Donna Hare

NASA Contractor - Philco Ford / Photo Laboratory, Johnson Space Center, circa 1970s (Johnson Space Center, Building 8)

Case File

Borncirca 1945 - United States

Servicecirca 1970s (Johnson Space Center, Building 8)

ClearanceSecret (former, NASA contractor)

Summary

Former NASA contractor (Philco Ford) who worked in the photo laboratory at Johnson Space Center's Building 8 during the 1970s with a Secret clearance. She testified at the 2001 Disclosure Project that she witnessed a NASA photo technician in Building 8 manually airbrush a disc-shaped object from a lunar photograph before it was printed for public distribution. She also reported hearing from Johnson Space Center personnel that astronauts who wanted to speak publicly about UAP encounters had been threatened. Her account is one of the most specific claims of systematic NASA photo suppression in the public record.

Roles

-NASA Contractor - Philco Ford / Photo Laboratory, Johnson Space Center
-UAP Photo Suppression Whistleblower

Organizations

Philco Ford (NASA contractor)Johnson Space Center

Education

-Technical background in photographic and drafting work; held a Secret clearance under NASA contract

Early Career

-Worked as a contractor for Philco Ford at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, assigned to Building 8 - the photo laboratory responsible for processing and distributing NASA mission photography
-Her role gave her regular access to mission photographs in various stages of processing, from raw development through to public-release prints