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Bob Lazar
American who in 1989 publicly claimed to have worked at a facility near Area 51 reverse-engineering extraterrestrial spacecraft; no university or employment record has ever corroborated the physics and engineering credentials he stated.
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Theories & Explanations
Bob Lazar popularised Area 51 Alien Reverse-Engineering Theory.
Places
Bob Lazar is associated with Area 51 — Lazar's claimed 1988–89 employment at a site he called S-4, adjoining Area 51, has never been corroborated by personnel or payroll records.