Robert M. Powell (SCU board member, lead Nimitz-report author).

documentedsource_actorScientific Instrumentation & Sensor Data

Founding board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies; former MUFON Director of Research (2007–2017) who created MUFON's Science Review Board (2012). Lead author of the SCU Nimitz forensic report and co-author of the Entropy kinematics paper.

An analytical-instrumentation professional turned UAP researcher. Co-authored the detailed Stephenville Lights radar/witness study and the SCU '2013 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico' report before leading the 2019 Nimitz forensic analysis. Co-author with Knuth and Reali on the peer-reviewed Entropy paper. Represents the documented-author layer; his conclusions about anomalous performance fall under the claim tier.

Connected entities

Knuth, Powell & Reali, "Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles" (Entropy 2019).Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU).SCU "A Forensic Analysis of Navy Carrier Strike Group Eleven's Encounter with an Anomalous Aerial Vehicle" (2019).