JOHN B. ALEXANDER

Colonel Alexander has contributed invaluable input to STARstream Research and is the author of his personal analysis of the invasion and occupation of Iraq titled "Strategy Flawed."

Colonel John B. Alexander is the author of "UFOs: Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities." He is considered a world-class expert on the development of non-lethal technology.

CARYN ANSCOMB

Caryn acted as a key source and contributing author to STARstream Research in 2006, and continues to advise on important results from her independent research.

During her 2006 investigation, she made several trips to the United States from her home in the UK, and met with a key intelligence official of the US government.

Among Caryn Anscomb's many exclusive original contributions to the STARstream Research public access website STARpod.org are her articles are Confessions of a Crop Circle Maker, the five-part series Trickster Tales, Anomalous Mental Phenomena and Sleep Paralysis, and the often humorous Disclosure Deli Blog.

Caryn Anscomb has been an irreplaceable source of information and intelligence, due to her an extensive knowledge and contact with key players in the "Spies, Lies, and Polygraph Tape" affair.

GARY S. BEKKUM

Read Brian Roy's Interview with Gary S. Bekkum

"Am I an advocate of preparation for contact with advanced higher intelligence? Yes and no. The human race needs to be prepared because it is a big multiverse out there. The larger dangers we face are already here."

Futurist Gary S. Bekkum is an independent occasional "rogue journalist," author, and a researcher of material that blurs the distinction between fiction and reality.

In 2004 Bekkum launched STARstream Research, as an informal survey of exotic physics and consciousness concepts related to the survival or otherwise of the human race.

Bekkum is an independent 'occasional' rogue journalist & web author, and researcher of material that blurs the distinction between fiction and reality. He has been interviewed on national radio by Coast to Coast AM hosts George Noory and George Knapp, in addition to several interviews by Don Ecker at Dark Matters Radio and Angelia Joiner on The Joiner Report. Bekkum has been cited in books by physicists Jack Sarfatti and Shan Gao (Beijing, China).

He is the author of several books including "Spies, Lies and Polygraph Tape," "Knowing the Future: The UFO Spy Games," "To the Moon and Back, With Love," and the forthcoming "Quantum of Strangeness"  (see the Gary S. Bekkum author page at Amazon Books for book details).

A few years ago Bekkum semi-covertly provided behind the scenes information to British author Nick Cook, the former aviation editor and presently Aerospace Consultant for Jane's Defence Weekly. Given that only a small amount of that material made its way into Nick's book, "The Hunt for Zero Point" , Bekkum decided to write a follow up article called "Dark Matters Surround Dark Energy." The Russian on-line newspaper Pravda decided to publish this story as "American military is pursuing new types of exotic weapons."

Several of Bekkum's stories featured at STARpod.org have been re-published elsewhere, including "To the Moon and Back, With Love" which appears at the on-line Paktribune of Pakistan, and at psychic Uri Geller's website. Sometimes they are published with credit given to STARstream Research, like this story at Geller's site. Bekkum's stories have been republished or adapted for American Chronicle, an on-line family of new services.

Interviews

Articles re-published by American Chronicle

Other Select Publications

JUSTIN CHARLES

J. Charles studied mathematics and physics at the University of Wisconsin and has an avid interest in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Action Films.

J. Charles is a contributing writer for STARpod.org on the topic of cyber warfare and futurist scenarios involving the interface of human minds and technology.

J. Charles other interests include boating, camping, and fishing.

Justin Charles is presently developing a new series on cyber-warfare and international security for STARpod.org.

DON ECKER

Serving as the former Director of Research and Media Liaison for UFO Magazine for 20 years, Ecker is an internationally renowned investigator of the UFO phenomenon.

A former law enforcement officer and criminal
investigator with over 10 years experience, he brought legitimacy to a field that has for years suffered being painted with a fringe brush. He has written numerous articles for the definitive UFO publication, UFO Magazine, as well as articles for international publications, the United Kingdom's Fortean Times, Omni, the Compuserve System, and the ParaNet Computer Data Base.
 

After graduating from high school in 1968, Ecker attended college for one year and then enlisted in the United States Army. He was selected for the elite Army Security Agency, where he volunteered for Special Operations. He served in Southeast Asia for 26 months, was wounded twice, decorated and then returned to the U.S. He returned to college for another year, then applied to his home town police department, where he became a officer.

In 1986, while a member of his department's SWAT Team, Ecker was wounded, which led to his retirement. While recuperating, he started to research and write on the UFO mystery. As a criminal investigator in 1982, he had been leading an investigation in of several cattle mutilations, which Ecker later discovered where somehow connected to the UFO mystery. In 1989, during the International MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) Conference in Las Vegas, Ecker presented a paper on his research.

Ecker has appeared numerous times on the "Larry King Live" talk show on CNN, and has been utilized repeatedly as an expert commentator and technical adviser by NBC's "Hard Copy," Fox's "A Current Affair," and recently was the technical adviser and on-screen expert for the Fox Television "Sightings" program and "Encounters."

He has also appeared on CNBC's "Talk America", and the Sci-Fi Channel's "Antigravity Room" and Discovery Channel's "Cyberlife."  During the Roswell Anniversary he was interviewed on "Entertainment Tonight" and "Extra." Ecker was a featured speaker at Nevada's dedication of the Extraterrestrial Highway during the premier of "Independence Day", the summer blockbuster of 1996.

Ecker hosted his own weekly national radio talk show, "UFOs Tonite!" on Cable Radio Network for five years, and most recently "Strange Daze" five nights a week on the Liberty Works Radio Network. Starting in January, 2004, Ecker and his good friend Dwight Schultz launched a new national radio program called" Dark Matters." Ecker has been a guest on well over a thousand radio talk shows around the country.

Ecker brings important historical knowledge to the study of the phenomenon. As he has stated, "The case for a conspiracy of silence is there for all to see. All one has to do is to look to the history of the U.S. Government and UFOs. The government, and more specifically the U.S. Military, has always been aware of this mystery and the potential danger and promise it might represent. We as citizens have a right to know what is occurring, and what if anything our government is doing about this enigma."

Ecker is true to his word and ideas. In 1991, he broke one of the biggest UFO stories of the year. Investigating the 1988 Soviet unmanned probes to Mars, Phobos I and II, Ecker uncovered an amazing story of the Phobos II's apparent encounter with a huge unknown and the probe's ultimate disappearance. He was able to secure a photograph of the unknown from the Soviet Glavkosmos Space Agency. He was asked to appear on NBC's "Hard Copy" and Live CNN's "Larry King" to talk about this incident where he revealed the photograph for the first time.

In 1992, Ecker once again broke one of the biggest UFO stories of the year. Breaking it once again on "Hard Copy" and then following it up on "Larry King Live," Ecker brought to public attention the amazing story of STS-48, the Discovery shuttle mission photographing UFO enigmas in earth orbit, and the drastic maneuvers the unknowns took when "something" appeared to shoot at them.

Ecker recently completed a novel titled Past Sins published by Gateway Publishing. The novel is currently under consideration by a major production house for a movie or television series. More can be learned at http://www.amazon.com/Past-Sins-Don-Ecker/dp/0975264508

Ecker has revived his radio program “Dark Matters Radio” on the CyberstationUSA Network where it airs 5 nights a week Monday via Friday where he explores the unusual, the strange and the bizarre. For more information go to www.darkmattersradio.com

JOHN L. PETERSEN

President and Founder of The Arlington Institute

His current professional involvements include the development of sophisticated tools for anticipatory analysis and surprise anticipation, long-range strategic planning and helping leadership design new approaches for dealing with the future.

GUS RUSSO

Russo has been an important contributing source to STARpod.org. His writing credits for STARpod.org include a special feature article commisioned by STARstream Research source Dan T. Smith titled "The Real X-files: Is Uncle Sam a Closet UFOlogist?"

For over twenty years, Gus Russo has been an investigative reporter, author of six non-fiction books, and writer and/or producer of many national and international documentaries for major networks. His books have received Book of the Month Club and History Book Club Featured Selections, three have been optioned for films, and one, "The Outfit," was a Pulitzer nominee. His October 2008 book, "Brothers in Arms: The Kennedys, the Castros, and the Politics of Murder," was named Winner of the 2008 History Prize by the New York Book Festival. April 2011 will see the publication of his memoir, "Boomer Days."

Russo has worked an investigative reporter for PBS' Frontline series, as well as ABC News Special Reports with Peter Jennings (Dangerous World: The Kennedy Years, and JFK: Beyond Conspiracy), Dan Rather's CBS Reports, and Jack Anderson Specials; he has been a consultant for programs such as Sixty Minutes, Sixty Minutes II, and Eye To Eye with Connie Chung; as well as documentary productions based in England, France, Germany, Japan, and Mexico. Russo has appeared on countless radio and TV programs, including NPR's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!, The History Channel (numerous shows), A&E's Biography (Jack Ruby), Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC's Nachman, and Dan Rather's 1993 special Who Killed JFK? Russo has been a research consultant to numerous writers, including Seymour Hersh, Gerald Posner, Anthony Summers, and Laurence Leamer, and has written for The Baltimore Sun, The Nation, The Washington Post, Book Forum, American Heritage, The Huffington Post, and for two years was a regular contributor to the health-related website Healthlynx.com. Russo recently produced and co-wrote a documentary feature film, "Generation 9-11," for Germany's WDR and Academy Award-winning director Nigel Nobel.