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Experiencers
One Hundred Years of Contact
Master Roster
Janet Kira Lessin | Research: Claudia Lenore | © 2026 Aquarian Media
This roster gathers every name carried by the series, across the deep record, the foundation layer, the experiencer decades, the researchers who built the archive, the broadcasters who carried it, and the academic wave now reopening the question. A name is added to the memorial only when a death is confirmed with a date and a source.
The Deep Record
Pre-modern
Book of Enoch / Genesis 6, as The Watchers. Watchers take human wives; Nephilim offspring. hybrid content
Mesopotamian creation texts, such as Enuma Elish and Atrahasis. Divine substance plus clay; birth goddess; fourteen wombs. hybrid content
1911
W. Y. Evans-Wentz (1878–1965). The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries; changeling record. hybrid content
The Foundation Layer, 1890 to 1948
1888
Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891). Lords of the Flame from Venus; The Secret Doctrine.
1896
Sacramento airship witnesses. First wave sighting, 17 Nov 1896.
1897
Alexander Hamilton. Le Roy, Kansas; heifer lifted by airship. hybrid content
S. E. Haydon. Aurora, Texas crash and pilot burial, 17 Apr 1897. hybrid content
1899
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943). Colorado Springs; claimed signals of intelligent origin.
1919-1921
Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937). Claimed unexplained signals of possible Martian origin.
1924
Charles Francis Jenkins (1867–1934). Recorded the Mars vigil. physical evidence
David Peck Todd (1855–1939). Mars vigil, 21-23 Aug 1924; National Radio Silence.
1927
Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947). Kukunor, 5 Aug 1927; seven witnesses, field glasses.
1930
Guy Ballard (1878–1939), as Godfre Ray King. Mount Shasta; Saint Germain; I AM Activity.
1933-1937
Scandinavian ghost flier witnesses, as Spokflygare. Three national militaries investigated; unsolved.
1942
Battle of Los Angeles witnesses. 24-25 Feb 1942; 1,400+ rounds fired. physical evidence
1943-1945
Foo fighter aircrews, as 415th Night Fighter Sq. Luminous spheres pacing aircraft, both theatres.
1946
Ghost rocket witnesses. ~2,000 Scandinavian reports; Doolittle consulted.
1947
Fred Crisman (1919–1975). Maury Island co-witness.
Harold Dahl. Maury Island, 21 Jun 1947; first Men in Black report.
Jesse Marcel (1907–1986). Collected the Roswell debris. physical evidence
Kenneth Arnold (1915–1984). Mount Rainier, 24 Jun 1947; gave the century its noun.
Mac Brazel (1899–1963). Found debris on the Foster ranch. physical evidence
Walter Haut (1922–2005). Issued the 8 Jul 1947 flying disc press release.
1948
Clarence Chiles. Eastern Air Lines, 24 Jul 1948.
John Whitted. Eastern Air Lines co-witness.
Thomas Mantell (1922–1948). Died pursuing an object, 7 Jan 1948.
1950
Frank Scully (1892–1964). Behind the Flying Saucers; the Aztec claim.
Experiencers and Contactees
1950s
Antonio Villas Boas (1934–1992). São Francisco de Sales, 15 Oct 1957; female entity, abdomen gesture. hybrid content
Buck Nelson (1894–1982). Missouri 1955; My Trip to Mars, the Moon and Venus.
Cynthia Appleton (1930s–). Aston, Birmingham 1957; claimed hybrid son born 1958. Hybrid content status unconfirmed
Daniel Fry (1908–1992). White Sands, Jul 1950; A-Lan.
Elizabeth Klarer (1910–1994). Natal, South Africa 1954-1963; Akon; son Ayling on Meton. hybrid content
George Adamski (1891–1965). Desert Center, Nov 1952; Orthon of Venus.
George Van Tassel (1910–1978). Giant Rock; built the Integratron.
Gloria Lee (1926–1962). Channeled J.W. of Jupiter.
Howard Menger (1922–2009). New Jersey; married Marla Baxter as Venusian incarnate. hybrid content
Ludwig Pallmann (1920s–). Contact with Inca-Rose people of Peru from 1961. status unconfirmed
Orfeo Angelucci (1912–1993). Los Angeles 1952; The Secret of the Saucers.
Truman Bethurum (1898–1969). Mormon Mesa 1952; Captain Aura Rhanes of Clarion.
1960s
Barney Hill (1922–1969). Route 3, 19-20 Sep 1961. hybrid content
Betty Andreasson Luca (1937–2022), as Betty Waho, Betty Andreasson. South Ashburnham, 25 Jan 1967; ova extraction; five volumes. hybrid content
Betty Hill (1919–2004), as Eunice Betty Barrett. Route 3, 19-20 Sep 1961; the needle at the navel; star map. hybrid content physical evidence
Dr. X (1919–), as Paris pseudonym. France, 1 Nov 1968; healed of war injury; triangular mark. physical evidence status unconfirmed
Enrique Castillo Rincon (1938–2020). Costa Rica, contact from 1963; Pleiadian, predates Meier.
Eugenio Douglas. Monte Maiz, Argentina, Oct 1962; radiation burns. physical evidence
Herbert Schirmer (1943–). Ashland NE, 3 Dec 1967; police sergeant; breeding analysis reference. hybrid content status unconfirmed
Janet Cornell. Buff Ledge Camp co-witness. status unconfirmed
Joe Simonton (1897–1987). Eagle River WI, 18 Apr 1961; three pancakes analyzed by USAF. physical evidence
Jose Antonio da Silva (1940s–). Bebedouro, Brazil, 4 May 1969; held four days. status unconfirmed
Maurice Masse (1919–2004). Valensole, 1 Jul 1965; lavender refused to grow. physical evidence
Michael Lapp. Buff Ledge Camp VT, 7 Aug 1968. status unconfirmed
Rivalino Mafra da Silva (–1962). Diamantina, 20 Aug 1962; vanished before his son. vanished, never resolved
Robert Luca (1930s–), as Bob Luca. Betty’s husband; parallel hypnosis history; A Lifting of the Veil. status unconfirmed
Sid Padrick (1920s–1990s). Manresa Beach, 30 Jan 1965; met Xeno; chapel aboard. status unconfirmed
Stefan Denaerde (1927–2001), as Wim Kramer. Oosterschelde 1965; the Iargans.
Woodrow Derenberger (1916–1990). Mineral Wells WV, 2 Nov 1966; Indrid Cold of Lanulos.
1970s
Antonio La Rubia (1930s–). Paciencia, Brazil, 15 Sep 1977; animal specimens displayed. hybrid content status unconfirmed
Calvin Parker (1953–2023). Pascagoula, 11 Oct 1973; silent 40 years then published 2018.
Carl Higdon (1937–). Medicine Bow WY, 25 Oct 1974; told unsuitable as a specimen. hybrid content physical evidence status unconfirmed
Charles Hickson (1931–2011). Pascagoula, 11 Oct 1973.
Charles L. Moody (1940s–). Alamogordo, 13 Aug 1975; USAF; subsequent rash. physical evidence status unconfirmed
Charlie Foltz. Allagash, 20 Aug 1976; tissue sample taken. hybrid content physical evidence status unconfirmed
Chuck Rak. Allagash, 20 Aug 1976; tissue sample taken. hybrid content physical evidence status unconfirmed
Eduard Billy Meier (1937–). Hinwil, Switzerland from 1975; Plejaren; Semjase. hybrid content physical evidence
Filiberto Cardenas (1930s–). Hialeah FL, 3 Jan 1979; taken before witnesses. status unconfirmed
Ida Kannenberg (1916–2013). Oregon; UFOs and the Psychic Factor.
Jack Weiner. Allagash, 20 Aug 1976; tissue sample taken. hybrid content physical evidence status unconfirmed
Jim Weiner. Allagash, 20 Aug 1976; tissue sample taken. hybrid content physical evidence status unconfirmed
Judy Doraty (1930s–). Texas, May 1973; calf taken and dissected aboard. hybrid content status unconfirmed
Sandra Larson. Fargo ND, 26 Aug 1975; nasal surgical intrusion. physical evidence status unconfirmed
Sixto Paz Wells (1955–). Chilca, Peru from 1974; Rahma mission; group contact events.
Ted Rice (1950s–). Subject of Turner’s Masquerade of Angels. status unconfirmed
Travis Walton (1953–). Turkey Springs AZ, 5 Nov 1975; five days; crew polygraphs.
1980s
Alan Godfrey (1947–). Todmorden, 28 Nov 1980; police constable.
Alfred Burtoo (1907–1986). Aldershot, 12 Aug 1983; aged 77, rejected as too old. hybrid content
Amaury Rivera (1950s–). Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico 1988; abduction plus jet intercept. physical evidence status unconfirmed
Betty Cash (1928–1998). Huffman TX, 29 Dec 1980; radiation injuries. physical evidence
Colby Landrum (1973–). Huffman TX, 29 Dec 1980; child witness. physical evidence status unconfirmed
Debra Jordan-Kauble (1959–), as Kathie Davis, Debbie Tomey. Copley Woods, 30 Jun 1983; missing pregnancy; hybrid daughter. hybrid content
Ed Walters (1940s–). Gulf Breeze FL from Nov 1987; contested hoax finding. physical evidence status unconfirmed
Jim Penniston (1955–). Rendlesham, 26-28 Dec 1980; binary code download. physical evidence
John Burroughs (1960–). Rendlesham, 26-28 Dec 1980; radiation exposure medical record. physical evidence
John Salter Jr. (1934–2019). Mar 1988; reported health improvement after encounter. physical evidence
Karla Turner (1947–1996). Arkansas; Into the Fringe, Taken, Masquerade of Angels. hybrid content
Katharina Wilson (1961–). The Alien Jigsaw 1993; decades of personal documentation. hybrid content status unconfirmed
Kathy Mitchell. Debra’s sister; co-author of Abducted!. hybrid content status unconfirmed
Leah Haley (1950s–). Lost Was the Key 1993; later revised toward military reading. status unconfirmed
Linda Cortile (1940s–), as Linda Napolitano. Lower Manhattan, 30 Nov 1989; Witnessed 1996. status unconfirmed
Peter Khoury (1964–). Sydney 1988 and 12 Jul 1992; hair recovered and PCR-analyzed. hybrid content physical evidence
Philip Spencer. Ilkley Moor, 1 Dec 1987; photograph and compass anomaly. physical evidence status unconfirmed
Vickie Landrum (1923–2007). Huffman TX, 29 Dec 1980; shielded her grandson. physical evidence
Whitley Strieber (1945–). Upstate NY cabin, 26 Dec 1985; Communion 1987; sperm extraction. hybrid content
1990s
Alex Collier (1958–). Andromedan contact from 1964, public 1994; 22 civilizations. hybrid content
Anna Jamerson. Connections 1996; written without a researcher. status unconfirmed
Beth Collings. Connections 1996; written without a researcher. status unconfirmed
Bret Oldham (1950s–). Children of the Greys 2012; lifelong experiencer. hybrid content
Corina Saebels (1960s–). British Columbia; The Collectors 2005. hybrid content status unconfirmed
Darryl Anka (1951–), as Bashar. Channeling since 1984; Sassani as human-Grey hybrid line. hybrid content
David Huggins (1944–). Crescent; ~150 canvases; Love and Saucers 2017. hybrid content status unconfirmed
Emily Trim (1980s–). Ariel School, Ruwa, 16 Sep 1994; artist in Canada.
Jim Sparks (1950s–). Florida; The Keepers 2006; conscious recall without hypnosis. hybrid content status unconfirmed
Kelly Cahill (1960s–). Belgrave, Victoria, 8 Aug 1993; triangular navel mark. hybrid content physical evidence status unconfirmed
Lisel Field (1980s–). Ariel School, Ruwa, 16 Sep 1994.
Lyssa Royal Holt (1960s–). The Prism of Lyra 1989; full hybridization cosmology. hybrid content
Melinda Leslie (1960s–). Introduced military-abduction overlay to mainstream.
Michelle LaVigne. The Alien Abduction Survival Guide 1995. status unconfirmed
Miriam Delicado (1960s–). British Columbia 1988; Blue Star: The Prophecy 2007.
Nathaniel Nyamande (1980s–). Ariel School, Ruwa, 16 Sep 1994.
Niara Terela Isley (1950s–). USAF radar tech; Facing the Shadow, Embracing the Light 2013.
Riley Martin (1946–2015). The Coming of Tan 1995; Biaviian from age seven.
Salma Siddick (1980s–). Ariel School, Ruwa, 16 Sep 1994.
Suzy Hansen (1960–). New Zealand; The Dual Soul Connection 2014.
2000s
Chris Bledsoe (1961–). Cape Fear River NC, 8 Jan 2007; UFO of God 2023.
Ken Bakeman (1950s–). Blue Book of Hybrids. hybrid content status unconfirmed
Nadine Lalich (1950s–). Evolution of a Contactee 2010. status unconfirmed
Simon Parkes (1959–). Whitby; claims Mantid maternal line and hybrid children. hybrid content
Stan Romanek (1962–). Colorado from 2000; Messages 2009. hybrid content
Terrell Copeland (1970s–). Aliendanda; Marine Corps veteran.
2010s
Bridget Nielsen (1990–). Sedona; founded the Hybrid Children Community. hybrid content
Caroline Cory (1970s–). Superhuman 2020; A Tear in the Sky 2022.
Emery Smith (1970s–). Claims tissue-sample work on non-human biologics at Kirtland. hybrid content physical evidence
Jim Semivan (1950s–). 25 years CIA operations; TTSA co-founder; personal encounter.
Peter Maxwell Slattery (1980s–). Victoria, Australia; CE-5; large video corpus.
Experiencers Who Became Researchers
Denise Stoner (1946–). Colorado 1982; MUFON Star Team; Alien Abduction Files 2013.
Kathleen Marden (1948–). Betty Hill’s niece; holds the archive; Captured! 2007. physical evidence
Reinerio Hernandez (1950s–), as Rey Hernandez. 2012 experience; co-founded FREE 2015; Beyond UFOs 2018.
Researchers and Investigators
Founders
Coral Lorenzen (1925–1988). Co-founded APRO 1952, the first civilian research body.
Donald Keyhoe (1897–1988). NICAP director from 1957; The Flying Saucers Are Real 1950.
Edward J. Ruppelt (1923–1960). Ran Project Blue Book; coined ‘unidentified flying object’.
Gray Barker (1925–1984). They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers 1956.
J. Allen Hynek (1910–1986). Blue Book consultant; Close Encounter scale; founded CUFOS 1973.
James Moseley (1931–2012). Saucer Smear; the field’s court jester.
Jim Lorenzen (1922–1986). Co-founded APRO 1952.
Ray Palmer (1910–1977). Amazing Stories; Shaver Mystery; co-founded Fate.
Raymond E. Fowler (1933–). Documented Andreasson (5 vols) and the Allagash Four. hybrid content
Richard Hall (1930–2009). NICAP; edited The UFO Evidence 1964.
Timothy Green Beckley (1947–2021). Inner Light Publications; kept contactee accounts in print.
Walter Andrus (1920–2015). Built MUFON; ran it 31 years.
Wendelle Stevens (1923–2010). Largest private UFO photograph collection; championed Meier. physical evidence
Abduction
Barbara Bartholic (1937–2010). Tulsa; hundreds of cases; taught Karla Turner. hybrid content
Barbara Lamb (1930s–). 2,000 regressions; Meet the Hybrids 2015. hybrid content
Benjamin Simon (1903–1993). Regressed the Hills over seven months in 1964. hybrid content
Bill Chalker (1952–). Australian chemist; Hair of the Alien 2005. hybrid content physical evidence
Budd Hopkins (1931–2011). Missing Time, Intruders, Witnessed; assembled the hybrid thesis. hybrid content
David M. Jacobs (1942–). Secret Life, The Threat, Walking Among Us. hybrid content
Dolores Cannon (1931–2014). QHHT; thousands of sessions. hybrid content
John Carpenter (1950s–). MUFON Director of Abduction Research through the 1990s. hybrid content status unconfirmed
John E. Mack (1929–2004). Harvard psychiatrist; Abduction 1994; survived Harvard review. hybrid content
Kenneth Ring (1935–). The Omega Project 1992; abduction vs NDE profile comparison.
Mary Rodwell (1944–). Founded ACERN 1997; 3,000+ experiencers; The New Human 2016. hybrid content
R. Leo Sprinkle (1930–2021). Regressed Schirmer, Doraty, Higdon; experiencer himself. hybrid content
Yvonne Smith. Founded CERO 1992; Chosen 2008; thousands of regression hours. hybrid content status unconfirmed
Analysts
Ademar Jose Gevaerd (1962–2022). Revista UFO; founded CBPDV; 700+ field investigations.
Bruce Maccabee (1942–2024). Navy optical physicist; 50 years of photographic analysis. physical evidence
Diana Walsh Pasulka (1965–). American Cosmic 2019; Encounters 2023.
Erich von Daniken (1935–2026). Chariots of the Gods? 1968. hybrid content
Jacques Vallee (1939–). Passport to Magonia 1969; the field’s most serious dissenter. hybrid content
Jerome Clark (1946–). The UFO Encyclopedia; CUFOS board.
John A. Keel (1930–2009). The Mothman Prophecies; Operation Trojan Horse.
Leslie Kean (1966–). UFOs 2010; co-authored the Dec 2017 NYT story.
Marjorie Fish (1932–2013). Built the stellar model matching Betty Hill’s star map. hybrid content physical evidence
Philip J. Klass (1919–2005). The field’s most effective skeptic for forty years.
Stanton T. Friedman (1934–2019). Nuclear physicist; co-wrote Captured! with Marden.
Zecharia Sitchin (1920–2010). The 12th Planet 1976; the Earth Chronicles. hybrid content
Presenters and Broadcasters
Alan Steinfeld (1950s–). New Realities; edited Making Contact 2021.
Art Bell (1945–2018). Coast to Coast AM; built the overnight audience.
Chase Kloetzke. MUFON Deputy Director of Investigations; Admissible.
George Noory (1950–). Coast to Coast AM, two decades.
Grant Cameron (1954–). Moved from craft research to the consciousness thesis.
Jimmy Church. Fade to Black; nightly working archive.
Linda Moulton Howe (1942–). A Strange Harvest 1980; Earthfiles three decades. hybrid content physical evidence
Nick Pope (1965–2026). Ran the MoD UFO desk; 30 years translating officialdom.
Regina Meredith. Open Minds on Gaia; long-form interviews.
Richard Dolan (1962–). UFOs and the National Security State.
Rob Potter (1950s–), as Robert Potter. The Promise Revealed; Mt Shasta Summer Conference. status unconfirmed
Stephen Bassett (1946–). Paradigm Research Group; Citizen Hearing 2013.
Steven M. Greer (1955–). CSETI; Disclosure Project; CE-5 protocols.
Theresa J. Morris. Co-host, Hybrid Genies; organizer and broadcaster.
The Academic Wave
Bob Davis. Neuroscientist; built and analyzed the FREE survey.
Edgar Mitchell (1930–2016). Apollo 14 LMP; founded IONS in 1973; lent his name to FREE.
Garry P. Nolan (1961–). Stanford; anomalous materials; experiencer neuroimaging. Hybrid content physical evidence
Iya Whiteley. Integration and support for UAP experiencers.
Michael Bohlander. Durham law professor; argued for rigorous experiencer research.
Peter Skafish. Anthropologist; Sol co-founder; experiencer research project.
Rudy Schild. Harvard-Smithsonian astrophysicist; FREE co-founder.
The Prominent
Alex Dietrich (1980s–). Nimitz encounter 2004. physical evidence
David Fravor (1966–). Nimitz encounter 2004. physical evidence
Gordon Cooper (1927–2004). Mercury astronaut; testified to the UN in 1978.
Harry Reid (1939–2021). Funded AAWSAP as Senate Majority Leader.
Jimmy Carter (1924–2024). Leary, Georgia 1969; filed report; 1976 campaign pledge.
John Podesta (1949–). Stated public regret over non-disclosure.
Karl Nell. Retired US Army Colonel; UAP disclosure timelines.
Paul Hellyer (1923–2021). Canadian Defence Minister; open ET advocacy.
Ryan Graves (1980s–). Navy pilot; congressional testimony. physical evidence
Routed to the SSP and MILAB Series
Al Bielek (1927–2011). Philadelphia Experiment claims.
Andrew Basiago (1961–). Project Pegasus.
Bill Ryan. Project Avalon; chronicler.
Corey Goode (1970–). Secret Space Program testimony.
Duncan Cameron (1951–). Montauk Project. status unconfirmed
Kerry Cassidy. Project Camelot; chronicler.
Max Spiers (1976–2016). Died Warsaw 2016 after texting his mother to investigate.
Michael Relfe. The Mars Records. status unconfirmed
Preston Nichols (1946–2018). Montauk Project.
Randy Cramer. 20 and Back program claims.
Stewart Swerdlow (1958–). Montauk Project.
William Tompkins (1923–2017). Selected by Extraterrestrials. This work rests on the testimony of people who spoke when speaking cost them. We name them, we thank them, and we hold their accounts in their own words.
