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Robert Bigelow
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 26 facts
perspectiveRobert Bigelow believes that there are aliens walking around at the supermarket.
accountSenator Harry Reid, then the Senate Majority Leader, met with Robert Bigelow to discuss their mutual interest in U.F.O.s after Bigelow connected Reid with a Defense Intelligence Agency official.
claimIn 1995, Robert Bigelow established the National Institute for Discovery Science, a privately funded institute dedicated to researching aerial phenomena, animal mutilations, and other anomalous phenomena.
perspectiveRobert Bigelow believes that aliens are walking around on Earth, as described by a source.
accountRobert Bigelow's grandparents were almost run off the road by a glowing object in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas in the spring of 1947.
accountRobert Bigelow's grandparents were almost run off the road by a glowing object in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas in the spring of 1947.
claimRobert Bigelow founded Bigelow Aerospace, a private company focused on building inflatable astronaut habitats.
accountIn 2007, a senior official at the Defense Intelligence Agency contacted Robert Bigelow to express interest in Skinwalker Ranch.
claimRobert Bigelow developed an interest in UFOs and space exploration during his childhood in the Nevada desert.
claimRobert Bigelow accumulated wealth through real estate investments, specifically the extended-stay motel chain Budget Suites of America.
accountIn 2007, a senior official at the Defense Intelligence Agency contacted Robert Bigelow regarding Skinwalker Ranch, leading to a meeting between Bigelow, the DIA official, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to discuss their mutual interest in U.F.O.s.
accountRobert Bigelow's grandparents were almost run off the road by a glowing object in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas in the spring of 1947.
claimRobert Bigelow shut down the National Institute for Discovery Science in 2004 following a purported decrease in domestic paranormal activity, though he retained ownership of Skinwalker Ranch.
claimRobert Bigelow closed the National Institute for Discovery Science in 2004 due to a purported decrease in domestic paranormal activity, though he retained ownership of Skinwalker Ranch.
accountIn 1996, Robert Bigelow purchased Skinwalker Ranch, a 480-acre property southeast of Salt Lake City, which had been associated with reports of coruscating spheres, exsanguinated cattle, and wolflike creatures.
claimRobert Bigelow purchased Skinwalker Ranch, a 480-acre property southeast of Salt Lake City, in 1996.
claimRobert Bigelow established the National Institute for Discovery Science in 1995 to research aerial phenomena, animal mutilations, and other anomalous phenomena.
claimRobert Bigelow founded a private company called Bigelow Aerospace to build inflatable astronaut habitats.
perspectiveRobert Bigelow holds the belief that extraterrestrial beings are present on Earth.
claimRobert Bigelow closed the National Institute for Discovery Science in 2004 but retained ownership of Skinwalker Ranch.
perspectiveRobert Bigelow, the founder of Bigelow Aerospace, holds the belief that aliens are present on Earth, with one source describing his view as believing 'there are aliens walking around at the supermarket.'
claimRobert Bigelow shut down the National Institute for Discovery Science in 2004, citing a decrease in domestic paranormal activity.
claimRobert Bigelow founded Bigelow Aerospace to develop inflatable astronaut habitats.
accountRobert Bigelow introduced a Defense Intelligence Agency official to Senator Harry Reid to discuss their mutual interest in U.F.O.s.
claimRobert Bigelow developed an interest in UFOs and space exploration during his childhood in the Nevada desert.
claimRobert Bigelow made a fortune in the real estate industry through Budget Suites of America, a chain of extended-stay motels.
UFOs and the U.S. government: The push towards greater ... - WBUR wbur.org Nov 14, 2023 2 facts
accountIn 2017, The New York Times and POLITICO published reports regarding a secret Pentagon program that studied UAPs and paranormal phenomena, which had been backed and funded by former Senator Harry Reid and Las Vegas businessman Robert Bigelow.
claimFormer U.S. Senator Harry Reid backed and funded a secret Pentagon program that studied UAPs and paranormal phenomena in collaboration with Las Vegas businessman Robert Bigelow.
Ufology: From Fringe to Mainstream to Fringe? - Skeptic Magazine skeptic.com Feb 20, 2026 1 fact
claimRobert Bigelow, a billionaire space entrepreneur and owner of Skinwalker Ranch, previously funded the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS), an organization that investigated fringe science topics.