John Lear has Passed March 29, 2022

[DNA]

I'm a big fan of John Lear.
He's had a huge role with UFO study in the last forty years.
His photography of groom lake aerial phenomenon, his role in Bob Lazar coming forward, he had a role in the dulce papers coming out I do believe. So many wonderful nights listening to coast to coast with Art Bell and John Lear.
Truth be told my favorite Coast interviews where always John Lear.
If anybody could come back and tell us what's really going on, it would be John.
Bless your soul John Lear you lived a brave life. A true warrior for truth!


LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Famed Nevada aviator John Lear, known for his world records and his UFO activism, has died.

Lear passed away in his sleep Tuesday night at his Las Vegas home, according to his daughter Allison.


Lear is the son of Bill Lear, who developed the Lear Jet.

John Lear carved his own path, setting multiple records as an aviator. During the Vietnam era, he flew cargo planes for the CIA.

In the 1980s, Lear became an outspoken critic of an alleged government cover-up of UFOs, and his interviews on Channel 8 were seen all over the world.


Lear’s friendship with a scientist named Bob Lazar helped up the Area 51 military base on the map.

To see some of Lear’s interviews with 8 News Now, visit this link.


https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/ufo-activist-nevada-aviator-john-lear-dies/

[Harmony]

Thank you John for all that you did. May your journey continue on and be just what you want it to be :heart:

[Did You See Them]

Heard this earlier but hoped it was just another fake - died a few times as I remember. Is this legit ?
R.I.P John.
Still got my Tin Foil hat you signed for me.
Will sip a brandy and light a Havana in your honour tonight.

[Mike]

The timing of this is strange. I was just watching a Lear interview the other day and asking a friend: "have you ever listened to John Lear? He's fascinating.."

It's strange because I hadn't listened to him in ages until then. Just had a random urge to revisit him.

I think he is the most listenable interview in the alternative media world. How much of what he said was actually true is up for debate (the moon was built on Jupiter? How can anything be built on Jupiter???:bigsmile:), but it was great fun to listen to nonetheless. You were never not going to be entertained by a John Lear interview.

R.I.P. John, and thanks for all the fun.

[thepainterdoug]

I painted John as part of my whistleblower series. He was probably one of the best examples of just that and contributed greatly to us all.
THANK YOU JOHN LEAR

[TravelerJim]

I have been following the UFO/ET/Secret Govt/Etc. story since 1995 and the great ones have been passing much too often as of late.

The thing about Lear I remember the most is that he would make what at the time seemed to be outrageous statements, and over and over I would discount those statements, only to figure out later he was actually very much over-target.

RIP.

[Did You See Them]

$hit ! - confirmed !
To the Stars John !
R.I.P

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Kerry Cassidy yesterday, as a very brief placeholder report. I'm sure there'll be many tributes. We may even hear something from Bob Lazar and George Knapp.

He was a very, very remarkable man, by absolutely any standards. Like so many we've lost recently, maybe almost impossible to replace.

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https://projectcamelotportal.com/2022/03/30/john-lear-copy

[Did You See Them]

I notice they have restored his wiki page now - it was removed in 2007 !

Thanks runningdeer for adding link below.

[RunningDeer]

I notice they have restored his wiki page now - it was removed in 2007 !

John Olsen Lear Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Olsen_Lear)

Godspeed, John Lear. :heart:

[Denise/Dizi]

Off to see the Great Pumpkin... Thank You for everything that you did, and for being you, it sure was a wild ride my friend...

[Mike Gorman]

I remember listening to John Lear's accounts of Wednesday night visits to watch the 'Craft' flying from area 51 on Bob Lazar's inside information, John had a flamboyant, colourful style, very sorry to hear he has passed, a part of history has closed really. RIP to the pilot extraordinaire!

[ExomatrixTV]

John Lear 1987... (I saw this video 32 years ago!)

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John Lear talks UFO's with George Knapp "On The Record"

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The John Lear Interview - Bill Cooper February 1993:

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Bill (still dealing with laryngitis) broadcasts another old interview, this time with “CIA Pilot” John Lear. They discuss UFOs and whether their origins are extraterrestrial or man-made, as well as mind control being used against “victims” of alien abductions. Originally re-broadcast on February 05, 1993.


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Immaculate Deception: EPISODE 1 (https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2489103897)

The "Godfather of Conspiracy" and former CIA pilot, John Lear (disinherited heir to the Lear Jet aviation empire) takes us on a journey down the rabbit hole. With unprecedented access to this enigmatic man and those who surround him, the world has yet to hear these philosophies and confessions. An undaunted explorer who investigates not only the stars but, more importantly, the human heart. A testament to the power of curiosity, and a blueprint of how to weaponize it. Many hail John Lear as a courageous prophet of truth. Many more besmirch him as a charlatan and a kook. John will entertain either. ImmaculateDeception.com (http://ImmaculateDeception.com) DIRECTOR: Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell PRODUCER: Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell


source (https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2489103897)

When you do an internal search on ProjectAvalon.net/forum4 and search in "titles only" there are 33 Project Avalon Forum Threads discussing John Lear!


R.I.P. John Lear ... he made a big impression on me when I started in my Full Time UFO Research since 1990 onward!

cheers,
John


See also:


Some interesting writing from John Lear (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?106407-Some-interesting-writing-from-John-Lear)
Who is John Lear (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?26134-Who-is-John-Lear)
John Lear is 'Back' on C2C - 9-11 Conspiracies & Lunar Civilizations! (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?43275-John-Lear-is-Back-on-C2C-9-11-Conspiracies-Lunar-Civilizations..-)
Taj and Nyssa talk with John Lear on The Divine Truth on Revolution Radio (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?96495-Taj-and-Nyssa-talk-with-John-Lear-on-The-Divine-Truth-on-Revolution-Radio)
Project Camelot | John Lear | Revisited | 4/5/17 (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?97507-Project-Camelot-John-Lear-Revisited-4-5-17)
Gotta LOVE John Lear , at least 50/50 (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?106092-GOTTA-LOVE-JOHN-LEAR-at-least-50-50)
New John Lear: UFOs and everything - The Moore Show (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?104468-New-John-Lear-UFOs-and-everything-The-Moore-Show)
Camelot interviews John Lear: Re 'tictac' sighting & secret Pentagon program 5 Jan 2018 (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?101193-Camelot-interviews-John-Lear-Re-tictac-sighting-secret-Pentagon-program-5-Jan-2018)
John Lear..."A Day With A Extraterrestial" By Lou Baldwin. (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?26592-John-Lear..-A-Day-With-A-Extraterrestial-BY-Lou-Baldwin...)
John Lear 'Dumps' the 'MOTHERLOAD' on 'Everything' he knows..! (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?69072-John-Lear-Dumps-the-MOTHERLOAD-on-Everything-he-knows..-)
John Lear - Revelations (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?51665-John-Lear-Revelations)
The John Lear Disclosure (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?50710-The-John-Lear-Disclosure.....)

[fulcanelli]

may his next adventure, be even more thrilling than the last...

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look forward to seeing you again, john!

[fulcanelli]

while JL made some far-fetched claims, during the latter part of his time here, much of his intel from the late 80's & 90's was spot-on.

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those of us in this thread, along with many others, worldwide, will always remember him fondly & continue to realize, he wasn't as far-out as we once thought..

[ExomatrixTV]

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[Sunny-side-up]

Happy journey John and thank you for helping many get out side the box :moon:

[Did You See Them]

Raised a Glass to John - Thanks for the ride .. so far !
Now where is the contents of your "den" going ??

[Bill Ryan]

Here's the link to Project Camelot's 1 April tribute show, featuring Kerry Cassidy, Jim Goodall, Sean David Morton, Rick Doty, and Lorien Fenton. I've not listened to this yet, but that's quite an all-star cast.

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https://rumble.com/vze1gk-john-lear-tribute-show-celebrating-a-great-pilot-and-showman.html
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[Bright Skies]

The great John Lear passed away last week on Tuesday 29th March however I only learnt of this sad news this morning (Australian time) right here on Project Avalon.

Even though I am more of a lurker, I always follow Bill Ryan's posts on here (which I find is one of the best ways to keep up to speed in the conspiracy reality world in which we live) and I found this thread.

Over the last few years I was concerned that one day I would discover the news that John Lear had passed due to his frailty from his long-standing injuries. Sadly, that time has now come. :( But my goodness, what an adventure he had! :star: And how lucky are we that he shared it with us!

I have been interested in UFOs since I was a young child in the 1980s and John Lear was my favourite UFO researcher and I first discovered his works in the 1990s when I was a teenager – for example his 'working hypothesis' from 1987 and 'The Krill Papers' from 1988 which he authored with his fellow researcher John Grace (it wasn't a joke, but a serious compilation of information that they had uncovered at the time). Glenn Campbell's 'UFO Mind' website was a good place to start back then which had a chronological list and links to all of John Lear's early papers. I also remember reading Hansson's Affidavit which painted John Lear in a controversial light, however that just added to the swashbuckling character that we came to know and love as John Lear.

I also watched his appearances on various documentaries on VHS such as 'UFOs & Area: Secrets of the Black World' created by Michael Hesemann. Of course if it wasn't for John Lear and his interaction with George Knapp the Bob Lazar story would not have been known. I am saddened that Jeremy Corbell's recent 2018 documentary on Bob Lazar excluded John Lear as they had a falling out, however Jeremy Corbell certainly did some good work with John Lear before that.

After a hiatus in the late 1990s John Lear came back with a bang when re-appearing on Coast to Coast with Art Bell in 2003 with his 'disclosure briefing (https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/john-lear-s-disclosure-briefing/)' when he provided a briefing to Art Bell and asked him if he was in a position within government to disclose such information to the public would he be comfortable releasing it?

After that John Lear was active once again, not just in UFO research but greater conspiracy research – the moon, 9/11 and more. He shared 'The Living Moon (https://www.thelivingmoon.com/)' website with his friend Ron Schmidt (who has also passed). This is the period when Kerry Cassidy conducted her first 'Flying Into The Sun With John Lear' Project Camelot interview with him in August 2006 and then both Bill and Kerry conducted their legendary Project Camelot interview 'John Lear Tells All (https://projectcamelot.org/john_lear.html)' in April 2008. Miles Johnston of The Bases Project also performed a range of epic interviews with him over the years.

One of the things that made John Lear so special and adored was that he was so open and accessible and anyone had the opportunity to have a chat with him – he was active on Coast to Coast's Fantastic Forum, Above Top Secret and even the infamous Godlike Productions such as his thread 'I am the real John Lear...ask me a question'. John Lear always made time and effort to respond to people's questions through forum posts, personal messages, e-mails (johnlear@cox.net) and even phone calls and he welcomed visitors into his large hacienda home (1414 N Hollywood Blvd) – which ended up being sold in 2020. It was always strange to imagine John Lear without his legendary lair.


I notice they have restored his wiki page now - it was removed in 2007 !

Thanks runningdeer for adding link below.

It is wonderful that John Lear is now back on Wikipedia! And the current Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Olsen_Lear) is completely new – created on 10 February 2022‎.

Believe it or not, I was actually the author of the original John Lear Wikipedia page that was unfortunately deleted (and which John Lear mentioned on Bill and Kerry’s 'John Lear Tells All' interview). I created the original article on: Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 8:35:04 PM (according to the official timestamp on the page I had saved back then!). I remember I was baffled as to why he was not on Wikipedia yet.

And as you mentioned it was deleted in 2007 – 13 June 2007 in fact. I was angered when it was deleted in such a discriminatory and prejudicial way and after that I stopped all contributions to Wikipedia. Needless to say Wikipedia does not represent the truth, only the 'official narrative'. :silent:

The following is my post on Above Top Secret in 2007 after it was deleted (my username was Strawberry_Icecream): https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread266851/pg2#pid3285696

Re-reading all of this I'm still fuming!

In tribute, I will post the original Wikipedia article here as it was in 2007 when it was deleted:

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John Lear

John Lear (b. 1942 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942)) is an accomplished former pilot and well-known Ufologist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufologist). He is the son of aviation pioneer, inventor and founder of the Lear Jet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learjet) Corporation, Bill Lear (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lear).

Aviation background

John Lear, now retired from flying, amassed over 19,000 hours of flight time, and has flown in over 100 different types of airplanes in 60 different countries around the world. He flew both commercially and in missions worldwide for the CIA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency). John Lear is the only pilot to hold every airman certificate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_licensing_and_certification) issued by the FAA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration), and has held many world records. [1]

Early research work

John Lear claims to have always had a slight interest in UFOs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object). Sometime in the mid-1980s, he read the book Missing Time by Budd Hopkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins), a book on alien abduction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction). This was to become a turning point. From then on John began heavily researching the subject, including tracking down and interviewing many witnesses and individuals involved in the phenomenon. Soon after, in about 1987 or 1988, John Lear began writing and lecturing on the subject.

Involvement with Bob Lazar and Area 51 / S-4

In the summer of 1988, John met a physicist named Bob Lazar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lazar), and soon became intimately involved in the Area 51 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51) / S-4 story. It is claimed that Lazar worked at the S-4 test site (approx. 10 miles south of Area 51) from December 1988 to March 1989, where he took part in the reverse engineering (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering) of extraterrestrial craft. During this time Lazar relayed information to Lear about his alleged activities and experiences there.

During this time both Lear and Lazar claim that they were able to acquire a piece of the fuel that powered the craft, Element 115 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscovium), conducting several experiments that proved the high gravitational attraction and heaviness of the element, among other things. Though, apparently, this evidence was "stolen" back.

Around March 1989 Bob Lazar, John Lear, Gene Huff and others organized several trips into the desert to view test flights from a distance. On one of these excursions, Lear claims to have witnessed a glowing yellow-orange, disc-shaped object that rose above the mountains at Groom Lake while looking through a Celestron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestron) telescope (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope). On one of these trips, the group was eventually caught, and shortly thereafter, Bob Lazar ceased working at the test site.

In late 1989 KLAS-TV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLAS-TV) reporter George Knapp (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Knapp_(television_journalist)) interviewed John Lear, which resulted in Knapp interviewing Bob Lazar and breaking the Area 51 / S-4 story to the public.

1990s to Present

In the mid to late '90s, John Lear had a break from UFO research. In November (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November) 2003 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003) Lear appeared on the popular Coast to Coast AM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_to_Coast_AM) radio show to give an interview (first time in a decade) with Art Bell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Bell), where he shared his views on UFO Disclosure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_M._Greer), among other topics. In March 2004 he appeared in another interview discussing revelations and theories about the moon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon). Most recently John Lear has become a regular posting member on the conspiracy based discussion forums fantasticforum.com (Coast to Coast AM discussion forum) [2], and Abovetopsecret.com [3] where his Moon Photo Anomalies (https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread225616/pg1) discussion thread has become very popular.

A third interview on Coast to Coast occurred in January of 2007, with Richard C. Hoagland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_C._Hoagland), discussing their theories regarding artificial structures and life on the moon.

Bibliography

UFOs & Area 51: Secrets of the Black World 1995, video recording, 2000 Film Productions, directed by Michael Hesemann.
Conspiracy 1996, video recording, Mystery Clock Cinema, directed by Brendan Young.
John Lear Interview 1994, radio broadcast, Coast To Coast AM, 2 September, presented by Art Bell.
Aerial Revelations 2003, radio broadcast, Coast To Coast AM, 30 November, presented by Art Bell.
Revelations 2004, radio broadcast, Coast To Coast AM, 21 March, presented by Art Bell.

References

See also

UFO conspiracy theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_conspiracy_theories)
Bob Lazar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lazar)

External links

John Lear's biography and interview excerpts (http://www.greatdreams.com/John-Lear.htm)
John Lear's guest page on Coast To Coast AM (https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/lear-john-6252/)
Recent Project Camelot video interview with John Lear (https://projectcamelot.org/john_lear.html)
John Lear's Discussion Forum on AboveTopSecret.com (http://johnlear.abovetopsecret.com/)

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After that I then published a much more extensive version of the article on a conspiracy-focused Wikipedia-like site called TinWiki.org. As mentioned John Lear was open and accessible and I actually sent him the page to proof-read and check and he was very appreciative and also added some corrections. "Wow. You have done some incredibly accurate work." he mentioned to me in a personal message. For me, a young 'fan', to get a message like that from John Lear was quite something.

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Around this time in another conversation I asked a question about Bob Lazar seeing the alien at S-4 and incredibly in his answer John Lear included the original drawing that Bob Lazar made, which up until that point I don't think had ever been released.

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Thank you John Lear for your work for truth and humanity and the time you gave to all of us. :heart: You have certainly passed the 'test' on this physical plane and are indeed on your 'next adventure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSSTfbbreT4)'. (Where's the pumpkin emoji?)

Like many others I will always remember John Lear's rule for living – "Live your life without envy, hate or greed."

I will end this tribute post with the humorous words of John Lear from the end of Bill and Kerry's legendary Project Camelot interview 'John Lear Tells All' from April 2008:

John Lear: [...] All we can do is be responsible for ourselves. And that's to live our lives without envy, hate or greed, and to tell each member of our family how much we love them, and to tell them that every day.

I TRY living without envy, hate and greed. But there are sure a lot of assholes out there so...

[laughs]

Kerry Cassidy: That's great, I think we'll make that our ending.

[laughs]

:ROFL:

[Bill Ryan]

Here's the link to Project Camelot's 1 April tribute show, featuring Kerry Cassidy, Jim Goodall, Sean David Morton, Rick Doty, and Lorien Fenton. I've not listened to this yet, but that's quite an all-star cast.

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https://rumble.com/vze1gk-john-lear-tribute-show-celebrating-a-great-pilot-and-showman.html
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This is rather chaotic sometimes (but who cares! :bigsmile: ), and it's a whole bunch of wild fun.... recommended. :heart:

[Johnnycomelately]

I knew of John Lear, but haven’t studied him. Apologies if this interview has been posted previous. By a young George Knapp, 1987.

At least, he is still in the alt-news.

Hidden Alien Bases on Mars? Pilot John Lear Speaks Out

Chris Lehto
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“Join us as we explore the riveting 1987 interview with John Lear, a renowned pilot and UFO researcher, conducted by investigative journalist George Knapp on KLAS TV's "On The Record." In this candid conversation, Lear makes bold claims about government cover-ups, secret extraterrestrial collaborations, and hidden alien bases on the Moon and Mars. This interview, part of a three-part series, delves into the mysteries that have intrigued and perplexed the UFO research community for decades. Discover Lear's controversial views and the significant impact they had on the ongoing debate about UFOs and extraterrestrial life.“


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYgG8CKFHXE