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George Knapp

George Knapp

The Las Vegas investigative reporter who has carried the UFO story into the mainstream for more than three decades. At KLAS-TV in 1989 he put Bob Lazar on air and broke the S-4 story. In the 1990s he went to Russia and came back with Soviet military and KGB UFO files. With Colm Kelleher he wrote Hunt for the Skinwalker, and with Kelleher and James Lacatski Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021), the inside account of AAWSAP at Bigelow's company. He co-hosts Coast to Coast AM and, with Jeremy Corbell, the Weaponized podcast. Igor added him to the persons of interest on 10 October 2026.

On the record

  • KLAS-TV I-Team chief investigative reporter; his 1989 Lazar broadcasts.
  • Co-author of Hunt for the Skinwalker (2005) and Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021).
  • Sworn written testimony to the House Oversight UAP hearing, 9 September 2025, on the Soviet files.
  • Co-host of Weaponized with Jeremy Corbell, where they have released UAP footage they obtained, among it the 'Syria dome' still.

Claims (14)

Soviet military files describe 40 UFO intercepts; in three, jets that fired 'fell out of the sky' and two pilots died. Gen. Igor Maltsev then ordered pilots to leave UFOs alone, as they 'could have incredible capacities for retaliation'.secondhandOn the recordGeorge Knapp (sworn testimony)
Jacques Vallée told him that live non-human beings are in custody, about a dozen he 'knew for sure'.Did Trump authorize the shootdown of UFOs? (Christopher Sharp)secondhandSourced, unconfirmedGeorge Knapp
A nuclear lure drew UAP '18 out of 18' times.White Sands lureDid Trump authorize the shootdown of UFOs? (Christopher Sharp)anonymousLeadGeorge Knapp and Jeremy Corbell
Knapp gave his Soviet UFO program documents to AAWSAP, and DIA analysts analysed them, work he says he could never have done on his own.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedGeorge Knapp
They first taped Lazar for safe keeping, promising not to air it without his OK; ten minutes before the reveal (part six of a nine-part series) Lazar changed his mind and they wrestled over the tape.Lazar's first UFO conference: Q&A with George KnappfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedGeorge Knapp, International UFO Congress (Feb 2015)
UFOs took control of a Soviet ICBM launch system in 1982 and codes were entered.Byelokoroviche / UsovosecondhandLeadGeorge Knapp, KLAS (15 Jan 2026)
Jim Ryder and Glenn Gaffney were the names behind the 2009-11 Lockheed-to-OAP transfer; he also entered the Russian Thread-3 documents.Sept 2025 House Oversight Committee UFO Hearings RecapHearing, 2025secondhandSourced, unconfirmedGeorge Knapp
An archaeologist in the Area 51 area saw a 'door' open in the Papoose Lake bed at night.Air Force Hidden Wing, Admin & the UFO Files, "It's Probably Nothing" tour, & QnA - UAP Gerb LiveArea 51secondhandSourced, unconfirmedGeorge Knapp
The UAP Task Force never analysed the Jellyfish video: Knapp and Corbell showed it to Jay Stratton and to chief scientist Travis Taylor, the first time either had seen it. 'They still don't know what it was.'Jellyfish UAPJay StrattonTravis S. TaylorJeremy CorbellUAPTFAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is keptfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedGeorge Knapp
The object floated silently across the base, which holds a CIA base inside it, unseen by people walking under it; it went into a body of water, stayed there while the camera held on it for 18 minutes, then came out and 'shot off into the sky'.Jellyfish UAPAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is keptsecondhandLeadGeorge Knapp
Knapp named Lockheed's James Ryder in his congressional testimony, which he believes was the first time Ryder was put on the record in a congressional setting.Jim RyderHearing, 2025Ask George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is keptfirsthandOn the recordGeorge Knapp
Ryder negotiated a transfer of UFO crash material from Lockheed to Robert Bigelow over a long period, with visits both ways (to Skunk Works and to Las Vegas); 'the deal was all set until the CIA found out about it and killed it'.Jim RyderRobert BigelowLockheed Martin Skunk WorksCentral Intelligence AgencyKona Blue (DHS prospective SAP, 2011)Lockheed's 12 craftAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is keptsecondhandLeadGeorge Knapp
The aerospace companies 'do have crash saucers' and did reverse engineering at the government's request; they should tell Congress in closed session and not be punished. China and Russia have some of this technology, and Brazil, Israel and Iran possibly study it.Lockheed Martin Skunk WorksAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is keptsecondhandLeadGeorge Knapp
The recovered bodies should at least be shown in photos: there is no race to replicate alien bodies, so it would not threaten national security.Ask George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is keptanalysisSourced, unconfirmedGeorge Knapp

What George Knapp said (28 claims)

On the record 3Witness testimony 4Alleged 13Does not hold
“Six people who could place Lazar at S-4 were threatened in 1989 and never came forward.”Alleged48 hours with Bob Lazar and Luigi Vendittelli
Knapp's account, via Vendittelli.
“Ben Rich said no alien technology was in the F-117.”Witness testimonyLazar's first UFO conference: Q&A with George Knapp
“A 1982 Los Alamos phone book lists Lazar among the lab's scientists and technicians.”On the record'Dennis' is Bob Lazar: the KLAS reveal
“The NSA confirms a Project Aquarius record but denies it concerns flying saucers.”On the record'Dennis' is Bob Lazar: the KLAS reveal
The 1986 FOIA letter confirms a TOP SECRET record, nothing about its subject.
“The Air Force took about 89,000 acres around Groom in 1984; Congress ratified it after the fact.”On the record'Dennis' is Bob Lazar: the KLAS reveal
PL 98-485, 89,600 acres.
“The object floated silently across the base, which holds a CIA base inside it, unseen by people walking under it; it went into a body of water, stayed there while the camera held on it for 18 minutes, then came out and 'shot off into the sky'.”AllegedAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is kept
Knapp relays the witnesses who recorded the original video; the underwater part has not been released.
“After the recording, the base commander came in with armed security and took the master recorder; someone had copied part of it, and that part is what Knapp and Corbell released. The underwater segment is 'probably at CIA'.”AllegedAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is kept
“The government 'has flat out lied' about the video, implying the whole video is 18 minutes long to blur the 18 minutes the object spent under water; the balloon explanations are weak, and slowed down the object moves.”AllegedAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is kept
Commentary.
“The UAP Task Force never analysed the Jellyfish video: Knapp and Corbell showed it to Jay Stratton and to chief scientist Travis Taylor, the first time either had seen it. 'They still don't know what it was.'”AllegedAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is kept
Answers a former intelligence analyst's public claim that the task force explained it away years ago.
“Knapp named Lockheed's James Ryder in his congressional testimony, which he believes was the first time Ryder was put on the record in a congressional setting.”AllegedAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is kept
“Ryder negotiated a transfer of UFO crash material from Lockheed to Robert Bigelow over a long period, with visits both ways (to Skunk Works and to Las Vegas); 'the deal was all set until the CIA found out about it and killed it'.”AllegedAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is kept
Compare org/kona-blue, where the db's accounts have Ryder's transfer aimed at OSAP (Bigelow's BAASS ran AAWSAP) and stopped by the CIA's science directorate.
“The aerospace companies 'do have crash saucers' and did reverse engineering at the government's request; they should tell Congress in closed session and not be punished. China and Russia have some of this technology, and Brazil, Israel and Iran possibly study it.”AllegedAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is kept
“The recovered bodies should at least be shown in photos: there is no race to replicate alien bodies, so it would not threaten national security.”AllegedAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is kept
Commentary.
“The cover-up was legitimate at first, after World War II and into the Cold War, then became need-to-know, denial, counterintelligence and programmes to deliberately lie to the public; the 1960 Brookings report's call for long-term conditioning 'almost seems like what we've been doing for the last 50 or so years'.”AllegedAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is kept
Commentary.
“The belief that the phenomenon is demonic is one reason OSAP was killed and its money taken away: once power brokers in Washington and the Pentagon learned it was under way they said to quit, 'these are demons'.”AllegedAsk George: the Jellyfish under water, the Lockheed-Bigelow deal and why the secret is kept
He adds that the vice president and an astronaut have recently called them demons.
“Jim Ryder (Lockheed) and, prompted by Corbell, Glenn Gaffney (CIA DS&T) were the names behind the 2009-11 Lockheed-to-OAP transfer; he also entered the Russian Thread-3 documents (military unit 73790).”Witness testimonySept 2025 House Oversight Committee UFO Hearings Recap
“A 2008 crash near Needles involved Nevada Test Site badges and Office of Secure Transportation convoys.”Witness testimonySandia National Laboratories - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy Programs
Knapp's reporting, 14 May 2020; his sources are unnamed.
“Soviet jets fired on UFOs, three were lost, and pilots were ordered to leave them alone.”Witness testimonyDid Trump authorize the shootdown of UFOs? (Christopher Sharp)
Knapp's sworn testimony gives 40 intercepts, not 'a couple of dozen'; from Sokolov and Maltsev.
“A nuclear lure drew UAP '18 out of 18' times.”AllegedDid Trump authorize the shootdown of UFOs? (Christopher Sharp)
Knapp and Corbell's report about 2019-20; not found in print. Compare Elizondo's Operation Interloper and the nuclear-submarine bait.
“Vallée told Knapp about a dozen live non-human beings are in custody.”AllegedDid Trump authorize the shootdown of UFOs? (Christopher Sharp)
Vallée has no clearance beyond AAWSAP on his own account, so it comes from others.
“AAWSAP investigated the Tic Tac as its very first case and DIA scientists wrote a full capability analysis of the craft (speed, travel, possible propulsion). It is in the set of reports DIA has now found, and not one page of it has been released.”secondhandSourced, unconfirmedTic Tac (FLIR1)
“AAWSAP built 'the largest known UFO database', a data warehouse of more than 240,000 case files including files from other governments, designed and overseen by Jacques Vallée and reportedly still used by U.S. agencies.”secondhandSourced, unconfirmedAAWSAP / AATIP
“A couple of weeks before the letter, the White House asked DIA where the OSAP reports were, and DIA said it could not find them.”secondhandLeadAAWSAP / AATIP
“Lacatski deliberately stashed the reports where they would not be easily found; nobody at DIA today worked on the program, so DIA was genuinely unable to find them rather than stonewalling FOIA.”speculationLeadAAWSAP / AATIP
“About 70,000 pages of field notes became about 7,500 pages of reports delivered to DIA, and about 1,200 pages of that went into the Lacatski, Kelleher and Knapp books.”secondhandSourced, unconfirmedAAWSAP / AATIP
“Release is expected in batches, perhaps one or two reports by the end of 2026, likely inside a future PURSUE release; DOPSR took 14 months to clear Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.”secondhandLeadAAWSAP / AATIP
“'A quantity of unusual material', apparently made in zero gravity, was offered; 'The agreement was not completed.'”secondhandOn the recordLockheed's 12 craft
“Knapp and Corbell reported years ago that a nuclear lure drew UAP '18 out of 18' times.”anonymousLeadWhite Sands lure

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