Colm Kelleher
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| Type | Person |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Kelleher |
| On the Timeline | 8 events, 1996–2009 |
Colm Kelleher is an Irish-born biochemist who studied cell biology and worked in biomedical research before becoming deputy administrator of the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS), Robert Bigelow's research group in Las Vegas.
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At NIDS, Kelleher led field investigations at Skinwalker Ranch in Utah and studied cattle mutilations and other anomalies. With journalist George Knapp he wrote Hunt for the Skinwalker (2005). From 2008 to 2010 he was deputy administrator of Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), which ran the Pentagon's AAWSAP program.
Skinwalkers at the Pentagon
In 2021 Kelleher co-wrote Skinwalkers at the Pentagon with James Lacatski and George Knapp. The book describes AAWSAP's case studies, its research reports and what the authors say were effects on researchers who visited the ranch.
On the UAP Timeline
- Bigelow recruits consciousness experts (1996) (7 January 1996) — Bigelow tells Vallée he is hiring experts on consciousness.
- NIDS black triangle study (3 November 2001) — Over 150 black triangle sightings are tallied at a NIDS meeting.
- Howard Cross's own sighting (17 December 2001) — A researcher finds a Blue Book file showing a Battelle scientist reported his own sighting.
- DIA interest in Skinwalker Ranch (21 October 2007) — Bigelow says the DIA expressed interest in strange events at Skinwalker Ranch.
- Project Grudge data and the artifact file (23 January 2009) — A BAASS team member is said to be retrieving old Project Grudge data from Area 51.
- AAWSAP denied access to legacy programs (26 April 2009) — Colm Kelleher says the DIA sponsor still hasn't delivered access to legacy UAP programs.
- Georgia witness visited by agents (2009) (8 May 2009) — A Georgia UAP witness says government agents visited him twice.
- AAWSAP special access program request (29 November 2009) — BAASS gets clearances, but the Air Force won't talk without a special access program.
References
- Forbidden Science — the journals of Jacques Vallée (Anomaly Archives) · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science series — Anomalist Books · anomalistbooks.com · archived copy
- National Institute for Discovery Science — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Review of Forbidden Science 6 — SFCrowsnest · sfcrowsnest.info · archived copy
- Forbidden Science Dispatches — Tanner Boyle (journal summaries) · tannerfboyle.substack.com · archived copy
- Silent running: 'black triangle' sightings on the rise — Space.com (2004) · space.com · archived copy
- Black triangle (UFO) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Black triangle UFO sightings span decades — Mystery Wire · digital-release.koin.com · 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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