Travis Taylor (aliens, vision, ancient)

[RocketDawg]

I was just wondering what you guys thing of Travis Taylor. He's a local boy (to me), and has been on quite a few of the "unexplained mystery" programs on the Science Channel, History Channel, and possibly others in the Discovery family.

He was a prime in "Rocket City Rednecks", a program about engineers and scientists in Huntsville (I found the name of the show repulsive); "Three Scientists Walk Into a Bar"; has been on "Ancient Aliens numerous times; this season was on "The Curse of Oak Island"; he was lead on a program about proving some of Nikola Tesla's work in wireless power transmission ; and was a panelist at the most recent AlienCon seminar. He's making a pretty big name for himself in "unexplained" television.

He has several credible degrees from good schools: BS from Auburn in Electrical Engineering; MS in Physics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville; PhD in Optical Science from UAH; MS in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from UAH; another PhD in Aerospace Systems Engineering from UAH; and an online Masters in Astronomy from the University of Western Sydney in Australia.

Without a doubt, that's a pretty good resume'/CV. I've noticed that the History Channel frequently refers to him as a Astrophysicist ... which he is not. Why not list his real title?

Anyway, he seems to be a pretty sharp fellow if he'd just lose that damn accent!

Thoughts?

[feck]

Travis Taylor could have a degree from a welding academy.
If he looks the part and can read a script well, he will be
on those shows. That is what tv is about. The accent actually
helps him because it makes him seem like a regular fella'
even though he has advanced degrees.

[tnff]

I've met him. Years ago before he was on TV the company he worked for subcontracted some optics work for us. He's actually a smart guy. Smart enough I think to have parlayed his technical background into TV deals. I knew he'd done Rocket City Rednecks, but didn't know about the other shows until I happened to see him pop up on Oak Island.

Why use Astrophysicist? Probably because it sounds a lot cooler to the public than Optical Science.