Stanton T. Friedman
- Life status
- Confirmed deceased
- Profession
- Also recorded as
- Stanton Friedman · Stanton Terry Friedman
- Born
- 29 July 1934 · attributed: according to York Funeral Home, not independently verified
- Age
- 84 · as reported by CBC News (attributed), at the recorded event
- Died
- 13 May 2019 · known to the day
- Fields
- Not classified yet: categories await the owner’s taxonomy review
- Organisations
- General Electric, nuclear physicist · attributed
Westinghouse, nuclear physicist · attributed
McDonnell Douglas, nuclear physicist · attributed - Works
- None catalogued yet
In plain words
Directly involved in UFO research for about half a century as a researcher and lecturer, according to The Canadian Press, CBC and Radio Canada International.
Biography
Stanton T. Friedman, nuclear physicist and UFO researcher, is the person described by the Canadian Press, CBC and Radio Canada International obituaries of May 2019 and the York Funeral Home listing.
Born on July 29, 1934, according to the dates shown on the York Funeral Home listing. Attributed
Born in New Jersey and held dual (U.S. and Canadian) citizenship, according to CBC. Attributed
CBC reported that he died at 84. Attributed
Nuclear physicist who worked 14 years in industry, then a UFO researcher and lecturer, according to The Canadian Press. Attributed
Worked as a nuclear physicist at companies including General Electric, according to The Canadian Press (no years given). Attributed
Worked as a nuclear physicist at companies including Westinghouse, according to The Canadian Press (no years given). Attributed
Worked as a nuclear physicist at companies including McDonnell-Douglas, according to The Canadian Press (no years given). Attributed
Described as the original civilian investigator of the Roswell crash (CP, quoting a colleague) and inducted into the UFO Hall of Fame in Roswell, N.M. (CBC). These are descriptions of his role; the claims he investigated are not assessed here. Attributed
Directly involved in UFO research for about half a century as a researcher and lecturer, according to The Canadian Press, CBC and Radio Canada International.
Died on May 13, 2019: the York Funeral Home listing shows this date and The Canadian Press reports he died on the Monday (13 May 2019).
Died at Toronto Pearson International Airport, according to The Canadian Press and Radio Canada International. Attributed
Died suddenly while travelling home to New Brunswick from a speaking engagement in Columbus, Ohio, according to CBC and Radio Canada International. Attributed
The cause of death was not disclosed by the family, according to The Canadian Press. Attributed
Not established
- Not establishedThe family did not disclose the cause of death (The Canadian Press, reporting his daughter). The source states that this is not known (undisclosed); Scope not recorded; checked 11 Nov 2026.
- Not establishedNo reviewed source states a manner of death. Not established in the reviewed sources; CP, CBC, RCI and York Funeral Home read 2026-11-11: sudden death at an airport; cause undisclosed by the family; no coroner statement.; checked 11 Nov 2026.
Connection to UAP research
Directly involved in UFO research for about half a century as a researcher and lecturer, according to The Canadian Press, CBC and Radio Canada International.
Works
No works catalogued in the approved record yet. Works mentioned in sources appear as attributed statements in the biography.
Timeline
Events and cases
No case file is published for this person. Recorded life events are in the timeline above; a case is opened only with its own evidence and review.
Sources
- UFO researcher Stanton Friedman dies after half-century effort to prove alien life (opens in a new tab)CKPG Today (Canadian Press wire), 2019 · News report · readAuthor: Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press
- Obituary information for Stanton Friedman (opens in a new tab)York Funeral Home (yorkfh.com; Fredericton) · Funeral-home obituary · read
- Stanton Friedman, famed UFO researcher, dead at 84 (opens in a new tab)CBC News (New Brunswick), 2019 · News report · read
- Renowned authority on UFO's dies (opens in a new tab)Radio Canada International, 2019 · News report · read