[Robert Lazar (7k)]

Bob Lazar

Claims to have worked with alien craft at "Area S-4" in Nevada

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Profile

  1. Contact. Note: Lazar has shown little interest in responding to UFO researchers and enthusiasts. Most mail is not answered.
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Topics

In this section:
Claims | Personal Description and Background | Time Line.

Claims

Bob Lazar claims to have worked with alien spacecraft at a secret U.S. Government facility at Papoose Lake, about 75 miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada. Lazar intially made his claims on local Las Vegas news reports in Nov. 1989. He says he worked at a facility called "Area S-4" at Papoose Dry Lake, south of the known government air base at Area 51, in late 1988 and early 1989. There he says he saw nine flying saucers housed in hangars built into a hillside. Lazar says he had hands-on experience with one of the craft and he can describe its propulsion system in detail. Lazar says he read briefing papers about the alien presence but that he saw no aliens himself (aside from a fleeting glimpse of a "child" through a window at the facility).

The Skeptic's View

Lazar could have concocted his tale initially to deceive Las Vegas ufologist John Lear, who had been telling exotic aliens-at-Area-51 stories for several years before meeting Lazar. Lazar does have a good understanding of Area 51 and how it operates, but this could have been obtained from workers doing routine classified work at the base. Perhaps Lazar had actually worked in this highly restricted military zone and thus knew that, because of the heavy secrecy here, his fantastic claims could never be disproven.

There are significant weaknesses in Lazar's story: His claimed education credentials at MIT and Cal-Tech don't check out. The claim that the government wiped out his records is absurd, since they could not also wipe out every professor or student he once took classes with. If Lazar has lied about his education, how can we trust his more fantasitic claims. Furthermore, the time-frame of Lazar's alleged UFO experience seems unrealistically compressed. He is supposed to have gained all his experience in only a few visits to the site between November 1988 and April 1989. Those familiar with classified government programs say such a rapid exposure to a top secret project is highly unlikely.

Response

Believers say that although some of Lazar's claims may be false, it does not mean they all are. They are impressed by the internal consistancy of the story itself. Although Lazar's rapid involvement in the program might seem irregular, normal security might have been bypassed in this case due to a recommendation by Edward Teller, a prominent figure in secret government projects.

Unresolved Questions

The public still doesn't have any information on what is going on a Papoose Lake. Although satellite photos show no obvious installations, no journalists have ever been allowed to visit there. Former workers at Area 51 (reported in confidence to this author), say that there was indeed a big project going on at Papoose Lake in the 60s and 70s. These workers do not know what the project was, but they say the area was referred to as "S-4" and the project was very secret.


Personal Description and Background

Lazar is in his mid-30s (He says he was born 1959.) and lives in Las Vegas. He says he makes his living through several small businesses including a photo studio and a company that repairs radiation monitors. Lazar has also earned income from a movie option and a plastic flying saucer model based on his account.

In the mid-1980s, prior to coming to Las Vegas, Lazar worked at Los Alamos National Laboratories, although it is unclear in what capacity. He claims to have earned master's degrees at MIT and Cal-Tech, but these claims are unproven, and even the professors he says he took classes with at these schools do not check out.

Lazar grew up on Long Island, NY, and graduated from High School in Westbury, NY, in 1976 (confirmed by Stanton Friedman). He is known to have worked at Fairchild Electronics in the Los Angeles area in the early 1980s.

Educational credentials aside, Lazar is certainly a highly capable technician in the area of explosives and propulsion systems. As a hobby, he owns a high-speed jet car and builds his own elaborate fireworks. In interviews, Lazar comes across as highly rational with nothing to sell or promote. He regards mosts UFO buffs as "nuts" and says wants nothing to do with them.


Time Line

A more detailed timeline is also available.


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