George Knapp

Overview
Investigative journalist, presenter at KLAS-TV (Las Vegas CBS) and former host of Mystery Wire. Author of 'Hunt for the Skinwalker' (with Colm Kelleher, 2005). Co-host of the 'Weaponized' podcast with Jeremy Corbell.

UAP Engagement
Unique source position: close contacts with Robert Bigelow (NIDS, BAASS), Bob Lazar (since 1989), and the Skinwalker Ranch circle. Published the first TV report on Bob Lazar's Area 51 claims in 1989. Has covered UAP topics for 35+ years.

Strengths and Weaknesses
Deepest source pool of all UAP journalists (Bigelow circle, Las Vegas intelligence community). Multiple Emmy Awards. However: proximity to the Skinwalker Ranch narrative and to Bigelow can be read as bias. Some of his stories are not independently reproducible.

George Knapp is a renowned American investigative journalist and UFO researcher whose career has profoundly shaped public awareness of unidentified aerial phenomena. In 1989, he catapulted Area 51 into global consciousness by interviewing Bob Lazar, who claimed to have reverse-engineered alien craft at the secretive Nevada site, earning Knapp a United Press International award for his UFO reporting. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Knapp collaborated with the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS), publicizing anomalies at Utah's Skinwalker Ranch alongside Colm Kelleher. He co-hosts the "Weaponized" podcast with Jeremy Corbell, delving into UAP cases, and testified at a 2023 U.S. Congress UFO hearing, solidifying his role as a pivotal figure in disclosure efforts. Dubbed the "John the Baptist of the UFO movement" by Rolling Stone, Knapp's decades of probing government secrecy continue to influence UAP discourse.