His story was leaked to the public by a CIA pilot, a close friend of his named John Lear, who flew cargo planes for the CIA and set all sorts of aviation records of the 70s.
Good evening, this is John Lear.
It was a day in 1987, into the studio comes a guy named John Lear.
But after doing a little more research on John Lear, I kind of just think he was doing the bidding of the CIA.
What I am saying is that clearly someone on the inside, someone likely connected to John Lear, obviously wanted this story out.
John Lear and his good friend, an aviation photographer and journalist named Jim Goodall, are camping out of Area 51 and Groom Lake constantly.
At the time, Area 51 security is very aware of John Lear and know exactly who he is by Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp's own admission.
They also don't seem to care that John Lear has been systematically spilling secrets about their core UFO program.
While hanging out one day, John Lear shows Lazar a tape of Billy Meyer, a Swedish UFOlogist who has been caught in multiple known hoaxes.
In 1989, Bob Lazar goes public with John Lear introducing him to George Knapp.
But perhaps to get a much clearer understanding of John Lear's potential motivations,
Yes, John Lear had a personal falling out with his father who cut him out of his will.
And actually, when John Lear saw this footage of his father with Townsend Brown, he was reportedly very emotional.