Joe Staulia
Joe Staulia (also spelled Joseph Stafula in some sources) is a journalist who served as a contact point for Army Criminal Investigation Command and has reported on classified UAP detection incidents involving US military satellite systems. Staulia is best known for relaying information about a highly classified 1984 DSP satellite UAP detection case.
| Role | Journalist; former Army Criminal Investigation Command contact |
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1984 DSP Fast Walker Case
Staulia received information from an anonymous source about a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite detection event on May 5, 1984. According to the source's account, a highly classified DSP spy satellite operating over the Indian Ocean detected a UAP exhibiting extraordinary flight characteristics:
- Speed: Traveling at 22,000 miles per hour
- Proximity: Came within 1.8 miles of the DSP satellite
- Course change: Made an abrupt directional change
- Trajectory: After passing near the satellite, the object allegedly reversed course and flew back into outer space
The incident was reportedly documented in a top secret incident report summary, which Staulia claimed to have partially confirmed through DSP printout data showing "an event at the same time with the same characteristics."
Verification Efforts
Staulia stated he was able to confirm portions of the incident through official DSP records, though the full classified incident report has never been publicly disclosed. The case has been referenced in multiple UAP research databases and blogs dating back to the 1990s, though tracking down original documentation has proven difficult due to the age of the case and the classified nature of DSP satellite operations.
Significance
The case Staulia reported represents one of the earliest documented claims of a specific Fast Walker event detected by DSP satellites, predating Bob Fish's similar account by several years. The consistency between Staulia's 1984 case and Fish's later testimony about DSP personnel detecting objects making course corrections strengthens the overall evidence that US space-based sensors have been tracking controlled objects entering and leaving Earth's atmosphere.