Thomas Carey
Thomas J. Carey is a native Philadelphian and Air Force veteran who held a TOP SECRET/CRYPTO clearance. He has been a Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) State Section Director for Southeastern Pennsylvania from 1986 to 2001, a Special Investigator for the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) from 1991 to 2001, and a member of the CUFOS board of directors from 1997 to 2001. Tom began investigating aspects of the Roswell Incident in 1991 for the Roswell investigative team of Kevin Randle and Don Schmitt, and since 1998 has teamed exclusively with Don Schmitt to continue a proactive investigation of the case.
Tom has authored or coauthored more than 40 published articles about the Roswell events of 1947, and has contributed to a number of books on the subject as well. He has appeared as a guest on many radio and TV shows throughout the country, including Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell and George Noory. Tom was a consultant and interviewee on the highly acclaimed and rated 2002, two-hour SyFy Channel documentary, The Roswell Crash: Startling New Evidence, the History Channel’s Conspiracy Theory, the Travel Channel’s Weird Travels - Roswell, the SyFy Channel’s SyFy Investigates and the History Channel’s, The UFO Hunters. He was also a featured interviewee on the 20th Century Fox, Golden Anniversary, re-release DVD of the 1951 sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Carey's 2007 book, co-authored with Don Schmitt, "Witness to Roswell: Unmasking the 60-Year Cover-Up," was the #1 best-selling UFO book in the world in 2007-2008. Its sequel, "Witness to Roswell: Unmasking the Government’s Biggest Cover-Up," published 2009, remains a best seller. Both books are considered to be the best books ever written about the “Roswell Incident.”
Tom and his wife Doreen have two grown children and reside in Pennsylvania.