Brandon Fugal's conviction
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| Date | 27 October 2022 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Propulsion & physics (topic) |
| People | Brandon Fugal, Robert Bigelow, Wesley Clark, Harold Puthoff, Christopher "Kit" Green |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 212 |
| Year | 2022 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2022 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 13 |
Brandon Fugal, the Utah businessman who owns Skinwalker Ranch, has said that conversations with senior figures convinced him that UAP are real and that efforts to reverse-engineer non-human technology are real. The testimony dates the remarks to October 2022.[1][2]
Fugal
Fugal is chairman of the Utah office of the real-estate firm Colliers International and a prominent developer in the Intermountain West. In 2016 his company Adamantium Real Estate bought the 512-acre Skinwalker Ranch in Utah's Uintah Basin from Robert Bigelow, reportedly for about $500,000; he revealed his ownership in March 2020. He describes himself as having been an "open-minded skeptic" who had never seen a UFO and who wanted to bring more scientific rigour to the property. Since 2020 he has appeared in the History series The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, which follows investigations there by a team of scientists and security staff.[2][3]
His remarks
In a video interview with the New York Post's The Basement Office series, Fugal discussed his experiences at the ranch and his views on UFOs. According to the testimony, he said that retired Gen. Wesley Clark, physicist Hal Puthoff and former CIA physician Kit Green had helped convince him that the phenomenon was real and that reverse engineering of recovered technology was real. In other interviews he has said the evidence suggests "we are not alone in the universe", described film crew members refusing to return to the ranch, and recounted an incident in which he believes an intelligence left a message on a computer screen.[1][2][4]
The ranch
Skinwalker Ranch was bought in 1996 by Bigelow, whose National Institute for Discovery Science studied reported phenomena there; it was later a focus of the Pentagon-funded AAWSAP program. The television series has documented instrument anomalies and injuries, but critics such as Robert Sheaffer argue the phenomena are almost certainly illusory, and none of the claims made by the people Fugal names about reverse engineering has been confirmed.[3]
People and topics
- Skinwalker Ranch — A Utah ranch known for reports of strange events, studied by NIDS and AAWSAP.
- Brandon Fugal — Owner of Skinwalker Ranch.
- Robert Bigelow — Businessman who founded NIDS and Bigelow Aerospace and ran the AAWSAP contract.
- Wesley Clark — Retired general and 2004 presidential candidate who spoke about faster-than-light travel.
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Central Intelligence Agency — The U.S. foreign intelligence agency, which has followed UFO reports since the 1940s.
- Christopher "Kit" Green — CIA physician and analyst who became a long-time contact of Jacques Vallée and studied UAP-related injuries.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- NIDS — Robert Bigelow's research institute (1995–2004) that studied UFOs and other anomalies.
- AAWSAP — The Defense Intelligence Agency's UAP research program of 2008–2010, carried out by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies.
On the Timeline
- Hughes Aircraft painting (20 October 2022) — Cameron shares photos of a painting inside the old Hughes Aircraft building.
- FY2023 NDAA UAP provisions (6 December 2022) — The UAP sections of the 2023 defense bill are published with late changes.
See every 2022 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- "Skinwalker Ranch: Angels & Demons (Pt 3) — Brandon Fugal, UFOs, ghosts & Mormons", The Basement Office, New York Post (YouTube) · youtu.be · archived copy
- "Exclusive interview with owner of Skinwalker Ranch Brandon Fugal", We Are The Mighty (May 2021) · wearethemighty.com · archived copy
- Skinwalker Ranch — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "From skyscrapers to skinwalkers: Brandon Fugal gives revealing new interview", Newswire (Aug 2022) · newswire.com · archived copy
- Kit Green in Vallée's journals — Forbidden Science Dispatches · tannerfboyle.substack.com · archived copy
- Kit Green, Garry Nolan and UAP-related injuries — IBTimes · ibtimes.co.uk · archived copy
- Former CIA officer on UFO-related injuries — TweakTown · tweaktown.com · archived copy
- Documents on the vetting of 'Skinwalkers at the Pentagon' — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: book review — Bad UFOs (Robert Sheaffer) · badufos.blogspot.com · archived copy
- AARO historical report finds no evidence of alien technology (2024) — Space.com · space.com · archived copy
- AARO Report on the Historical Record, Volume I — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- Kit Green — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Garry Nolan on UFO materials and Kit Green's patient studies (Vice interview) · exo.substack.com · archived copy
Further reading
- AATIP / AAWSAP — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Robert Bigelow — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Harold E. Puthoff — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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