UFO Intentions

Larry Hancock has bachelor’s degrees in history and anthropology, served in the US Air Force as an electronics communications specialist, and worked over thirty years in the computer and communications industry. He has published over a dozen books on Cold War history and national security including Unidentified; The National Security Problem of UFOs. Larry is a board member for the Scientific Coalition for UFO/UAP Studies (SCU). He also serves as the team leader for the SCU Intentions Studies.Ian Porritt is a New Zealand-based astronomer and data analyst. He uses complex historical pattern analysis to better understand a variety of activity trends related to UFO/UAP activities over time and in multiple domains. Ian participated in the discovery of several exoplanets using gravitational microlensing from his home observatory in New Zealand, supporting microlensing surveys by capturing time‑critical photometric data used to model lensing events and reveal undiscovered exoplanets. This work reflects his long‑standing interest in astrophysical phenomena and his commitment to hands‑on scientific participation. Joshua Pierson served twenty-five years with the US Army and has a Doctorate in Strategic Security. He is a leader in technology protection, insider threat detection, and illuminating adversarial capability and intent to target US and Allied Interests. He is the author of Detectable Signatures for UAP, which was written as his doctoral dissertation. Josh serves as the National Security Advisor to the SCU and the Society for UAP Studies.Sean Grosvenor is a forensic consultant, retired from the Illinois State Police. Over his near twenty-five-year career, he served in various assignments, including major crimes task forces, internal affairs, crime scene investigations and executive command. He has a bachelor of science in Kinesiology and served as an adjunct instructor for the University of Illinois at Chicago Master of Forensic Science Program. Sean’s focus is on applying foundational principles of evidence to the study of advanced non-human intelligence.

“By applying sophisticated intelligence community analytical techniques, often used in cases where the government does not have direct access to the target being studied, the authors have succeeded in generating important new insights about the scale and objectives of those controlling the mysterious UAP phenomenon. This approach offers important new insights about UAP that any serious student of the subject will want to understand. The authors have done us all a favor, one I hope the US government will itself carefully consider as this work surpasses the depth of analysis the government itself has produced regarding major trends in UAP behavior.” —CHRISTOPHER K. MELLON, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; Former Staff Director, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence“UFO Intentions is a serious and provocative contribution to discussions of UFO history, pattern analysis, and national-security significance. The authors ask readers to look beyond familiar debates over individual sightings and to consider the larger historical record in a more systematic way. The authors bring together historical material, analytic structure, and interpretive argument in a way that is both provocative and readable. UFO Intentions is sure to spark discussion among serious students of the subject and anyone interested in the possible motivations underlying the actions of the UAP phenomenon.”—DR. MARK RODEGHIER, Scientific Director, J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies“For decades, the US military and intelligence community publicly dismissed UFOs while privately treating them as a serious national-security concern. In UFO Intentions, authors Larry Hancock, Ian Porritt, Sean Grosvenor, and Dr. Joshua Pierson draw on six years of groundbreaking research, including declassified Air Force files, radar-tracked incidents, and newly analyzed military reports from 1945–1975. Using the intelligence community's own methodology of ‘indications analysis,’ the authors map long-term patterns of UFO activity around atomic weapons sites, strategic air bases, and deployed forces. They document objects displaying flight characteristics far beyond known human technology, with repeated interest in America's nuclear arsenal and consistent evasion of interceptors. They also describe electromagnetic and IFF interactions that resembled technical probes or ‘handshakes,’ along with carefully controlled visibility, including loitering and close approaches calibrated to human reactions. The book traces an evolution in UFO behavior and agenda, explores evidence of attempted ‘messaging’ that was ignored by the military, and confronts the deeper question of who is behind the phenomenon. These patterns appear structured, responsive, and escalating in sophistication—exactly the kind of non-verbal signaling ethologists, anthropologists, and militaries recognize as communication across species or cultures. One of its most provocative and carefully argued threads is that UFO activity in this period wasn't random or purely observational—it included clusters of deliberate, inferential signals expressed through behavior rather than language. The authors suggest that high-visibility daylight activity declined sharply in favor of lower-profile nighttime operations—a shift from attempted engagement to long-term behavioral study after ‘message not received.’ It's a sobering case that the real breakdown in ‘communication’ may have been on the human side. This is the most rigorous, evidence-based assessment of UFO intentions ever published.”—ROSS COULTHART, author of In Plain Sight: An Investigation Into UFOs and Impossible Science