RIP Stanton Friedman

May 14, 2019 7:33 PM

Stanton Friedman (1939-2019) One of the fathers of modern UFOlogy, Friedman was the first civilian investigator of the Roswell Crash, wrote the book on Betty and Barney Hill, fought Philip Klass on national TV, and likely owned many suspenders. He was a tireless speaker on the subject of Flying Saucers- watch this documentary made about him in 2012 to see him in action.
posted by robocop is bleeding (12 comments total)

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posted by Don.Kinsayder at 8:09 PM on May 14, 2019

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I liked this guy, back in the day.

Roswell is one weird story!
posted by Heywood Mogroot III at 8:23 PM on May 14, 2019

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posted by Omon Ra at 8:34 PM on May 14, 2019

Oh man, I just watched the old Mars Attacks episode of Monstervision that he co-hosted. What a cool weird guy he was.
posted by Random_Tangent at 9:17 PM on May 14, 2019

I've got an ancient two part VHS documentary by him called "UFO's Are REAL!" that was given to me by my mother. I always preferred him and his style to what we get nowadays.
posted by charred husk at 7:13 AM on May 15, 2019

*sigh* I predict a lot of the people who were ranting about Astrology earlier will be in this thread with "I want to believe " jokes.
posted by happyroach at 7:28 AM on May 15, 2019

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posted by Splunge at 10:03 AM on May 15, 2019

Seriously everyone go read that Philip Klass Wikipedia article too.
posted by aspersioncast at 4:03 PM on May 15, 2019

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posted by doctornemo at 4:08 PM on May 15, 2019

Ha ha! Philip Klass was a real piece of work.
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 4:18 PM on May 15, 2019

Debunking the Debunkers was pretty great.

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posted by petebest at 7:58 PM on May 15, 2019 [1 favorite]

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posted by riverlife at 8:09 PM on May 15, 2019