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Tim Gallaudet

Retired Navy rear admiral who testified in Nov 2024 about a vanished 2015 'Go Fast' safety email and now sits on the UAP Science Advisory Council.

Current role: CEO, Ocean STL Consulting; member of the UAP Science Advisory Council (since June 2026); part of the Sol Foundation's leadership

Former roles:

  • Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired); Oceanographer of the Navy and Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
  • Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting Administrator, NOAA
  • Deputy Administrator, NOAA

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Background

Oceanographer and retired U.S. Navy rear admiral who served as Oceanographer of the Navy and commander of Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, then as acting administrator of NOAA and acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. He says a classified 2015 safety-of-flight email carrying the "Go Fast" video vanished from his and other recipients' accounts the next day, which he attributes to a special access programme. Since 2023 he has publicly vouched for the Navy pilot witnesses and David Grusch, testified to Congress, and in June 2026 joined the UAP Science Advisory Council chaired by Avi Loeb. He runs Ocean STL Consulting.

On the record

  • 2026-10-27 – Hang Out with Sean Hannity (podcast) – "We've only explored with either drones, buoys, floats, about 10% of ocean volume"; on the 2019 USS Omaha video: "It goes into the ocean, no disturbance" … "I'm aware of another video that shows something similar, but from overhead" (quotes via IBTimes). IBTimes · Episode
  • 2026-07-02 – Scientific American – on the council: "Our job is just to research the phenomenon and make recommendations for further scientific study". The council has no access to classified UAP material and works from archival releases. Scientific American
  • 2026-06-14 – X – "I'm honored to announce that the White House approved my membership on the new U.S. UAP Science Advisory Council." X post · DefenseScoop
  • 2026-05 – Sol Foundation leadership statement (with Garry Nolan and Peter Skafish) on the PURSUE releases – "The American people have a right to know what their government does in this area." Sol Foundation
  • 2026-05-14 – Tomi Lahren Is Fearless – "I know we are aware of higher order non-humans intelligence that direct the movement of these phenomena." Fox/OutKick
  • 2026-05-14 – DefenseScoop, on the first PURSUE file drop – noted that no metadata was included with the released files. DefenseScoop
  • 2026-03-12 – written testimony to the Connecticut General Assembly supporting HB 5422, a UAP study bill, with emphasis on transmedium and undersea objects. Testimony (PDF)
  • 2026-02-20 – DefenseScoop, on the Trump directive to release UAP files – "I'll believe it when I see it." DefenseScoop
  • 2024-11-13 – House Oversight joint subcommittee hearing, written testimony – "Confirmation that UAPs are interacting with humanity came for me in January 2015 when I was serving as the Commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command." Described an email with the subject line "URGENT SAFETY OF FLIGHT ISSUE" carrying the Go Fast video, and: "The very next day, the email disappeared from my account and those of the other recipients without explanation." Testimony (PDF) · Hearing page
  • 2023-08 – The Hill op-ed – "As a retired U.S. Navy flag officer, I can attest to the integrity and authenticity of the two pilots who testified". On Grusch: "His testimony is 100 percent credible." The Hill

Responses and criticism

  • 2026-04-09 – at a National Capital Area Skeptics talk in Arlington, former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick attributed the 2004 Nimitz "Tic Tac" to a calibration sphere. Gallaudet, in the audience, disputed this and said he had no other geophysical explanation for what the pilots described. Kirkpatrick rejected Gallaudet's characterisation of his work as disinformation. Talk video · Write-up

Timeline of involvement

  • 2015-01 – receives the "Go Fast" safety-of-flight email during a Fleet Forces exercise (his account)
  • 2023-07-26 – attends the House Oversight UAP hearing
  • 2023-08 – The Hill op-ed vouching for Fravor, Graves and Grusch
  • 2024-11-13 – testifies to House Oversight subcommittees
  • 2025-03-09 – appears in the documentary The Age of Disclosure (premiere post)
  • 2025-03-27 – attends Japan's parliamentary UAP federation general assembly (stream)
  • 2025-10-25 – speaker, Sol Foundation Symposium, Lake Maggiore (agenda)
  • 2026-03-12 – Connecticut testimony
  • 2026-06-09 – attends the Capitol steps press conference with Grusch and Reps. Luna, Burchett, Burlison and Moskowitz (event notice)
  • 2026-06-14 – joins the UAP Science Advisory Council

Part of the Key People in Disclosure series. Verified 2026-11-02. Spotted an error? Reach out.