Bill Uhouse
Bill Uhouse (William G. Uhouse) was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and mechanical engineer who disclosed, through Steven Greer's Disclosure Project in October 2001, that he had worked as a design engineer on a flying disc simulator at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and for a private defense contractor — and that the simulator was built based on a craft recovered in the 1953 Kingman, Arizona Crash Retrieval. Unlike many witnesses who disclosed through Greer, Uhouse's military background has been independently verified through preserved newspaper records, lending his account greater evidentiary weight.
| Role | Former USMC Captain; mechanical engineer; defense contractor; flying disc simulator whistleblower |
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Military Service
Uhouse served 14 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, retiring at the rank of Captain. His service included combat tours in Korea. Independent verification of his record exists in two newspaper sources:
- A clipping from March 3, 1949, records William G. Uhouse's reenlistment with the Marine Corps after prior USMC service.
- A 1953 Evening Times article confirms eight years of USMC service, Korea tours, and his role in the Second Engineers Battalion, demonstrating technical and combat engineering experience.
Following his USMC service, Uhouse worked for approximately 10 years in the core, then four years working with the U.S. Air Force and private industry on experimental aircraft testing.
Flying Disc Simulator Claims
Uhouse claimed that a representative from Link Aviation — a simulator manufacturer company — invited him to contribute to the construction of flight simulators. The work included an F-102 simulator, a B-47 simulator, and later a flying disc simulator. According to Uhouse, the disc simulator was modeled on the Kingman crash craft, which he described as approximately 30 meters in diameter. He stated the simulator became operable around 1958 and fully operational in 1963 to 1964.
Uhouse further claimed that the recovered Kingman craft was transported to Area 51 (Groom Lake) while the dead pilots were taken to Los Alamos National Laboratory — the primary facility of the Atomic Energy Commission in New Mexico, which also oversaw Operation Upshot-Knothole. He additionally referenced a recovered extraterrestrial humanoid codenamed J-Rod, though this was not the focus of his Kingman-related testimony.
Credibility Assessment
UAP Gerb and researcher Richard Gild Jr. note that Uhouse's disclosure route — through Greer — is a common source of skepticism, as Greer himself is considered a controversial figure prone to embellishment. However, Gild's archival investigation confirmed Uhouse's USMC record and defense contractor work in experimental aviation, separating his personal background from the platform through which he chose to disclose. As UAP Gerb observes, many credible whistleblowers in this space disclosed through Greer because they had no other available channel — including Michael Herrera and others who have since regretted the association.
Uhouse's independent claim about the Kingman craft — made without prior contact with Arthur Stansel Jr. — corroborates key details of Stansel's account, particularly the craft's approximate size, the desert crash location, and the AEC organizational context of its recovery.