Irish-born Colm Kelleher earned a PhD in biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin before post-doctoral work on viral oncology at the National Jewish Center in Denver. His laboratory focus on immune dysregulation would inform later analyses of close-encounter witness pathologies.
National Institute for Discovery Science leadership
Robert Bigelow hired Kelleher in 1996 as deputy administrator of the National Institute for Discovery Science, directing field teams that logged cattle mutilations, UFO sightings, and consciousness experiments. He designed forensic protocols for tissue sampling and secured cooperative agreements with county sheriffs.
BAASS and AAWSAP investigations
When DIA funded the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program in 2008, Kelleher became deputy program manager at Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies. He coordinated multispectral instrument arrays at Skinwalker Ranch and oversaw medical case studies capturing microwave-like cellular damage and temporary neurocognitive deficits in UAP witnesses.1
Publications and media
Kelleher co-authored Hunt for the Skinwalker (2005) and Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021), providing unprecedented data on physiological and psychological consequences of anomalous phenomena. He appears regularly on the television series The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch as a scientific consultant.
References
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Kelleher, C. and Knapp, G., Hunt for the Skinwalker, 2005. ↩