Erich von Däniken
ActingZofingen, SwitzerlandErich von Däniken was a Swiss author and writer who introduced the pseudoscientific field of pre-astronautics to a wide readership. His books became bestsellers and were translated into numerous languages; two were made into films, and other films are based on von Däniken's ideas.
Linda Moulton Howe
ActingBoise, Idaho, USALinda Moulton Howe is an Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker who has become one of the most prominent figures in the study of UFOs (UAPs), extraterrestrial life, and high strangeness.Originally a mainstream journalist, she gained international attention in the 1980s for her rigorous investigation into the "animal mutilation" phenomenon. Today, she is widely recognized for her website and YouTube channel, Earthfiles, where she provides weekly updates on "Real X-Files."
David Wilcock
ActingRotterdam, Schenectady County, New York, USADavid Wilcock (March 8, 1973 – April 20, 2026) was an American paranormal writer, media personality, and YouTuber. A significant figure in the disclosure movement, Wilcock suggested that he was in telepathic contact with space aliens.Wilcock graduated from the State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY, New Paltz) in 1995, where he studied psychology. He unsuccessfully applied to graduate school at Naropa University. Following graduation from SUNY, New Paltz, Wilcock worked for several weeks at a psychiatric hospital, according to religious studies scholar David G. Robertson, who was quoting directly from Wilcock's book, The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce? Interdimensional Communication and Global Transformation.Robertson reports that Wilcock's interest in the paranormal began in 1993 when he heard from someone who, in turn, heard from someone else, that it was "common knowledge at NASA that UFOs had been recovered from crash sites". He was later told by his girlfriend, Yumi, that a Shinto shaman said he would become a "famous spiritual leader", and, a roommate also told him he had a dream in which Wilcock appeared as a "wanderer". By the late 1990s, it had been suggested to Wilcock that he was the reincarnation of Cayce.From 2010 on, Wilcock hosted a YouTube channel that eventually garnered half a million followers. He regularly appeared on the History Channel program Ancient Aliens.On April 20, 2026, Wilcock died by self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Nederland, Colorado residence.
George Noory
ActingDetroit, Michigan USAGeorge Noory hosts the nationally syndicated program Coast to Coast AM, heard by millions of listeners on more than 600 stations in North America, is the #1 most listened to radio show in the overnight time period, according to Arbitron.
Philip Coppens
ActingSint Niklaas, BelgiumPhilip Coppens was born on 25 January 1971 in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. He was a writer and director, known for Alien Crash at Roswell: The UFO Truth Lost in Time (2013), Ancient Alien Question: From UFOs to Extraterrestrial Visitations (2012) and Ancient Aliens (2009). He was married to Kathleen McGowan Coppens. He died on 30 December 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.