Matthew Sullivan
Matthew Sullivan, call sign "Quake," was a decorated U.S. Air Force intelligence officer who served within Air Force Intelligence, the National Security Agency, and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). He earned a Bronze Star for Valor for his service in Operation Enduring Freedom. Sullivan died in 2023 under circumstances his family and associates have described as an "accidental overdose," a death that occurred shortly before he was reportedly set to travel to Capitol Hill to testify about his knowledge of UAP-related activities.
| Role | U.S. Air Force intelligence officer; Bronze Star recipient; alleged UAP whistleblower source for David Grusch |
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Role in UAP Programs
David Grusch has publicly identified Sullivan as a personal friend, a fellow Air Force intelligence officer he served alongside, and one of the sources for his UAP-related investigation. In a Fox News interview referenced by UAP Gerb's Special Access Required Vol.2, Grusch stated that Sullivan "passed away mysteriously before he was willing... to come to the Hill to testify about his knowledge of these activities," and that Sullivan's death remains an ongoing FBI matter, declining to characterize it further. UAP Gerb connects an earlier, unnamed Grusch reference to a NASIC analyst who allegedly conducted UAP-related work covertly, without informing his chain of command — "the night job of a certain analyst at NASC" — to Sullivan, given his NASIC assignment. UAP Gerb presents Sullivan's death as a possible example of the "wet works" and program-protection activity the video alleges legacy UFO programs have used against prospective whistleblowers, while noting the matter remains an open federal investigation.