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Bob Lazar
Robert Scott Lazar is an American businessman and conspiracy theorist who, since 1989, has claimed to have been part of a classified US government project concerned with the reverse engineering of extraterrestrial technology; he also purported to have read government briefing documents that described alien involvement in human affairs over the past 10,000 years. A self-proclaimed physicist, Lazar…
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business · American businessman and UFO conspiracy theorist · conferencier · writer · physicist · entrepreneur · ufologist · also Bob Lazar, Robert Lazar, Robert S. Lazar, Lazar
Born 26 January 1959 · Q720671
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2026· 2 entries
Was featured in Luigi Vendittelli's documentary S4: The Bob Lazar Story
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2021· 1 entry
However, England admitted that he took Lazar's claims at face value and did not fact-check his credentials as a physicist
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2019· 3 entries
Decider: ‘Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers’: Where Is the UFO Test Flight Video?
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Detroit Free Press: In 'Bob Lazar: Area 51' documentary, director investigates UFO whistle-blower's story
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The Daily Dot: ‘Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers’ fails to discover truth or progress
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2018· 1 entry
Published “The Immune Landscape of Cancer” in Immunity — cited 4,796 times.
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2017· 1 entry
Lazar's workplace was raided by the FBI and local police
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2016· 1 entry
Published “The ASA Statement on <i>p</i> -Values: Context, Process, and Purpose” in The American Statistician — cited 5,424 times.
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2007· 1 entry
United Nuclear pleaded guilty to three criminal counts for violating a law prohibiting the sale of chemicals and components used to make illegal fireworks; it was fined $7,500 and received three years probation as part o
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2006· 1 entry
Lazar's supply business was charged with violating the Federal Hazardous Substances Act for shipping restricted chemicals across state lines
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2003· 1 entry
Scientists successfully synthesized an element with 115 protons, which they named "Moscovium"
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1990· 2 entries
Lazar was arrested for aiding and abetting a prostitution ring
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For his involvement in a Nevada prostitution ring, and his company was sentenced to probation in 2006 for violating laws prohibiting the sale of chemicals across state lines
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1986· 1 entry
Lazar, who at the time described himself as a self-employed film processor, filed for bankruptcy
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-01-26.
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