Person
Richard F. Haines
Also known as Richard Haines, Dr. Richard Haines
- Former chief of the Space Human Factors Office, NASA Ames Research Center; chief scientist, National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena (NARCAP)
Richard F. Haines is a former chief of the Space Human Factors Office at NASA's Ames Research Center. He became chief scientist of the National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena (NARCAP), a private group that studies pilots' reports of unidentified aerial phenomena as an air-safety problem.
He investigated the November 2006 sighting over gate C17 at Chicago O'Hare. He told the Chicago Tribune that no weather balloons had been launched near the airport that day, and he was senior editor of NARCAP's report on the case (May 2007). The report argues that a solid object hovered over the United concourse for at least ten minutes without being detected by radar or by the tower. His conclusions are a private group's analysis, not an official finding.
Sources: Chicago Tribune, 1 January 2007 · NARCAP Technical Report 10 (2007)
Facts and claims
- claimed Haines told the Chicago Tribune that safety appears to have been implicated in documented cases, and that “more and more we are coming to the point of view that we are dealing with an intelligent phenomenon … We must be proactive before an aircraft goes down.” — Richard F. Haines Source: chicagotribune.com (archived)
Connected files
Documents
- Physical Evidence Related to UFO Reports: the Sturrock panel (Pocantico workshop, 1997; report 1998) (appears in) — Reviewed photographic evidence and aircraft equipment anomalies
Incidents
- Disc reported hovering over gate C17 at Chicago O'Hare (7 November 2006) (investigated) — Haines is investigating the O'Hare incident, the Tribune reported; NARCAP's report followed in May 2007