Stanton Friedman Memorial Speaker Series - York Sunbury Historical Society

Stanton Friedman Memorial Speaker Series - York Sunbury Historical Society

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T76xGD4ep4s&t=4415s

A recording of a presentation on Stanton Friedman, a leading expert on UFOs, alien abductions and the 1947 Roswell incident, by Harold Skaarup. Hosted by the York Sunbury Historical Society.

(SMG2019 Photo)

Stanton Terry Friedman (29 July 1934 – 13 May 2019) was an American–Canadian nuclear physicist and professional ufologist who was based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Friedman was raised in nearby Linden and graduated from Linden High School in 1951; he attended Rutgers University and then transferred to the University of Chicago, earning a Bachelor of Science in 1955 and a master's degree in nuclear physics in 1956.

Friedman was employed for 14 years as a nuclear physicist for such companies as General Electric (1956–1959), Aerojet General Nucleonics (1959–1963), General Motors (1963–1966), Westinghouse (1966–1968), TRW Systems (1969–1970), and McDonnell Douglas, where he worked on advanced, classified programs on nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets, and compact nuclear power plants for space applications.[4] Since the 1980s, he consulted for the radon-detection industry. Friedman's professional affiliations included the American Nuclear Society, the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and AFTRA.

In 1970, Friedman left full-time employment as a physicist to pursue the scientific investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Since then, he gave lectures at more than 600 colleges and to more than 100 professional groups in 50 states, 10 provinces, and 19 countries outside the US. Additionally, he worked as a consultant on the topic. He published more than 80 UFO-related papers and appeared on many radio and television programs. He also provided written testimony to Congressional hearings and appeared twice at the United Nations.

Friedman consistently favored use of the term "flying saucer" in his work, saying "Flying saucers are, by definition, unidentified flying objects, but very few unidentified flying objects are flying saucers. I am interested in the latter, not the former." He used to refer to himself as "The Flying Saucer Physicist", because of his degrees in nuclear physics and work on nuclear projects. Friedman hypothesized that UFOs may originate from relatively nearby sunlike stars.

A piece of evidence that he often cited with respect to this hypothesis is the 1964 star map drawn by alleged alien abductee Betty Hill during a hypnosis session, which she said was shown to her during her abduction. Astronomer Marjorie Fish constructed a three-dimensional map of nearby sun-like stars and claimed a good match from the perspective of Zeta Reticuli, about 39 light years distant.

Friedman was the first civilian to document the site of the Roswell UFO incident, and supported the hypothesis that it was a genuine crash of an extraterrestrial spacecraft. In 1968 Friedman told a committee of the United States House of Representatives that the evidence suggests that Earth is being visited by intelligently controlled extraterrestrial vehicles. Friedman also stated he believed that UFO sightings were consistent with magnetohydrodynamic propulsion.

In 1996, after researching and fact checking the Majestic 12 documents, Friedman said that there was no substantive grounds for dismissing their authenticity.

Friedman argued that the majority of people believe UFOs exist and at least some groups of scientists do as well.

Friedman was Ashkenazi Jewish. He was married twice. His first wife was Susie Virginia Porter (1919-2002), with whom he adopted three children, but they divorced in April 1974. He had one daughter with his second wife, Stella Marilyn Kimball (1935-2024). Friedman relocated to Marilyn's native Fredericton, New Brunswick in the early 1980s. Friedman donated his records to the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick in the months leading up to his death.On 13 May 2019, Friedman died of a heart attack at the Toronto Pearson Airport while traveling home from a speaking engagement in Columbus, Ohio. (Wikipedia)

Books
Flying Saucers & Science, June 2008.
Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience. Co-author Kathleen Marden.Career Press / New Page Books, 2007.
Top Secret/MAJIC, Marlowe & Co. 1997.
Crash at Corona: The Definitive Story of The Roswell Incident. Co-author DonBerliner, 1997.
Science was Wrong: Startling truths about cures, theories, and inventions"They" declared impossible. Co-author Kathleen Marden. PomptonPlains, NJ: New Page Books. 2010.
Fact, Fiction, and Flying Saucers. Co-author Kathleen Marden. Pompton Plains,NJ: New Page Books. 2016.

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Stanton Friedman Memorial Speaker Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWzzu35g5Hg

A recording of a presentation on Stanton Friedman, a leading expert on UFOs, alien abductions and the 1947 Roswell incident, by Harold Skaarup. Hosted by the Saint John Public Library on 28 October 2023, sponsored by the New Brunswick Historical Society. Introduced and recorded by Troy Middleton of the NB Historical Society.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea7y99YBdzU

A recording of a presentation by Harold Skaarup on Stanton Friedman, 21 January 2021, to a UFO group based in Montreal hosted by Yann Vadnais, President of the International society for transdisciplinary studies in ovniology (SIÉTO).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0No0NH4Xs8

Stanton Friedman Memorial Speaker Series - A recording of a presentation by Kathleen Marden, 15 July 2021.

Zeta Reticuli star map as Betty Hill outlined.

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Stanton Friedman Memorial Speaker Series - A recording of a presentation by Jennifer Stein, with special guest Travis Walton, 29 July 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WqgYl-02Z4

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Travis Walton

(Dan Fredericksen Illustration)

Travis Walton escorted out by the muscular human looking ET from the dark grey ship into the bright light and fresh air of the human ET hangar. The smaller mirror surfaced M&M shaped craft in the background presumably belong to the human ETs, one of which was later used to return Travis to earth. Travis first hesitated to walk down the steep 45 degree ramp but found the surface had a strong rubber like grip. The green hanger floor had a rubbery surface like a tennis court or running track.

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Stanton Friedman Memorial Speaker Series - A recording of a presentation by Joanna Aiton-Kerr, New Brunswick Provincial Archives, 8 July 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS5KgxEXx0Y

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Stanton Friedman Memorial Speaker Series - A recording of a presentation by Chris Styles, the Shag Harbour Incident, 22 July 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsNAr6DpTU0

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Stanton Friedman Memorial Speaker Series - A recording of a presentation by Chris Rutkowski, UFO Investigator and Author, 5 August 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLtz7-mOaf0

Library and Archives Canada files

Within the vault of Library and Archives Canada there exist files from four government departments that were involved with collecting data and conducting investigations on unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

The Department of Transport, Department of National Defence, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the National Research Council all dealt with reports, sightings and investigations of UFOs across Canada. Each department had different interests and goals. The truth about their investigations is found in files held by Library and Archives Canada.

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UFO sighting in Riverside, California, 23 November 1951.

Three witnesses, including a Pentagon engineering contractor, report capturing electronic evidence of a 170-ft long 'barbell' UFO that glowed an eerie 'indigo' blue. Above a  Computer-Aided Design (CAD) 3D render of the UFO, made by the Pentagon contractor witness.

Artist's rendition of a UFO.

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