- Lear was a retired airline captain and a controversial proponent of ufology.
- Lear was born in Chicago in 1929.
- He started flying at a young age and eventually became an airline captain for Braniff International Airways.
- Lear retired from Braniff in 1984 and began to devote his time to investigating UFOs.
- He claimed that he had seen UFOs on numerous occasions and that he had been briefed on the government's secret UFO cover-up.
- Lear's claims were met with skepticism by many, but he continued to speak out about UFOs until his death in 2008.
Lear claims, theories and beliefs:
- Lear claimed that he had been briefed by a high-ranking government official about a secret UFO cover-up.
- He claimed that the government had been in possession of crashed alien spacecraft and that they had been reverse engineering the technology.
- Lear also claimed that the government had been working with extraterrestrials and that they had made a deal to exchange technology.
- He believed that the government was not telling the public the truth about UFOs because they were afraid of the social and political consequences.
Lear also made a number of other controversial claims, including:
- That he had seen a fleet of UFOs over Nevada in 1989.
- That he had been telepathically contacted by aliens.
- That he had been abducted by aliens.
- That the pyramids of Giza were built by aliens.
Lear's claims were never substantiated, and he was often criticized by skeptics and ufologists alike. However, he remained a popular figure in the UFO community until his death in 2008.