Meet The Startup Summoning UFOs: Skywatcher Interview

Skywatcher is a private technology company founded by former U.S. Army Sergeant Major James Fowler, dedicated to detecting, tracking, and classifying UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) using military-grade sensors, radar, electro-optical cameras, infrared imaging, and signal intelligence. The company emerged accidentally from a 2021 government war game exercise in which anomalous objects were observed that defied conventional identification. Over roughly five years of operation, Skywatcher claims a near-100% success rate in detecting UAPs when active, has built a nine-class taxonomy of distinct UAP types, and has accumulated terabytes of multi-spectrum data. Fowler positions the company as a commercially funded, non-whistleblower-driven effort to bring scientific rigor to a field long dominated by government secrecy, religious interpretation, and speculative philosophy.

Skywatcher’s origin and operational model

• Fowler spent 23 years in the military, retiring as a sergeant major in 2020, and subsequently ran companies contracted for government war game exercises.
• During a 2021 war game event designed to test blue-team defensive systems against red-team drone incursions, a team member (referred to as “Mr. K,” a physicist and engineer) noticed anomalous flashing objects on sensor systems — a formation of seven Class 1 UAPs — that were invisible to the naked eye and undetectable by human observers on the roof with binoculars.
• The team initially assumed the objects were classified U.S. technology and kept them secret, but after repeated observations and the realization that no known government program matched what they were seeing, they began developing Skywatcher as a dedicated detection platform.
• Two anonymous pioneers are credited: Mr. K, who first identified the UAPs and the “dog whistle” (a signal or emission that appears to attract UAPs), and “Mr. D,” who figured out how to detect UAP signals via direction-finding and geolocation, enabling camera targeting.
• Skywatcher operates as a commercial entity, not a government contractor for UAP work specifically; government contracts have been for war games and air defense exercises where UAP observation was a secondary, unofficial byproduct.

The nine UAP classes and their observed characteristics

• Class 1 — The Tetrahedron (“Tetra”): Black-bodied, tumbling object that appears to wear a vapor “hat” caused by pressure differentials (similar to sonic boom vapor). Flashes as it catches sunlight. Flies in formations of 3–20. Visible across electro-optical, shortwave IR, mediumwave IR, and radar. Deviates flight paths to pass through active telemetry/radar bubbles.
• Class 2 — The Tic Tac: ~40-foot elongated object. Not a smooth cylinder — close-up imaging reveals spike-like protrusions around the perimeter (“porcupine” appearance). Appears to bend or flex during high-G maneuvers (semi-rigid or flexible structure). Uses terrain to hide from sensors. Arrives in groups of 1–3 but departs individually. Visible on multiple imaging bands and laser rangefinder, but no confirmed radar or SIGINT returns.
• Class 3 — The Blob: Pepto-Bismol-colored cloud with a golden, flame-like filament or cylinder at its center. Flies a stable trajectory but vibrates instantaneously within a constrained tube-like area (described as a “Tasmanian devil in a subway tunnel”). Defies known physics. Never seen up close. Visible on imagery and radar.
• Class 4 — The Orb: Only observed during specific government-contracted activities that cannot be commercially replicated. Visible only in infrared (shortwave and mediumwave), never on radar. Flies in pairs, camps in position for hours, and moves in tandem. Not consistent with celestial bodies or known drones.
• Class 5 — The Manta Ray: Black body ~2.5 meters in diameter with possible plasma-like emissions from vents on top. Tumbles and rotates, blinks out of visibility, flies against the wind. Visible on radar and all imaging bands. Elusive — only observed a handful of times. In February 2025, one hovered in the sky alongside a Tic Tac for ~25 minutes.
• Class 6 — The Bright Star: Vibrates so rapidly that cameras perceive three objects (one center, one left, one right). Radar interprets the vibration signature as a propeller, then reverts to non-propeller when vibration stops. Cycles through energy buildup and exhaustion. Exhibits signature management — appears to actively resist tracking. Possibly human-made, but no confirmation.
• Class 7 — The Jellyfish: One of the most commonly observed classes. Has a head ~2–3 meters across with tentacles ~5 meters long. Emits microwave energy that interferes with and disables sensor systems. Tentacles exhibit a “Pac-Man” U-shape when flying into or perpendicular to wind (indicating active propulsion, not passive floating). Evades helicopter intercepts despite apparently low airspeed. In February 2025, two flew in a coordinated pair for the first time.
• Class 8 — The Hornet: Slow-moving (~20 knots). Detected on radar and imaging but consistently invisible from the air — helicopter crews within 200 meters could not see it despite knowing its exact location. Cloaking appears directional: effective against airborne observers but not ground-based sensors.
• Class 9 — The Egg: The class associated with psionic “calling” efforts. Linked to Jake Barber’s reported retrieval of an egg-shaped craft of non-human origin. Fowler is cautious about confirming its physical reality but acknowledges the goal of achieving a controlled landing through peaceful psionic means.

Key observations about UAP behavior and interactions

• UAPs consistently deviate flight paths to pass through the “bubble” of active radar, jamming, and telemetry systems — behavior interpreted as probing or measuring sensor capabilities.
• UAPs appear to react to human intent: in one 2023 incident, a Class 6 was targeted with a microwave energy weapon; before the antenna could be aimed, the UAP fired back with an energy weapon that shut down three independent, non-networked systems. In February 2025, a Tic Tac sat motionless for ~25 minutes while observed from the ground, then departed the moment Fowler turned to run toward the helicopter to chase it.
• Cloaking is directional: ground-based sensors can see UAPs that are invisible to airborne observers in the same airspace, suggesting the cloaking method does not extend uniformly in all directions.
• A “dog whistle” — a specific signal or emission — appears to attract UAPs. When activated, UAPs arrive day after day. When deactivated during control experiments, no UAPs are observed.
• UAPs are only present during a narrow, specific time of day (not disclosed publicly).
• Four crash events have been observed (three Class 1s in 2023, one Class 8 in 2024), but no wreckage has been recovered despite extensive ground searches in rugged desert terrain.

The role of psionic assets and the “double-blind” methodology

• Skywatcher employs psionic practitioners (led by an individual named Jordan) who attempt to “call in” or communicate with UAPs. Jordan predicted a “conflict in the sky” the night before a major multi-class UAP event in February 2025 — a prediction that came true.
• The team maintains a strict separation between the sensor/operations team and the psionic team (analogous to a double-blind protocol): psionics are not told when UAPs are detected, and operators are not told what psionics are doing, to avoid cross-contamination of data.
• Fowler is personally skeptical of psionics but acknowledges personal observations that “appear to validate” their methods. He insists on scientific rigor and repeated testing before drawing causal conclusions.
• The Class 9 “egg” is the class most associated with psionic calling efforts. Jake Barber has expressed confidence in achieving a landing, though Fowler has no expectation of a specific timeline.

Government engagement, secrecy, and the politics of disclosure

• Fowler has briefed multiple government agencies, VCs, high-net-worth individuals, and congressional staff. He routinely asks the government to classify his data, issue an NDA, or tell him to stop — they refuse to do any of these things.
• Government responses consistently follow a pattern: initial interest, a call to a classified program that “has no knowledge of what you’re describing,” followed by a “deer in the headlights” reaction. In one classified meeting, a government UAP expert smirked and said, “Maybe it’s off planet” — a statement treated as taboo even among cleared personnel.
• Fowler believes the government possesses advanced secret physics and materials science (possibly dating to the end of WWII) developed by aerospace contractors, and that disclosure is ultimately about releasing the science — not the technology — to the public while protecting national defense secrets.
• He theorizes that UAPs observed in the sky may be a “soft disclosure” mechanism: by flying advanced physics-based craft in observable airspace, they allow civilian scientists and companies like Skywatcher to reverse-engineer first principles, effectively leaking secret science without the government having to acknowledge it.
• Three categories of people hinder progress: (1) religious interpreters who filter UAPs through angel/demon frameworks, (2) nationalist/security hawks who assume everything is adversarial and view Skywatcher as a threat to national security, and (3) the genuinely open-minded who let data drive conclusions.
• Fowler suspects information operations and paid debunking campaigns (e.g., coordinated bot activity on Reddit) are actively working to discredit Skywatcher, though he does not know by whom.

Broader implications and future goals

• Fowler views the “Jersey drone” incident of late 2024 as likely a sustained Chinese incursion demonstrating the ability to fly with impunity in U.S. airspace — a view supported by the prior Chinese HAB (high-altitude balloon) incursion over ICBM detection sites. He notes the NORAD commander’s public admission that defensive technology has not kept pace with the threat.
• Skywatcher’s five-year goal is integration into the “Golden Dome” (the U.S. integrated air and missile defense shield), deploying its sensor networks nationwide to achieve comprehensive airspace awareness.
• The company’s ultimate aspiration is peaceful contact or retrieval of a landed craft — most likely the Class 9 egg through psionic means — which would provide material evidence and answer fundamental questions about the origin and technology of UAPs.
• Fowler emphasizes that Skywatcher is not seeking conflict: “We are not trying to go to war or have an intergalactic battle. We want to observe, collect, and understand.”
• He acknowledges the philosophical complexity of the field — that secret government physics, non-human intelligence, adversary nations, consciousness-based phenomena, and holographic projections may all be separate, non-overlapping threads rather than one neat narrative.