Dr Travis Taylor comes out about who he works for... (government, strange)
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Just in case we didn't know or suspect before, this series of interviews with George Knapp explains a lot about Travis Taylor and his role in the Skinwalker Ranch TV series. He says he has 'retired' from the military now, and reveals he was one of the scientists who wrote the 9-page report to Congress and one of the other interviews explains more about that too.
Just in case we didn't know or suspect before, this series of interviews with George Knapp explains a lot about Travis Taylor and his role in the Skinwalker Ranch TV series. He says he has 'retired' from the military now, and reveals he was one of the scientists who wrote the 9-page report to Congress and one of the other interviews explains more about that too.
I believe he works for a local aerospace/defense contractor now. As far as I know, he was never in the military - worked either as a civil servant for the Army and or NASA, or perhaps a contractor. I don't recall him ever working for NASA, but of course I never knew everybody there. Plus, he may have been onboard after I retired in 2009. He also teaches or taught at UAH part time (perhaps still does since he had the grad student girl from UAH on Skinwalker a couple years ago doing the first small rockets).
I believe he works for a local aerospace/defense contractor now. As far as I know, he was never in the military - worked either as a civil servant for the Army and or NASA, or perhaps a contractor. I don't recall him ever working for NASA, but of course I never knew everybody there. Plus, he may have been onboard after I retired in 2009. He also teaches or taught at UAH part time (perhaps still does since he had the grad student girl from UAH on Skinwalker a couple years ago doing the first small rockets).
Lots of civilian workers (GS level) in the US military with no active duty experience, one can easily work 20 or 30 or 40 years as a civilian in the military (many with PhDs and Masters like Travis) and then retire with their federal pension!
Travis could easily be one of those types for sure.
Lots of civilian workers (GS level) in the US military with no active duty experience, one can easily work 20 or 30 or 40 years as a civilian in the military (many with PhDs and Masters like Travis) and then retire with their federal pension!
Travis could easily be one of those types for sure.
True (I was one, but with NASA) - but Taylor, as far as I know, was never "in" a branch of the military. And believe me, being a civilian is a lot different than being a military member (I was also a Naval Reserve Officer).
I'm getting ready to provide a link that says Taylor left government service rather recently, so he must've been a civil servant. He's at the age he can retire, and I suspect he makes a lot more money from the History Channel than he did with the government. He could afford to retire as soon as he was eligible.
Here's the link, but I'll post it again in response to OCPaul. The guy who has this site and writes the blog isn't a big fan of UFOs in general, and apparently Travis Taylor or Luis Elizondo either.
Just in case we didn't know or suspect before, this series of interviews with George Knapp explains a lot about Travis Taylor and his role in the Skinwalker Ranch TV series. He says he has 'retired' from the military now, and reveals he was one of the scientists who wrote the 9-page report to Congress and one of the other interviews explains more about that too.
OC - apparently Taylor was indeed a government employee, based on the link I'll give in a second. Assuming it's true, he retired a few months ago and now works for a local government contractor, as I stated earlier. Retiring probably gave him a lot more leeway to pursue his History Channel interests (and make a lot of money doing it, I suspect). More power to him - he lives in my area, works pretty much where I did, but I've never met him. He's an interesting fellow.
The guy who has this site and blog isn't a fan of UFOs, and according to this writeup, of Travis Taylor either, so take it for what you deem its worth. Click on "Blog" to read his other write-ups. Pretty interesting site.
True (I was one, but with NASA) - but Taylor, as far as I know, was never "in" a branch of the military. And believe me, being a civilian is a lot different than being a military member (I was also a Naval Reserve Officer).
Oh trust me, I know, I may or may not be one of those civilians working in the US Military with an advance degree!
Having said that, I may or may not also be an E-E (Emergency-Essential) as a civilian and can be called on to deploy to an active war zone if needed to save the world, I mean why else issue me dog tags.
The MysteryWire interviews are fairly short and Travis says he worked for the agencies as well as worked on the 9-page report for Congress. He explains that out of the 143 unexplained UAPs they examined ONLY military-grade sightings with a clear line of custody. They examined ALL of the other military data that was captured at the time of those sightings. None of those 144 were from MUFON or any other civilian organisation.
The military data cannot be revealed due to secrecy etc which is fair enough, and it is interesting to know they took all that data into account when they examined the 144 events. He says that his books (some are fiction) had to be 'passed' for publication by the agencies in case any of the technology he was writing about was sensitive and he also said he had to get his TV appearances passed by them as well.
It seems he is fairly well embedded in the government machine, even now he supposedly does not work for them any more. People dont ever manage to really leave those kind of jobs.
I'm getting ready to provide a link that says Taylor left government service rather recently, so he must've been a civil servant. He's at the age he can retire, and I suspect he makes a lot more money from the History Channel than he did with the government. He could afford to retire as soon as he was eligible.
No doubt, I'm not sure of the details of Travis's contract with the TV series, but he could easily be getting paid $50,000 an episode, which comes out to $1.45 million so far for 29 episodes, not too shabby.
Even if it's half that, that's still $725,000................winning!
I believe he works for a local aerospace/defense contractor now. As far as I know, he was never in the military - worked either as a civil servant for the Army and or NASA, or perhaps a contractor. I don't recall him ever working for NASA, but of course I never knew everybody there. Plus, he may have been onboard after I retired in 2009. He also teaches or taught at UAH part time (perhaps still does since he had the grad student girl from UAH on Skinwalker a couple years ago doing the first small rockets).
Travis has said on SR that he designed something for NASA. IIRC, he didn't specify whether he was an employee or independent contractor, but either way, I guess designing something for NASA is a way of working for NASA. He seems like a guy who could be a brilliant scientist but spends a lot of time jumping from one train of thought or project to another. He's probably useful as a contractor but doesn't function well in a rigid military or government organization.
The MysteryWire interviews are fairly short and Travis says he worked for the agencies as well as worked on the 9-page report for Congress. He explains that out of the 143 unexplained UAPs they examined ONLY military-grade sightings with a clear line of custody. They examined ALL of the other military data that was captured at the time of those sightings. None of those 144 were from MUFON or any other civilian organisation.
The military data cannot be revealed due to secrecy etc which is fair enough, and it is interesting to know they took all that data into account when they examined the 144 events. He says that his books (some are fiction) had to be 'passed' for publication by the agencies in case any of the technology he was writing about was sensitive and he also said he had to get his TV appearances passed by them as well.
It seems he is fairly well embedded in the government machine, even now he supposedly does not work for them any more. People dont ever manage to really leave those kind of jobs.
I've not read/watched the Mystery Wire interviews - haven't had the time yet - but I bookmarked the link and plan to take a look first chance I get.
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He could afford to retire as soon as he was eligible. 
