Stanton T. Friedman

Stanton Terry Friedman was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on July 29, 1934. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from the University of Chicago. He was a nuclear physicist who worked on projects for General Electric, Westinghouse, TRW, and McDonnell Douglas. He became a true believer of extraterrestrial life in 1960 and left nuclear physics to focus on ufology full-time in 1970. He lectured on the subject and wrote several books including Crash at Corona: The U.S. Military Retrieval and Cover-Up of a U.F.O. written with Don Berliner and Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill U.F.O. Experience written with Kathleen Marden. He died from a heart attack on May 13, 2019 at the age of 84.