Timothy C. Gallaudet, Ph.D., is a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, oceanographer, and former senior NOAA official. His 32-year Navy career included service as Oceanographer of the Navy and senior leadership in naval meteorology and oceanography. After leaving active duty, he served at NOAA from 2017 to 2021, including as Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting NOAA Administrator from 2017 to 2019. He now leads Ocean STL Consulting, where his work focuses on ocean science, weather, environmental technology, maritime security, and public policy.

Gallaudet has become a prominent figure in the UAP and USO disclosure conversation because his background connects military operations, oceanography, and senior federal science leadership. In testimony before the House Oversight Committee in November 2024, he stated that while serving as Commander of Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command in 2015, he received a secure Navy email warning of a safety-of-flight issue during exercises involving the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group. According to Gallaudet, the email included what is now known as the “Go Fast” UAP video and later disappeared from his inbox without explanation.

Since leaving government service, Gallaudet has argued that UAP should be studied not only as an aviation issue, but also as a maritime and undersea domain-awareness issue. He has publicly discussed reports of unidentified submerged objects, supported congressional inquiry into whistleblower claims, and called for better reporting channels, scientific investigation, and reduced stigma around military and intelligence personnel discussing anomalous encounters. He is affiliated with organizations including Americans for Safe Aerospace and Harvard’s Galileo Project, both of which advocate for more systematic study of UAP.

Gallaudet has made strong public statements about secrecy, UAP, USO, and the possibility of non-human intelligence, while also acknowledging that he has not personally possessed or presented publicly verifiable physical evidence of extraterrestrial craft, recovered materials, or non-human beings. His importance in the disclosure debate comes from the combination of his credentials, his firsthand account of how UAP information moved within military channels, and his continued advocacy for transparency. At the same time, official U.S. government assessments have not publicly confirmed that UAP represent extraterrestrial or non-human technology, leaving many of the claims he discusses unresolved in the public record.