Joseph Kaplan
Person· 2 declassified document(s)
Dr. Joseph Kaplan was a distinguished physicist and expert in the upper atmosphere who served on various high-level scientific advisory boards for the US Air Force. Because early UFO sightings were often hypothesized to be atmospheric anomalies or meteor phenomena, experts like Kaplan were consulted to evaluate the physical plausibility of these reports. His expertise helped shape the military's understanding of natural phenomena that could be mistaken for unidentified flying objects.
Provided critical scientific consultation to the USAF on upper atmospheric physics to help differentiate natural phenomena from UAP.