Robert Sneider

Captain Robert Sneider was a U.S. Air Force officer who served as a key analyst in Project Sign, the U.S. military's first dedicated UFO investigation program initiated in 1947-1948. Responsible for early case evaluations, he worked alongside senior intelligence figures like Col. George Garrett and external consultant Dr. J. Allen Hynek. Sneider contributed to assessments of flying disc reports amid the post-World War II sighting wave, helping analyze witness accounts from trained observers such as pilots and weather personnel. Project Sign's classified report affirmed that some flying objects had been observed, rejecting dismissals as mere rumors or hallucinations, and categorized sightings into disk, cigar, and luminous ball shapes. No birth/death dates, later career details, publications, or public testimony by Sneider are documented in available records. His role marked an early phase of government UAP scrutiny.