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Colm Kelleher

Colm Kelleher is a biochemist who administered investigations for the National Institute for Discovery Science and later served as deputy administrator of Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies during the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program.

National Institute for Discovery Science; Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, LLC; Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) · Biochemist; administrator, National Institute for Discovery Science; deputy administrator, Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies

Colm Kelleher is a biochemist who served as an administrator of the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS), a privately funded organisation that investigated reports of anomalous phenomena.¹ He joined NIDS from a cancer research centre at the USA, Colorado, University of Colorado.² He later served as deputy administrator of LLC Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) during the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP).³ The programme’s database, based in USA, Nevada, Las Vegas, incorporated reports from civilian organisations and foreign governments alongside new investigations carried out by boots-on-the-ground teams that Kelleher, as the programme’s manager, dispatched.⁴

As part of his work for NIDS, Kelleher wrote reports on strange occurrences at Skinwalker Ranch and other parts of Utah and New Mexico.⁵ In November 1996, Eric Davis was sitting with Kelleher on the ranch house’s back porch when a lit craft came out from above a nearby bluff and executed a sharp high-speed 90-degree turn directly overhead.⁶ On another occasion, Davis alerted Kelleher and ranch manager Terry Sherman, and all three saw a huge creature jump down in front of them, far larger than any wildcat, comparable in size to a bear or a cow.⁷ Kelleher himself said that he witnessed a great deal of anomalous phenomena at the ranch, none of which was captured on the numerous cameras set up around the property.⁸

Kelleher worked with Gabe Valdez, a New Mexico State Police officer with strong links to the Jicarilla Apache Tribe in USA, New Mexico, Dulce, during the 1997-09 National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS) Dulce investigation.⁹ According to In Plain Sight, Kelleher’s resulting NIDS report contains interviews with multiple members of the Jicarilla Apache community who said that in September 1997 they had witnessed hovering UAP and had found a mysterious ventilation shaft dug into Mount Archuleta.¹⁰

In 2004, Kelleher said that there was information from the previous several years indicating that pieces of technology had certainly been recovered.¹¹ William Livingston flew to California with a team that included Kelleher and Jacques Vallée to meet Garry Nolan.¹²

Kelleher was also involved in the 2000-09 Gary Lowrey alien claw discovery, agreeing to look into the case.¹³ According to Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions, Kelleher, after consultation with Roger Leir, who had already made extensive enquiries into the case, felt the claw sample could be a good candidate for DNA study.¹⁴ The same source states that Kelleher described the investigation as going far beyond the analyses usually afforded anomaly cases, evolving into a major molecular biology research project in its own right.¹⁵ According to that account, six separate rounds of subsequent DNA analysis, using different and sometimes very novel approaches, were carried out, including a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique using novel primers targeting the most conserved DNA sequences on Earth, to resolve the case.¹⁶ The same source further states that painstaking DNA analyses and bioinformatics methodology, carried out over a 12-month period by highly qualified teams of experts in three countries, established that the biological specimen found in the Gary Lowrey house was a mundane terrestrial mollusc.¹⁷

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Kelleher is a biochemist and administrator of the National Institute for Discovery Science
“Dr. Colm Kelleher, a biochemist and administrator of the National Institute for Discovery Science, agreed to look into the case.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions ch18:26254-26377
Kelleher came from a cancer research centre at the University of Colorado
“Dr Colm Kelleher came from a cancer research centre at the University of Colorado.”
In Plain Sight ch15:12256-12329 View the source record →
Kelleher was deputy administrator for Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) during AAWSAP
“Colm Kelleher, a biochemist who was the deputy administrator for BAASS during AAWSAP”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch18:14650-14728 View the source record →
AAWSAP's Las Vegas database drew on civilian and foreign-government reports plus teams Kelleher dispatched
“The data base included reports from civilian organizations and foreign governments, as well as new investigations conducted by boots-on-the ground teams dispatched by AAWSAP's manager in Las Vegas, Dr. Colm Kelleher.”
Statement to Congress char:10667-10874
Kelleher wrote NIDS reports on strange occurrences at Skinwalker Ranch and elsewhere in Utah and New Mexico
“There were the aforementioned reports Dr Colm Kelleher wrote to NIDS about strange goings-on at Skinwalker Ranch and other parts of Utah and New Mexico.”
In Plain Sight ch25:15149-15294 View the source record →
Eric Davis and Kelleher watched a lit craft execute a sharp 90-degree turn above the ranch house, November 1996
“Later that year, in November, he was sitting with fellow scientist Colm Kelleher on the ranch-house's back porch and a similarly lit craft hurtled out from above a nearby bluff and executed a sharp high-speed 90-degree turn right above them.”
In Plain Sight ch15:9786-10022 View the source record →
Davis, Kelleher and Terry Sherman all saw a huge creature, larger than any wildcat
“Davis alerted Colm Kelleher and Terry, the ranch manager, who were with him, and they all saw a huge creature suddenly jump down just in front of them; it was far larger than any wildcat, the size of a bear or a cow.”
In Plain Sight ch15:10800-11012 View the source record →
Kelleher said he witnessed anomalous phenomena at the ranch never captured on camera
“Kelleher described a lot of 'anomalous phenomena', but none of it was captured on numerous cameras set up around the ranch.”
In Plain Sight ch15:13845-13962 View the source record →
Kelleher worked with Gabe Valdez, a New Mexico State Police officer linked to the Jicarilla Apache Tribe in Dulce
“One of the NIDS investigators working with Colm Kelleher during this 1997 New Mexico NIDS investigation was Gabe Valdez, a New Mexico State policeman who had strong links with the Jicarilla Apache tribe in Dulce.”
In Plain Sight ch15:22971-23177 View the source record →
Kelleher's report contains Jicarilla Apache interviews describing hovering UAP and a shaft dug into Mount Archuleta
“Kelleher’s NIDS report contains interviews with multiple members of the Jicarilla Apache community who claimed in September 1997 to have witnessed not only hovering UAPs but even to have stumbled across a mysterious ventilation shaft dug into Mount Archuleta.”
In Plain Sight ch15:25668-25944 View the source record →
Kelleher said information indicated pieces of technology had certainly been recovered
“Dr Kelleher replied, 'We have had information over the last several years that seems to indicate that, certainly, pieces of technology have been recovered.'”
In Plain Sight ch17:16954-17099 View the source record →
Livingston flew to California with a team including Kelleher and Vallée to meet Garry Nolan
“Will flew to California with a small team that included Colm Kelleher, a biochemist who was the deputy administrator for BAASS during AAWSAP, and the French scientist Jacques Vallée, who had US government clearances related to the investigation of UAP.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch18:14594-14842 View the source record →
Kelleher agreed to look into the Gary Lowrey alien claw case
“Dr. Colm Kelleher... agreed to look into the case.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 37-37
After consulting Roger Leir, Kelleher felt the claw sample was a good candidate for DNA study
“Kelleher, after consultation with Dr. Roger Leir, who had already made extensive enquiries into the case, felt the “claw” sample could be a good candidate for DNA study.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions ch18:26436-26599
The investigation evolved into a major molecular biology research project
““The investigation of this case went far beyond the ‘busi-ness-as-usual’ analyses usually afforded anomaly cases,” wrote Kelleher. “The project evolved into a major molecular biology research project in its own right.””
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions ch18:27085-27295
Six rounds of DNA analysis, including a novel PCR technique, were carried out
“six separate rounds of subsequent DNA analysis, using different and sometimes very novel approaches, were carried out to bring this case to a conclusion. It was necessary to invent a new polymerase chain reaction using novel primers to the most conserved DNA sequences on Earth in order to finally resolve this case.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions ch18:27313-27624
A 12-month analysis by teams in three countries found the specimen was a terrestrial mollusc
“painstaking DNA analyses and the use of bioinformatics methodology over a 12 month period by highly qualified teams of experts in three countries was necessary to establish that the biological specimen found in the house was a mundane terrestrial mollusk.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions ch18:27875-28122

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