George T. Knapp (born April 18, 1952) is the most decorated mainstream investigative journalist working in UAP. Born in New Jersey, raised in Stockton California, he earned a BA and MA in Communications, moved to Las Vegas in 1979 — initially working as a taxi driver — and joined KLAS-TV in 1981. Since 1995 he has been chief reporter for KLAS-TV’s I-Team investigative unit. AWARDS: 5 regional + 2 national Edward R. Murrow Awards; 24 Pacific Southwest Regional Emmy Awards; 9 Associated Press Mark Twain Awards for best newswriting; DuPont Award from Columbia University; Peabody Award twice (most recently for investigative work on water, power, and politics); 1990: United Press International selected his UFO series as best in the nation for Individual Achievement by a Journalist. Rolling Stone described Knapp as “the John the Baptist of the UFO movement.” MEDIA: Also hosts Coast to Coast AM (syndicated paranormal radio, 3rd and 4th Sundays monthly); hosts Netflix docuseries “Investigation Alien”; co-hosts Weaponized podcast. UAP CAREER TRAJECTORY: 1987-88: First interviews with UAP claimants on KLAS-TV. 1989: The Lazar broadcasts. 1990s: National Institute of Discovery Science (NIDS) with Robert Bigelow. 2005: “Hunt for the Skinwalker” (book). 2021: “Skinwalkers at the Pentagon” (book with Lacatski and Kelleher). 2023: Congressional testimony on UAP. 2025: Soviet documents submitted to Congress and released via Mystery Wire. His reporting on organized crime, government corruption, and non-UAP investigations demonstrating he is not a fringe figure — he is a fully credentialed mainstream journalist who chose to pursue UAP evidence when others wouldn’t.