George Knapp
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PersonJournalistGeorge Knapp — Veteran investigative journalist and news anchor for KLAS-TV, known for UFO research and paranormal
George Knapp — Veteran investigative journalist and news anchor for KLAS-TV, known for UFO research and paranormal
George T. Knapp is a veteran American investigative journalist whose career has spanned several decades, centered at KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, where he serves as chief investigative reporter. Born in Woodbury, New Jersey, and raised in California, he completed undergraduate studies in communication at the University of West Georgia and earned a master’s degree from the University of the Pacific. Knapp joined KLAS in 1981 after moving to Las Vegas in 1979, and has also contributed as a radio host—most notably on Coast to Coast AM—and co-hosted the Weaponized podcast with Jeremy Corbell.
Alongside mainstream journalism, Knapp has dedicated much of his work to UFO phenomena, the paranormal, and government secrecy, making him one of the field’s most high-profile reporters.
Knapp’s role in public awareness of Area 51 traces back to 1989, when he first interviewed Bob Lazar, who claimed to have worked at a secretive site (dubbed “S-4”) near Area 51 reverse-engineering extraterrestrial propulsion systems. That series of interviews brought Lazar’s story—and Area 51—into the broader UFO conversation in the U.S. Knapp has also investigated other curious sites such as Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, through his involvement with the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS), which was founded by Robert Bigelow. At Skinwalker Ranch, Knapp co-authored Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah with Colm Kelleher, exploring alleged high-strangeness reports there.
His work has been recognized by major awards in broadcast journalism: multiple regional and national Edward R. Murrow Awards, two Peabody Awards, over twenty Pacific Southwest Regional Emmy Awards, and Associated Press Mark Twain Awards for best newswriting, among others. These honors reflect both his conventional investigative work—on politics, crime, environmental issues—and his reporting on anomalous phenomena. Not all of his UFO-related claims are universally accepted; skepticism persists around Lazar’s account, and Knapp’s reporting is often scrutinized.
Still, he is widely acknowledged to approach these topics with thorough documentation, witness interviews, and long-term follow-up.
Public testimony has been part of Knapp’s involvement recently: in a 2025 hearing before a U.S. congressional task force on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), he submitted written testimony in his capacity as a journalist, explicitly distancing himself from being a whistleblower or witness. He framed UFO/UAP cases as a journalistic matter—not one of belief—insisting on collecting evidence, interviewing multiple sources, and disclosing what he has found. His documentary work has also expanded to streaming platforms; Investigation Alien (2024) is one example of his efforts to bring UFO stories to wider audiences.
Knapp matters to disclosure debates because he occupies a space between fringe and mainstream journalism. He has stayed in the public record long enough to shape how UFO and UAP stories are reported—helping move them from fringe claims to subjects consistently covered, investigated, and, to some degree, legislated upon. His insistence on public records, empirical claims, and transparency feed directly into emerging governmental and cultural expectations around disclosure, whistleblowing, and accountability.
[Retweeted] 🚨BREAKING🚨: Japan’s Former Defense Minister Says Alien or Non-Human Visitation Must Be Taken Seriously as a Viable Hypothesis for UFO Sightings Over the Country’s Nuclear Facilities. Yasukazu Hamada, who led Japan's historic defense overhaul in 2022, now chairs a parliamentary group investigating unidentified aerial phenomena. So one of the most important Defense Ministers in recent history decided to dedicate his retirement to UFOs. He told me that non-human intelligence is "on...
Interesting quotes! https://t.co/JgXw0tzyAn [Quoted] "There are people within Congress [who have been] deeply, deeply involved [in UAP for a long time] that just are not public yet. If there becomes a void, those people push in." ~JC 💀🛸 Is Disclosure DOA in Congress? 🛸 😵 "I don't think it matters if the control of one House or the other changes party hands." ~GK (We now know both the House and Senate have changed hands with the Dems leading the way, so let's see what happens. And if membe...
Don't like my non-UFO posts? Well then engage with my UFO ones! 🫠 I try my best to reply when I can. Unfortunately, most of my posts have done poor in the last [Quoted] "There are people within Congress [who have been] deeply, deeply involved [in UAP for a long time] that just are not public yet. If there becomes a void, those people push in." ~JC 💀🛸 Is Disclosure DOA in Congress? 🛸 😵 "I don't think it matters if the control of one House or the other changes party hands." ~GK (We now kno...
[Retweeted] "There are people within Congress [who have been] deeply, deeply involved [in UAP for a long time] that just are not public yet. If there becomes a void, those people push in." ~JC 💀🛸 Is Disclosure DOA in Congress? 🛸 😵 "I don't think it matters if the control of one House or the other changes party hands." ~GK (We now know both the House and Senate have changed hands with the Dems leading the way, so let's see what happens. And if members of Congress [whose names we don't know...
[Retweeted] And Greenewald made the argument that AAWSAP wasn't a UFO program to start with, but folks like Lacatski went rogue and turned it into one. BS, and just piss-poor analysis from Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum. AAWSAP was always going to study UFOs, with a focus on the technology involved. And it was allowed to follow the evidence wherever it led, which exposed the folks involved to some very strange places, encounters, and claims. @g_knapp told us all of this starting back in 2018. An...
And Greenewald made the argument that AAWSAP wasn't a UFO program to start with, but folks like Lacatski went rogue and turned it into one. BS, and just piss- [Quoted] Remember when @MiddleOfMayhem reported that "AAWSAP was NEVER a UFO program" The 7th UAP files release (23 Oct 2026) includes nine BAASS contractor records from the AAWSAP era (D166 to D175). They describe AAWSAP as a DIA contract to study UAP: buying UFO reports from MUFON, building a UAP database, modelling the Tic Tac and so...
I bet @g_knapp was born with a real slick beard. https://t.co/exn8LQ6Kx9 [Quoted] George Knapp predicted ontological shock back in 1991. “If a president said ‘They’re here,’ it could shake our foundations. Religion, trust in government… people might stop paying taxes.” We’ve been living with the psychology of revelation longer than we admit. https://t.co/yDsLB77Nkx
Upcoming podcasts interviewing Jay Stratton: @missmayim, @JackOsbourne and Jay's son, @TheJonStratton, whose own experiences are written about in "Skinwalkers at the Pentagon" and "Out of the Shadows." That will be a unique interview. I wish Ozzy were still alive because I'd like to see him interview Jay. 🤗🤘🏼🎸 I'm still hoping for @g_knapp (who's the most knowledgable and will ask the best questions) and @StevenBartlett, who has a massive following and will also ask great questions.
Considering that a UAP Media Advisory Council exists, I’d love to ask Walter here, @tomdelonge, and also @g_knapp if they’ve been offered to be part of it? Beca [Quoted] It would be a great day to tell the truth about UFOs!
[Retweeted] Mystery Wire with George Knapp - They have been here all along with Jacques Vallee - #MysteryWire @g_knapp https://t.co/5YaAcum8Nt
