Bob Lazar

Bob Lazar

Robert "Bob" Lazar (born January 26, 1959) is a controversial individual who claims qualifications as a scientist and engineer and alleged that he worked with extraterrestrial technology at Area 51.

Lazar claimed to have worked in 1988 and 1989 as a physicist at S4 (Sector Four) allegedly located within the top secret Area 51 near Groom Dry Lake, Nevada. According to Lazar, S4 serves as a hidden military location for the study and research of extraterrestrial spacecraft, or flying saucers using reverse engineering. Lazar says he saw nine different discs there and has provided detailed information on their mode of propulsion and other technical details.

Lazar's credibility has been challenged after it was discovered that "schools he was supposed to have attended had no record of him, while others in the scientific community had no memory of ever meeting him." Lazar's supporters counter that Lazar's credentials and history have been sabotaged to create the very questions of credibility his critics have emphasized.

Lazar first appeared in the media in the early 1980s. He appeared on television on a local Las Vegas news program discussing his experience at S4 in Area 51. He was also featured in the Los Alamos Monitor in a story dealing with a jet car he claimed to have built with help from a NASA researcher. The car was built from a jet engine modified and placed on an existing car model. The article stated that Lazar was "a physicist at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility".