Summary
Stanford-credentialed documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist who pioneered the systematic forensic documentation of the cattle mutilation phenomenon. Her 1980 Regional Emmy-winning documentary 'A Strange Harvest' remains the foundational journalistic examination of the subject. In April 1983 she was invited to Kirtland AFB by AFOSI agent Richard Doty and shown what she was told was a classified presidential briefing document on extraterrestrial intelligence - a document subsequently assessed as fabricated, making her a documented target of AFOSI's disinformation campaign. Founder of Earthfiles.com (1999), a 25-year platform of military and government source testimony on UAP, cattle mutilations, and anomalous phenomena. Her career arc spans genuinely rigorous early journalism through increasingly controversial later claims, making her a complex case study in the epistemological challenges at the center of UAP research.
Roles
- -Investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker
- -Founder and editor, Earthfiles.com (1999-present)
- -Author - An Alien Harvest (1989)
Organizations
Education
- -B.A., University of Colorado
- -M.A., Communications (Documentary Filmmaking), Stanford University (1965)
Early Career
- -Worked as a documentary producer and director at KMGH-TV Denver in the 1970s, building a career in broadcast journalism with a focus on environmental and investigative subjects
- -Earned three Regional Emmy Awards and a National Emmy nomination for her broadcast documentary work, establishing her professional credibility before turning to UAP and anomalous phenomena
- -Contributed as a producer to WCVB Boston's investigative work, earning a Peabody Award citation as part of that team