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The Stanford scientist who co-founded the Sol Foundation and studies alleged UAP materials. 5 events, newest first.
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Whistleblowers24 Oct 2025
The Sol Foundation held its third UAP symposium on the shores of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, October 24-27, 2025. Listed speakers included Karl Nell, Jacques Vallee, Garry Nolan, Tim Gallaudet, Beatriz Villarroel and Jake Barber.
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Whistleblowers22 Nov 2024
The Sol Foundation, a UAP think tank founded by Stanford academics, held its second annual symposium on Nov. 22-23, 2024. Speakers included former NOAA head Tim Gallaudet, a former Senate Armed Services staffer, and scientists Garry Nolan, Avi Loeb and Jacques Vallee.
Whistleblowers17 Nov 2023
The Sol Foundation, a UAP research and policy group led by Stanford's Garry Nolan, held an invitation-only two-day symposium at Stanford. Speakers included former NOAA official Tim Gallaudet and Army Col. Karl Nell, and David Grusch appeared remotely. Lecture videos were later posted.
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MediaJan 2022
Garry Nolan, Jacques Vallee, Sizun Jiang and Larry Lemke published a paper in Progress in Aerospace Sciences on isotopic and other instrumental methods for characterizing unusual materials, framed as potentially relevant to what the authors call aerospace forensics.
Whistleblowers2022
Stanford pathologist Garry Nolan and anthropologist Peter Skafish co-founded the Sol Foundation, a research institute and policy think tank on UAP that says it formed in 2022 after Congress received an intelligence report on the subject. It went on to hold annual symposia and publish policy papers.
