Person
Robert M. Wood
Also known as Robert Wood, Bob Wood, Dr. Wood
- Engineer and research manager, Douglas Aircraft / McDonnell Douglas, for 43 years (to 1993); PhD in physics, Cornell
Robert M. Wood is an American aerospace engineer with a degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Colorado and a PhD in physics from Cornell, who worked for 43 years at Douglas Aircraft and McDonnell Douglas, managing research and development projects, radar work and studies for the space station. In the late 1960s he ran a small company project on how UFOs might be propelled, which hired Stanton Friedman, and he later managed a remote-viewing study funded by the company's founder, James S. McDonnell.
After retiring in 1993 he turned to authenticating leaked UFO documents with his son Ryan, author of Majic Eyes Only; they publish the "Majestic Documents", including the 1954 SOM 1-01 manual, which they argue are genuine. Critics regard these papers as hoaxes, citing weak provenance and links to known hoaxers. He testified at the 2013 Citizen Hearing on the documents and on the McDonnell Douglas study. His engineering career is real; his document conclusions are disputed.
Sources: SourceWatch · Citizen Hearing on Disclosure (2013) · Kennedys and King (critique)
Facts and claims
- claimed Wood says that in the late 1960s McDonnell Douglas funded a small, low-key project under him to study how UFOs might work, which tried to devise faster-than-light physics and spun magnets in space without result. — Robert M. Wood Source: Citizen Hearing 2013: Science & Technology at 4:32
- claimed He says a Government Printing Office veteran judged the SOM 1-01 manual authentically printed by the government in 1954; the MJ-12 papers are widely regarded as forgeries. — Robert M. Wood Source: Citizen Hearing 2013: Documents & Proof at 5:51
Connected files
Books
Claims
- The U.S. holds recovered craft of non-human origin and runs a secret program to reverse-engineer them (asserts)
- An object of unknown origin disabled the weapons and instruments of Iranian F-4 jets over Tehran in September 1976 (asserts)
Hearings & briefings
- Citizen Hearing on Disclosure (testified at)
Organizations
- Boeing (employed by) — He worked 43 years for Douglas Aircraft and McDonnell Douglas, now part of Boeing
Documents
- FBI file: Majestic 12 (researched) — He argues the leaked Majestic documents and the 1954 SOM 1-01 manual are authentic
Videos
- Citizen Hearing 2013: Documents & Proof (appears in)
- Citizen Hearing 2013: Science & Technology (appears in)