Tim Gallaudet
| Tim Gallaudet | |
 Tim Gallaudet. Image: United States Department of Commerce, Public domain, via Wikipedia. | |
| Born | March 18, 1967 Hollywood, California, U.S. |
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| Education | BS, oceanography, U.S. Naval Academy (1989) MS, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1991) PhD, UC San Diego (2001) |
| Career | Rear admiral, U.S. Navy (retired 2017) Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (2017–2021) |
| UAP involvement | |
| Testimony | House Oversight hearing, Nov 13, 2024 |
| Affiliations | Americans for Safe Aerospace advisory board; Galileo Project research affiliate |
| Status | Documented military and government career |
Timothy C. Gallaudet (born March 18, 1967) is a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral and oceanographer who served as Oceanographer of the Navy and, from 2017 to 2021, as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [1]. After leaving government he became a public supporter of efforts to de-stigmatize UAP research and testified at the November 13, 2024 House Oversight hearing on UAP [1][3].
Early life and education
Gallaudet was born in Hollywood, California. He earned a bachelor’s degree in oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned an ensign in 1989, then a master’s degree from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1991 and a doctorate from the University of California, San Diego in 2001 [1][2].
Navy and NOAA career
He served aboard USS Kitty Hawk and later held roles in the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, including command of the Naval Oceanography Special Warfare Center. On the Chief of Naval Operations staff he was Deputy Navigator of the Navy (2008), then Superintendent of the Naval Observatory (2011–2013). He ended his Navy service as Oceanographer of the Navy and commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, retiring in July 2017 [1]. He took office on October 25, 2017 as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, served as acting NOAA administrator, and led the agency’s “blue economy” work [1]. He now runs a consulting firm and hosts The American Blue Economy Podcast [1].
UFO/UAP involvement
Gallaudet has said he saw footage of unidentified anomalous phenomena and unidentified submerged objects while on active duty and has supported David Grusch‘s claims. He sits on the advisory board of Americans for Safe Aerospace [5], is a research affiliate of Avi Loeb‘s Galileo Project, and took part in the 2025 documentary The Age of Disclosure [1]. He and Loeb co-wrote a 2021 opinion piece in The Hill on UAP [1].
House testimony (2024)
At the November 13, 2024 hearing, Gallaudet described the January 2015 Navy encounter associated with the “Go Fast” video and said an email containing the video disappeared from recipients’ accounts the next day [3]. He said he had concluded UAP information was probably held in a compartmented special access program, said a 2023 hearing confirmed that UAP information is withheld from senior officials and Congress, and described an early-2024 meeting with AARO as an “influence operation” [4]. He also repeated a claim by Christopher Mellon that satellite imagery of UAP has not been shared with Congress [4]. The same hearing heard the Immaculate Constellation allegations [3].
Assessment
Documented: Gallaudet’s Navy, NOAA and academic career, and his 2024 testimony [1][3]. Claimed: that he saw UAP footage, that an email carrying the Go Fast video vanished, and that UAP information is held in compartmented programs. The Pentagon’s March 2024 review found no evidence of extraterrestrial spacecraft [3], and the claims remain unverified.
See also
- November 2024 House Oversight UAP hearing
- Immaculate Constellation
- David Grusch
- Luis Elizondo
- Avi Loeb
- Christopher Mellon
- AARO
References
- ^ “Tim Gallaudet,” Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org
- ^ U.S. Congress, “PN897 – Timothy Gallaudet – Department of Commerce,” 2017. congress.gov
- ^ NPR, “Experts testify before lawmakers that the U.S. is running secret UAP programs,” November 13, 2024. npr.org
- ^ Micah Hanks, “Former Officials Warn Lawmakers of Alleged Secret UAP Programs Operating Beyond Congressional Oversight,” The Debrief, November 13, 2024. thedebrief.org
- ^ Americans for Safe Aerospace, Aircrew Leadership Council advisors. safeaerospace.org