Travis S. Taylor

Positions on the chart (1)

• UAPTF Chief scientist (publicly identified) Reported
  Contractor · People Registry

Registry record

Past roles

Aerospace engineer and physicist; former US government contractor; publicly identified as former UAP Task Force chief scientist

Credentials

Ph.D. in optical science and engineering; Ph.D. in aerospace systems engineering (reported); additional science/engineering degrees

UAP involvement

Reported former UAP Task Force chief scientist; investigator featured in The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch; reportedly analyzed Apollo 17 Lunar Module photograph discussed by Stratton

Principal disclosures

Describes firsthand anomalous observations during Skinwalker Ranch investigations; explanations and origins remain undetermined; Stratton attributes to Taylor an interpretation of distant distinct lights in triangular arrangement as possible UAP

Evidence contributed

Public interviews; televised observations and experiments; government service claims discussed in media; original Apollo 17 photo ID and Taylor analysis not yet obtained

Knowledge type

Firsthand claimant for ranch observations; professional investigator; televised material not equivalent to independently released raw data; photographic interpretation attributed secondhand via Stratton

Corroboration

Government role publicly reported; underlying sensor data, experimental protocols and independent replication incomplete; no independently established physical triangular craft

Assessment

Distinguish verified scientific training and government involvement from unverified interpretation of anomalous events

Evidence (1)

• Stratton reports Travis Taylor examined an Apollo 17 Lunar Module photo with distinct distant lights arranged in a triangular pattern above the lunar surface UnverifiedSecondhand
  E126 · 1972 image; analysis date unknown · Reported photographic analysis