Editing Aztec UFO Incident — Key Persons Directory (section)

=== Researchers — Pro-Authenticity ===

==== Leonard Stringfield ====
UFO researcher and compiler of crash/retrieval reports (''UFO Crash Retrievals'' series, 1970s–1980s). Initially accepted the hoax verdict; later reversed his position and maintained Aztec was a genuine recovery event.

==== William Steinman and Wendelle C. Stevens ====
Co-authors of ''UFO Crash at Aztec: A Well Kept Secret'' (1987). Steinman (aerospace quality assurance professional) and Stevens (retired USAF Lt. Col.) produced the most technically detailed reconstruction of the alleged Aztec recovery up to that point.

==== Scott Ramsey ====
Primary investigator; devoted over 30 years and $500,000 to researching the Aztec case. Conducted field investigations at Hart Canyon and wider San Juan Basin area. Co-author of ''The Aztec UFO Incident'' (2015).

==== Suzanne Ramsey ====
Co-investigator and co-author with Scott Ramsey. Personal connection to Aztec through childhood in New Mexico. Managed documentation of over 60 witness interviews.

==== Frank Thayer ====
Communication professor and co-author of ''The Aztec UFO Incident'' (2015). Provided academic framing and methodological oversight for the Ramseys' research compilation.

==== Stanton Friedman ====
Nuclear physicist and UFO researcher; author of foreword to ''The Aztec UFO Incident''. Investigated Roswell extensively and argued that both Roswell and Aztec represented genuine crash-recovery events.