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The filmmaker and the Las Vegas reporter behind the Lazar story, leaked videos and the Weaponized podcast. 10 events, newest first.
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Government9 Sep 2025
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's House Oversight task force heard sworn testimony from Navy and Air Force witnesses and journalist George Knapp. Rep. Eric Burlison showed a video he said was filmed off Yemen in October 2024 of a Hellfire missile apparently failing to down an object.
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 4.0
Skinwalker Ranch2023
AAWSAP program manager James Lacatski, deputy Colm Kelleher and journalist George Knapp published Inside the US Government Covert UFO Program: Initial Revelations, an insider account of the DIA-funded AAWSAP program. Its claims are the authors' own and have not been officially confirmed.
Photo: Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0
MilitaryMay 2021
Filmmaker Jeremy Corbell released footage he said was filmed in the USS Omaha's combat information center in July 2019, showing a round object over water that appears to drop into the sea. A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed Navy personnel took the video and said the UAP Task Force was reviewing it.
Photo: US Navy, Public domain
MediaApr 2021
Filmmaker Jeremy Corbell released night-vision video of blinking 'pyramid' shapes he said was filmed from USS Russell off San Diego in July 2019. A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed Navy personnel took the imagery and that the UAP Task Force was examining it, without saying what it showed.
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael K. McNabb, Public domain
Skinwalker Ranch2021
James Lacatski, Colm Kelleher and George Knapp published an insider account of AAWSAP, the DIA-funded program run through Bigelow's company that studied UFO reports and Skinwalker Ranch. A Pentagon review cleared it with amendments; DoD said clearance did not imply accuracy.
Photo: Paul from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Media5 Oct 2019
Retired Navy commander David Fravor recounted his 2004 encounter with the 'Tic Tac' object off California in a long interview on The Joe Rogan Experience episode 1361, with filmmaker Jeremy Corbell.
Photo: U.S. House Committee On Oversight and Accountability, Public domain
Media20 Jun 2019
Bob Lazar and filmmaker Jeremy Corbell appeared on episode 1315 of The Joe Rogan Experience, where Lazar repeated his claim to have worked on alien craft at a site near Area 51. His account and stated background have never been independently verified.
Media2018
Filmmaker Jeremy Corbell's feature revisited Bob Lazar's 1989 claim of working on alien craft near Area 51. The Orchard acquired it in 2018 for release that year; it later reached Netflix in 2019, and Lazar then appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast. Lazar's education claims have long been disputed.
Skinwalker Ranch2005
Former NIDS deputy administrator Colm Kelleher and Las Vegas reporter George Knapp published Hunt for the Skinwalker, describing incidents the authors say NIDS researchers recorded at the Utah ranch, including UFO sightings, unknown animals and cattle mutilations.
Photo: Paul from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Whistleblowers15 May 1989
Las Vegas station KLAS aired George Knapp's live interview with a man called 'Dennis', who said alien technology was being tested at a hidden site near Area 51. Months later he went public as Bob Lazar. His account and background have never been independently verified.
Photo: Doc Searls from Santa Barbara, USA, CC BY 2.0
