The First Generation
These are the investigators in our roster whose work opened the field: the scientists who risked tenure, the authors who built the case literature, and the field researchers who created the protocols still in use today.
- Budd Hopkins — Artist / Author
- George Knapp — Author / Reporter
- Jenny Randles — Author
- Jacques Vallée — Author / Scientist / Pioneer / Luminary
- Erich von Däniken — Author
- Dr. J. Allen Hynek — Author / Scientist
- David M. Jacobs — Author
- Stanton T. Friedman — Author / Scientist
- Raymond E. Fowler — Author / Scientist
- John E. Mack, M.D. — Author / Doctor
- James McDonald — Author / Scientist
- Aimé Michel — Author
- Donald Keyhoe — Author / Investigator
- Jim & Coral Lorenzen — Authors / Investigators
- Dr. Steven Greer — Author / Disclosure Advocate / UFO Whisperer