Stan Romanek

Stanley Tiger Romanek (born December 1, 1962) is an American author, documented con-artist and convicted sex offender. Romanek’s first public claims began after a reported UFO sighting near Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado in December 2000. Following these claims, he began filming videos of alleged UFOs and entities, which were shared within the UFO research community, including with organizations like MUFON. He gained major national attention when he appeared on Larry King Live on May 30, 2008, to promote his "Boo Video," which supposedly showed an alien peeking through a window. During this time, he also frequently appeared on the radio show Coast to Coast AM. His book, Messages: The World's Most Documented Extraterrestrial Contact Story, was published in 2009, further cementing his name in paranormal circles. He was the subject of the documentary film Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story. His claims include: being abducted by aliens; being implanted with an alien artifact; having sustained mysterious injuries inflicted by aliens; having experienced telepathic communications with aliens; being dressed in women's clothing by aliens and to have fathered human-alien hybrid offspring. Romanek has been unable to corroborate any of his alien-related claims. On August 8, 2017, Romanek was found guilty of felony possession of child pornography. On December 14, 2017, he was sentenced to serve two years in a community corrections facility. He is now a registered sex offender in the level 3 program for severe deniers. He is unable to use unmonitored computers or contact children under 18 without special approval. Romanek was resentenced on November 30, 2020, to 10 years of sex offender intensive supervised probation for violating the terms of his original sentence. Romanek was set to be resentenced on September 3, 2025, for additional sanction and possible additional incarceration after he was accused by prosecutors of violating...