Air Force had set up "High Frontier" space-based weapons programmes in the early 1960s to counter a "Black Sky" UFO threat, linking projects such as Talon Gold and Teal Ruby to satellite photographs of unknown orbiting craft. Stringfield reported, citing a local newspaper, that Collins died at Big Bear Lake, California, on 31 December 1990 at the age of 87; other accounts give 1 January 1991.[1]
Doubts
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No biography, affidavit or recording of Collins has been produced, and no other researcher has verified Cooper's interview. Researcher Patrick Gross lists the case as under investigation and notes that a CIC agent Cooper linked to Collins, called Cantwheel or Cantwell, does not appear in Army records. Cooper was also the source of many Majestic documents that most researchers consider forgeries.[2][3]
On the UAP Timeline
- Albert Collins metal samples claim (1949) — Scientist Albert Collins claims he studied strange recovered metal samples that the Army later took away.
- Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit (16 May 1984) — An Army FOIA reply says an informal 'Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit' once studied UAP.
- Tim Cooper's German saucer source (1991) (July 1991) — A retired colonel says early UAP were first thought to be German and used unknown materials.
References
- Leonard H. Stringfield, "UFO crash/retrievals: the inner sanctum", Status Report VI (Jul 1991), Earthfiles · earthfiles.com · archived copy
- "Albert Bruce Collins", Patrick Gross · ufologie.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- Majestic 12 — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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