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Person · Registry ID 047

Bruce Maccabee

Deceased (2024)

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  • Navy Optical physicist Reported
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Registry record

Past roles
U.S. Navy optical physicist (retired); UFO photo analyst
Credentials
Ph.D. physics; optical-analysis background
UAP involvement
Investigated historical UFO images and video for decades
Principal disclosures
Optical interpretations of selected sightings and photographs
Evidence contributed
Published photo analyses and books
Knowledge type
Historical image analysis
Corroboration
Methods and conclusions vary by case; original negatives and provenance sometimes unavailable
Assessment
Important historical technical analyst; conclusions not uniformly independently confirmed
Last reviewed
2026-10-29

Evidence (1)