Larry Holcombe is an author, ufologist, conspiracy theorist and generally somewhat colorful figure. He is perhaps most famous for his 2015 book The Presidents And UFOs: A Secret History From FDR To Obama, which alleges that all presidents since FDR have had extensive knowledge about UFOs and extraterrestrials (there are apparently “four ... races of extraterrestrials that visit Earth, one of which is considered hostile”), have wanted to go public with the information, and have been consistently blocked by intelligence officials for reasons that remain somewhat diffuse. Holcombe’s book is accordingly a bit repetitive, with the same basic story told for each president: some civilians and/or military people see a strange object; the observers are told to keep quiet while the Air Force debunks; additional details later leak out. Though Holcombe attempts to prop up the narrative with official documents, it should be unnecessary to mention that the evidence for extraterrestrials in general and his narrative in particular remain – to put it diplomatically – inconclusive.
It is all very, very standard fare for UFO conspiracy theorists. Holcombe also believes “that Roswell, and the bungling of crash retrieval events, was the defining moment in the development of the United States policy towards the UFO issue”, complains about “media indifference to the UFO issue” and has, as is virtually required (and unavoidable) for people in his business, had his own UFO encounter back in 1995. Coast to Coast AM has naturally picked up the story.
Diagnosis: The realization that ‘Wait, the program that is featuring my story is Coast to Coast AM’ should beget some moments of self-reflection for reasonable people. At least Larry Holcombe seems to be generally harmless.
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