Raymond Szymanski

Raymond Szymanski Bio

Raymond Szymanski is an award-winning author, researcher, and lecturer, and the acknowledged expert on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s (WPAFB) extraterrestrial connections. His first book, Fifty Shades of Greys: Evidence of Extraterrestrial Visitation to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Beyond, contains compelling photographic evidence and research that supports long-held rumors of Wright-Patterson’s otherworldly involvement. Thirty-Eight years and nine-months of employment at the fabled Air Force Base, where Roswell crash wreckage was examined in 1947, has given Raymond a unique perspective on Wright-Patt’s cosmic connections. His 2nd book, Victoria’s Secret Truth, presents an in-depth, convincing two-year case study for Close Encounters of the 7th Kind that crosses multiple generations of the same family. The evidence contained, therein, includes medical, clinical, photographic, audio, and video, which allows the reader to arrive at unavoidable conclusions regarding alien contact, including ‘why’ they are abducting unsuspecting humans by the thousands. The latest book, Swamp Gas My Ass (SGMA), chronicles the true exploits of two American heroes who intercepted the famous 1966 Michigan ‘Swamp Gas’ UFO, an interplanetary visitor that government officials tried to explain away as “marsh gas”. This, and many other formerly secret military aviation historical events, are told through the recorded interviews and written memoirs of the two U.S. fighter-interceptor pilots who lived them. This book is featured in The Science Channel’s 2023 series, Mission Unexplained, which began airing in June 2023, and Canada’s Cottage Channel, aired in April 2023\. Raymond has appeared on the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens series; The Discovery Channel’s Expedition X Premier Episode (where host, Josh Gates referred to Ray as “my Wright-Patt guy”); Science Channel’s Mission Unexplained; Dayton Fox 45 Morning Show, Youngstown NBC Morning Show, The Boom Boom Room with Ray Mancini, and has been quoted and amusingly misquoted in every major UK tabloid including The Sun, The Express, and The Daily Mail. He has made guest appearances on: Coast to Coast AM with George Knapp; Open Minds w/Alejandro Rojas; Midnight in the Desert; The Light Gate w/Preston Dennet & Dolly Safran; Fade to Black w/Jimmy Church; The Unexplained; Military X-Files; The Danny Gordon Show; Spaced Out Radio; Strange Dimensions; Aquarian Radio; Sacred Matrix Radio; Veritas Radio; The Dave Glover Show; Radio Wasteland; Beyond Reality Radio; Michael Decon Show; Passion for the Paranormal; Timeless Esoterica; The Edge w/Daniel Ott; Night Dreams w/Gary Anderson; Fenton Files w/Lorien Fenton; Martin Willis Show; Meanwhile, Here on Earth w/Peter Robbins, and a hundred other shows deserving prominent mention. Ray has made well-received presentations at: 2025 G.U.C Conference, Cremona, Italy; 2023 MUFON Symposium; UFO MegaCon in Laughlin, NV; Children of the Stars Conference in Milan, Italy; the Los Angeles UFO and Paranormal Research Society (UPARS); the Denver Paranormal Research Forum; the Florida Paranormal Research Group; the Indiana, Arizona, North Carolina, and Michigan MUFON Chapters; Engineers Club of Dayton (loaded with former intelligence personnel-yikes\!); and a hundred other public appearances across the country and many national and international Skype appearances. Raymond is featured in the 2022 Hillsdale College documentary, Aliens in the Arb. (Hillsdale College was the site of 1966 SGMA event.) Raymond holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the University of Detroit (1975). In 1983 he completed his graduate studies in Computer Engineering at Wright State University. From 1983 \-1993 he led the Ada Joint Program Office’s Evaluation and Validation Team sponsored by the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. He served two years as the first Director of the WPAFB Installation Civilian Wellness Program, impacting the lives of 12,000 base civilians. In addition to dozens of annual performance awards received in his distinguished career, Raymond received two of the highest Air Force Civilian awards: The Air Force Civilian Achievement Award, and the Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award. In his spare time, he ran 16 marathons, including the 2010 and 2015 Boston Marathons. He retired in 2011 as a Senior Engineer/Scientist from the Air Force Research Laboratory at the ufologically legendary Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 39 years served.