Kevin Randle
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| Type | Person |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Randle |
| On the Timeline | 8 events, 1947–2018 |
Kevin Douglas Randle (born 4 June 1949) is an American author, retired military officer and UFO researcher who has written more than 80 books, including several influential studies of the Roswell incident. Over time he became more cautious about the case, saying he is no longer sure what happened.[1][2]
Military career
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Randle was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming. During the Vietnam War he flew UH-1 helicopters with the 116th and later the 187th Assault Helicopter Companies. He then served in the Air Force, on active duty and in the reserves, as a public affairs officer, a general's aide and an intelligence officer, leaving as a captain. After the 11 September 2001 attacks he joined the Iowa National Guard as an intelligence officer, serving at Baghdad International Airport with the 234th Signal Battalion from 2003 to 2004, and retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2009.[1]
Education and writing
Randle earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Iowa and later graduate degrees, including in psychology and military studies. He has written science fiction, historical and action novels, some under pen names, as well as non-fiction and hundreds of magazine articles.[1]
UFO research
His first UFO article appeared in 1972, and in 1975 APRO director Jim Lorenzen asked him to investigate cattle mutilations. With Donald Schmitt he wrote UFO Crash at Roswell (1991), which became one of the most successful Roswell books, and The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell (1994), which proposed a crash site north of Roswell. The two later went separate ways, and Randle became increasingly critical of some of the witnesses on whom earlier Roswell books had relied.[1][3]
Changing views
In a 2011 interview with Skeptical Inquirer, Randle said he still thought something unusual likely crashed at Roswell, but that many abduction reports were probably sleep paralysis, and that he was growing more skeptical with age. He later said he was no longer sure what happened at Roswell and that the case for extraterrestrial involvement was no longer robust. He writes the blog A Different Perspective.[1][4]
On the UAP Timeline
- Hillenkoetter MJ-12 memo of 19 September 1947 (19 September 1947) — A disputed memo attributed to CIA Director Hillenkoetter calls for a presidential directive and scientific study of the discs.
- Kingman UFO crash (21 May 1953) — An engineer using the pseudonym Fritz Werner swears he investigated a crashed craft near Kingman, Arizona.
- Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit (16 May 1984) — An Army FOIA reply says an informal 'Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit' once studied UAP.
- Arthur Exon's Roswell statements (July 1989) — Gen. Arthur Exon says he was told Roswell was an alien craft recovery.
- Jud Roberts and the Mac Brazel interview (30 December 1991) — A Roswell radio manager says he interviewed rancher Mac Brazel and was warned off broadcasting it.
- Homer Rowlette deathbed account (March 1999) — A man says his father told him on his deathbed about the Roswell crash.
- Chester Lytle's Kirtland sighting (1 January 2008) — A Manhattan Project contractor says he saw a domed disc through a telescope during a nuclear test.
- Eric Davis on the Del Rio crash (28 October 2018) — Eric Davis says the 1950s Del Rio, Texas crash was a real retrieval.
References
- Kevin D. Randle — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Who's who in ufology: Kevin D. Randle", NICAP · web.archive.org · archived copy
- Roswell incident — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Kevin Randle, A Different Perspective (blog) · kevinrandle.blogspot.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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