Tim Gallaudet is an American oceanographer and retired U.S. Navy rear admiral whose career included command, weather and oceanography leadership, and service as acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His professional work centered on maritime operations, environmental intelligence, and the safety of naval forces.

Gallaudet’s naval career joined operational command with oceanography, weather, and environmental intelligence. He led major organizations concerned with how the physical environment affects military activity and later served in senior roles at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. After retirement, he began speaking more openly about anomalous incidents and the maritime domain. His emphasis on objects moving between air and water reflects a professional life spent treating the ocean as an operational environment rather than an empty backdrop.

Gallaudet has described receiving an email during a Navy exercise that included the “GoFast” UAP video and a warning about flight safety, only to find the message later missing from his system. After retirement he became an outspoken advocate for transparency, scientific research, and attention to objects reported moving between air and water. He has also endorsed some broader disclosure claims that remain unverified publicly.

Gallaudet later created an organization and public research agenda around ocean anomalies, undersea infrastructure, and the need to bring maritime observations into the larger discussion. Books, papers, and conference appearances made him a full-time advocate after retirement. That second career extends rather than abandons the environmental focus of his naval service.

Gallaudet brought senior naval leadership and oceanographic experience into discussion of USOs and transmedium UAP. His recollection of an operational warning connected the issue directly to fleet safety and the treatment of military pilot encounters. Since retirement, that background has made him an especially visible advocate for investigating anomalous activity across both air and maritime domains.