Thieme Overview
Richard "neuralcowboy" Thieme has spoken to hackers on UFOs.
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Richard "neuralcowboy" Thieme has spoken to hackers on UFOs.
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, while not a hacker in the traditional sense, is an and public speaker, who talks on UFOs at the annual DEFCON hacker conference in Las Vegas, and at the MUFON Symposium:
2002 MUFON Symposium - Are There UFOs on Mars?: "
2006 DEFCON 14 - ( - mentions crash retrievals and counterintelligence)
2007 DEFCON 15 - Hacking UFOlogy: Thirty Years in the Wilderness of Mirrors: , , , ,
2009 DEFCON 17 - Hacking UFOlogy 102: The Implications of UFOs for Life, the Universe, and Everything: , ,
2013 Security BSides Las Vegas - Governments and UFOs: A Historical Analysis of Disinformation and Deception: , , ,
2013 DEFCON 21 - The Government and UFOs: A Historical Analysis: , , , , ,
These two 2013 talks were in line with a book Thieme co-authored: .
Thieme also was interviewed by WBSD radio about the book: ,
2014 THOTCON 0x5 - (No recording)
2016 MUFON Symposium - Against the Wind: Why People Can't Think Seriously About UFOs: , ,
While an Episcopal priest, Thieme reports a fighter pilot confided in him regarding UFOs, confirming that in their fastest jets,
We chase them, and we can't catch them.
2016 Open Minds UFO Radio - UFOs, Technology and the Future (Alejandro Rojas has Thieme as a guest): ,
2021 DEFCON 29 - UFOs: Misinformation, Disinformation, and the Basic Truth: , , ,
2022 DEFCON 30 - UFOs, Alien Life, and the Least Untruthful Things I Can Say: , , , ,
Thieme has given talks on other topics as well, .
Thieme also wrote a monthly column which was compiled in his book . In the original version, no longer in print, Chapter 9 "The Dark Side of the Moon and Beyond" contains columns written between 1997 and 2001 regarding UFOs. With Thieme's permission, I have republished five of these columns .
2022 Reddit AMA with Richard Thieme on /r/UFOs:
Thieme's 2023 fiction book covers "the deft management of UFO phenomena and research in the intelligence community," among other topics.
Source: 2014 by Richard Thieme - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper
At DEFCON 3 in 1995, the late UFO researcher Glen Campbell gave a talk on Area 51:
