Person
Sumner Shapiro
Rear admiral and Director of Naval Intelligence from 1978 to 1982, later an executive of the contractor BDM. In 1989, on Bobby Ray Inman's referral, he met researcher Bob Oechsler and, by Oechsler's account, said he had studied extraterrestrial vehicles up close and that teams dismantled them in sequence and shipped them to laboratories.
Claims (4)
Director of Naval Intelligence 1978-82; by 1989 retired and an executive with BDM International (on its board, per UAP Gerb).firsthandOn the recordpublic bios and records (cited by UAP Gerb)
Factions within the US possess extraterrestrial vehicles that he had studied at close quarters; teams take the craft apart, pack them and ship them to different laboratories, and their interlocking components must be assembled and disassembled in a set sequence.secondhandSourced, unconfirmedSumner Shapiro
Bobby Ray Inman put Oechsler in touch with him; their second meeting, in 1990, ended when Oechsler showed an alien hologram.secondhandSourced, unconfirmedBob Oechsler
Inman, Shapiro and Nat Kobitz show that senior naval officials have spoken of crash-retrieval and exploitation programs; Gerb has tried to reach Shapiro's family without reply.speculationLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
What Sumner Shapiro said (3 claims)
Witness testimony 3
“Factions hold extraterrestrial vehicles and teams take them apart and ship them to labs with parts that must be assembled in sequence.”Witness testimony80 Years of UFO Crash Retrieval and Reverse Engineering: A Timeline
Sumner Shapiro to Oechsler.
“Sumner Shapiro said he studied recovered craft whose interlocking parts had to be assembled and taken apart in sequence when moved between labs.”Witness testimonyNorthrop Grumman & TRW - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy Programs [Vol.2]
Shapiro to Bob Oechsler, after Inman named him.
“Sumner Shapiro told Oechsler he had studied ET vehicles up close and that teams disassemble them in sequence and ship them to labs.”Witness testimonyUS Navy UFO Crash Retrieval & Reverse Engineering Programs
Via Oechsler, as reported by Timothy Good.
Connected
Sources
- UAP Gerb: US Navy crash retrieval and USO programs
- UAP Gerb: 80 Years, the legacy-program timeline
- UAP Gerb: UFO legacy programs, Northrop Grumman
- UAP Gerb: Lockheed Martin, reverse engineering and legacy programs
Mentioned on (5)
- UAP Gerb: The 1948 Aztec, New Mexico UFO Crash Retrieval
- UAP Gerb: UFO Legacy Programs - Northrop Grumman
- UAP Gerb: Northrop Grumman & TRW - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy Programs [Vol.2]
- UAP Gerb: Off-World Technologies Division - UAP Technology Reverse Engineering
- UAP Gerb: US Navy UFO Crash Retrieval & Reverse Engineering Programs