Overview
A new Medium post examines the taxonomies of alleged non-human intelligences (NHI) and UFO/UAP craft associated with Robert Emenegger’s book UFOs: Past, Present and Future. Published July 8, 2026, by the account Escape Velocity, the article was prompted by a question on Reddit about the classifications presented in Emenegger’s work and how they compare with descriptions found in other UFO literature.
The post’s author says the research was conducted with collaborator Michael Armentor and analyzed using Moongraph, a database tool developed to compare information across multiple sources. However, the available material does not reproduce the underlying taxonomy or provide a complete list of the alleged beings, craft types, or comparative categories. As a result, the post is best understood as a research and source-comparison project rather than an independently verified catalog of UAP phenomena.
Emenegger’s Work and the Holloman Account
Robert Emenegger is best known in UFO circles for the documentary UFOs: Past, Present and Future, narrated by The Twilight Zone creator and host Rod Serling. The documentary has long been associated with claims that it included approximately eight seconds of film allegedly showing a UAP descending at Holloman Air Force Base in 1964. The Medium article references recent discussion of that account by filmmaker Jeremy Corbell, as well as comments involving Eric Davis and an interview conducted by Matthew Ford on the Good Trouble Show.
The Holloman story remains controversial. While it has been repeatedly cited in UFO media and documentary discussions, the available source material does not establish the authenticity, provenance, or current location of the alleged footage. The post presents the episode as part of the historical context surrounding Emenegger’s work, not as confirmed evidence of extraterrestrial or non-human technology.
Disputed Funding Claims
The article also revisits competing accounts of who financed Emenegger’s documentary. It notes a claim attributed to Corbell that the production received CIA funding, but says the author was unable to locate the specific Weaponized reference in which that assertion was reportedly made.
Instead, the post cites Grant Cameron’s book Managing Magic, which reportedly identifies the John D. MacArthur Foundation, associated with Bankers Life and Trust, as the documentary’s financial backer. According to the account summarized in the post, the organization allegedly requested at the last moment that it not be credited, without providing an explanation. The article further states that researcher Jacques Vallée described or corroborated a similar detail in Revelations: Alien Contact and Human Deception. These claims concern the documentary’s production history and do not, by themselves, verify any UFO-related assertions presented in it.
Research Limits and Context
The post’s central purpose is to compare categories across Emenegger’s book and other literature on alleged beings and craft. Yet the supplied text ends while displaying scanned images and does not include the classifications themselves. No specific NHI types, craft shapes, propulsion systems, behavioral categories, or cross-source conclusions can therefore be responsibly reported from the available material.
The discussion illustrates the difficulty of researching historical UFO claims, where documentary footage, secondhand testimony, disputed funding narratives, and later commentary are often interwoven. Taxonomies can help organize recurring reports, but they do not establish that the reported entities or vehicles exist. Verification would require access to original records, chain-of-custody documentation, technical analysis, and corroboration independent of UFO-focused publications.
