Stanton T. Friedman
Nuclear physicist who became a leading ufologist.
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He earned a Bachelor of Science in 1955 and a master's degree in nuclear physics in 1956 from the University of Chicago.[1] Born on July 29, 1934, Stanton Terry Friedman, who held both American and Canadian citizenship, worked as a nuclear physicist and made ufology his profession, with Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada serving as his home base.[2] While returning from a Columbus, Ohio speaking event, Friedman experienced a fatal heart attack on May 13, 2019, at Toronto Pearson Airport.[3]
Key facts and history
Friedman was born on July 29, 1934, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and raised in nearby Linden.[1] He worked for 14 years as a nuclear physicist for companies including General Electric, Aerojet General Nucleonics, General Motors, Westinghouse, TRW Systems, and McDonnell Douglas.[4] In 1970, Friedman left full-time physics employment to scientifically investigate unidentified flying objects.[4] Friedman was the first civilian to document the site of the Roswell UFO incident.[5]
Over 80 papers concerning UFOs were authored by Friedman, and he was a guest on numerous radio and TV shows.[6] At the University of Chicago, Friedman and Carl Sagan were fellow students.[4] In the period shortly before his death, Friedman gave his personal records to the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.[7]
What the cited sources add
The Dickinson article described Friedman as the nation's only space scientist devoting full time to researching the UFO phenomenon.[8] Friedman stated that the derivation of base data by hypnotic techniques is "perhaps not as 'far out' as it may seem."[8][9] A University of Chicago Magazine profile noted that Friedman's digging starting in the late 1970s brought widespread attention to the Roswell incident.[10] The same profile reported that in 2007 the Mutual UFO Network gave Friedman its highest award for ufology.[10]
Betty stated that the map was created by her in 1964 while she was under posthypnotic suggestion.[8][9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Stanton T. Friedman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: File on Stanton Friedman, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Accessed April 13, 2022. "Stanton Terry Friedman was born on July 29, 1934, at Elizabeth, New Jersey,; Story, Ronald (ed.), The Encyclopedia of UFOs; Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980, (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Stanton T. Friedman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Stanton Friedman, famed UFO researcher, dead at 84", CBC News (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Stanton T. Friedman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sandomir, "Stanton T. Friedman, Scientist Who Tracked U.F.O.s, Dies at 84", The New York Times, May 21, 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Stanton T. Friedman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Friedman, S. (2008). Flying Saucers and Science: A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs. Franklin Lakes, NJ: New Page Books (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Stanton T. Friedman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pacholik, "UFO expert has little patience for 'nasty, noisy negativists'", The Star Phoenix, April 23, 2007; Berliner, D. & Friedman, S.T. (2004). Crash at Corona: The U.S. Military Retrieval and Cover-up of A UFO. Cosimo, Inc.; "Statement by Stanton T. Friedman", National Capital Area Skeptics, January 2001 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Stanton T. Friedman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Friedman, S. (2008). Flying Saucers and Science: A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs. Franklin Lakes, NJ: New Page Books; Friedman, S. (2008). Flying Saucers and Science: A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs. Franklin Lakes, NJ: New Page Books; "SHG – UFO Symposium 1968: Introduction By Jan L. Aldrich", project1947.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Stanton T. Friedman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: California, Divorce Index, 1966–1984; Los Angeles April 1974.; "Obituary of Stella Marilyn Friedman York Funeral Home", yorkfh.com; Gibson, "Science? Fiction?", University of Chicago Magazine, September–October 2011; "Archivist delighted to comb through mountain of late UFO researcher's records", CBC News, October 13, 2019 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Dickinson, "The Zeta Reticuli Incident", The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). facts only, no text reused. nicap.org
- Wright, "Zeta Reticuli Incident", April 10, 2000. facts only, no text reused. gravitywarpdrive.com
- Gibson, "Science? Fiction?", University of Chicago Magazine, September–October 2011. facts only, no text reused. mag.uchicago.edu
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