Women in UAP: A Different Kind of Lens
It All Connects! By Lisa Puzo Strickland, PhD
January 2026
I joined The Hollywood Disclosure Alliance (HDA) in December 2023, and from the outset, HDA Co-Founders Dan Harary and Steve Bassett have been exceedingly generous with both their time and guidance, as they have with every member of the HDA.
HDA underscored its commitment to women in the UAP field by hosting a Women in UAP symposium in April 2025, which was well attended and featured five of its members, myself included.
In truth, I, and many others, have found this level of generosity with most everyone within the entire UAP community.
However, despite the overall positive experiences, many women have shared that this level of acceptance for someone new to the arena was not always immediately afforded to them by men. As recently as twenty years ago, far fewer women felt welcomed into the UAP/NHI discipline and their credibility was often questioned or dismissed.
Brit Elders, author of UFO...Contact from the Pleiades (the Billy Meier story) and CEO at ShirleyMacLaine.com, felt this same push back upon entering the field in the 1970’s. She quickly learned, however, how to navigate the then unbalanced terrain.
“Times were very different back in the 70’s when I got involved with the topic of UFOs/UAPs … Trail blazers like Linda Moulton Howe and Coral Lorenzen were very important to the topic because of their straightforwardness … I preferred to listen, learn, and then contribute,” Elders says today.
Elders soon established herself as being a woman with few but incisive words, while her investigative abilities stood on par with those of her male peers.
“Most of the time I was just one of the guys. If an investigation required camping out on the side of a mountain, I was there. If it required hiking into a jungle village to talk to an indigenous elder, I was there. I was always in the company of men and never treated differently because of my sex,” she adds.
There’s no doubt that Brit Elders and women like her blazed the path for those of us who respectfully followed.
“Listen, learn, and then contribute.”
When one attends a UAP conference today, he or she will see a stronger balance of both men and women both on stage and in the audience. More women have entered the field, whether by profession or through interest, so both the landscape and the tones of the conversations are shifting – and they need to.
Karin Austin is the Director of the Center for the Impossible at Rice University where she corresponds with myriad personalities from varying fields. Her reputation for being thoughtfully principled and receptive to all viewpoints is well-earned.
Austin states that with more women stepping into UAP, “We are entering a new paradigm, one beckoning us to explore what the UAP phenomena means, not just to science, but to humanity and all life on earth. This invites us to prioritize cooperation over competition, instincts that are generally intuitive for most women though increasingly valued by more and more men. As the dynamic equalizes, the conversations become more enriched, forward-thinking, and productive.”
And because UAP research sits at the crossroads of defense, science, academics, psychology, and parapsychology - areas that directly gain from diverse thinking – having more women in the UAP field boasts both cultural and scientific benefits.
Women are known to bring a different approach to both the hard and soft sciences, thus paving a heuristic equilibrium between the mechanical realms such as physics or engineering and their softer counterparts in the Humanities.
So, the growth of female participation in UFOLOGY is not only considered a positive by men and women alike but is also evident throughout all three subgroups of the UAP community: the experts, the experiencers, and the enthusiasts.
“Prioritize cooperation over competition.”
THE EXPERTS:
Through attrition, it’s likely that because more women are now working in the male-dominated hard sciences, there has been a natural increase in women joining the UAP field, in part due their deep understanding of design fundamentals and the laws of nature.
One study shows that the number of women involved in STEM research has improved by almost twelve percent over the last twenty years. This boost may be one reason why more women have developed an interest in the aligned studies of non-human made vehicles and anomalous flight patterns.
In addition, because it has become more widely accepted that the UAP experience itself is as much about psychic moments as it is about physics-defying craft, UAP-related research has expanded from nuts and bolts to beliefs and intuitions, thus opening the door to discussions in psychology and philosophy, language and communications, and cultural studies and religion.
These subjects all fall under the Humanities which has been dominated by women since the late 1960’s, thereby making entrance into UAP studies more female-accessible.
Having experts from both the hard and soft sciences coupled with the combination of male and female voices bolsters the legitimacy of the subject and fosters a fair and balanced environment for further study.
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Robert Powell, Executive Director of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), is thrilled to have several women in prominent positions within the organization, including their Scientific Advisor, Public Relations Director, and a member of the Board of Directors.
“Women are more flexible and less rigid in their views than men … I think this openness allows women to have insights into the UAP subject that men may overlook,” he says.
Powell explains, “In the semiconductor industry, where I worked … we were trained in the value of having different personality types on a team to increase the likelihood that the team approach would be much more effective (rather than just having) multiple individuals of the same ilk. We valued diversity and different ideas.”
“We try to practice the same process within SCU. We want more women in decision making roles because women bring tendencies towards personality types that are less prevalent in men. But together, these different personalities lead to more success than when just one personality leads an organization.”
Powell suggests that men, like engineers, tend to be “more structured in their thought processes,” whereas “women are more intuitive” and able to subconsciously bridge evidential information with life experience.
Therefore, having both men and in women in the discussion has proven constructive on many fronts.
“Different personalities lead to more success.”
THE EXPERIENCERS:
Speaking to intuition and how things are perceived differently through the gender lens is neuroscientist Dr. Julie Mossbridge who helms the Mossbridge Institute and was recently interviewed by renowned investigative journalist Chrissy Newton on Newton’s award-winning podcast, Rebelliously Curious.
“I think women are (possibly) more likely to experience psychic effects from downloads or telepathic communication (from a UAP encounter) … I don’t know if they’re more likely to experience it or are more likely to talk about it,” Dr. Mossbridge said in the podcast.
Mossbridge continues, “What truly matters to humanity is the intention, and intention is a non-physical thing. It’s a psychic thing that you pick up on.”
Intention. Why UAP and non-human intelligence are a part of our reality is one of the key inquiries continuously posed by experts, experiencers, and enthusiasts. But while the question remains the same for both genders, the actual experiences themselves between men and women, as well as their responses to them, tend to differ.
However, experiencer and author, Sev Tok, believes that gender differences in responses to UAP experiences seem to be diminishing. Historically, men tended to suppress or hide such experiences due to fear or stigma, whereas women more readily sought assistance. But Tok says that is changing.
“When you come face to face with an extraterrestrial, your life flips upside down. ET contact is not just a 3D experience; it is a multi-dimensional experience challenging your reality,” she says.
“The roles of men and women in our society affect how each digest their ET contact. Since many men view themselves as the protectors of their families … they may have an overwhelming sense of failure, an internalized belief that they can’t protect their children … Without proper support, these feelings may manifest as guilt, shame, or anxiety. Generally, women (have been) more apt to reach out for emotional help than men; however, I have witnessed a shift in the past five years. More male contactees are reaching out … now, it is about 50/50 men and women,” Tok adds.
THE ENTHUSIASTS:
Further expanding the UAP community are women UAP enthusiasts, those who carry that inner calling to heighten their understanding of the true nature of reality.
In addition to the influence of experts and experiencers, we can thank the United States Congress for bringing more female enthusiasts to the platform.
Most notably in this regard have been U.S. House of Representatives Anna Paulina Luna and Nancy Mace -- assertive and visionary women who have taken part in the UAP Congressional testimonies to unearth the facts and push for Disclosure. No matter what one’s political leaning, when a woman anywhere in the world turns on her television or her cell phone and sees other women bravely tackling a controversial topic, it’s going to grab their interest and their respect.
But the impact hasn’t just sprung from the small screens. UAP-related podcasts, book releases, documentaries, and theatrical releases such as Steven Spielberg’s upcoming, Disclosure Day, have cemented the UAP conversation firmly onto the world stage. In fact, the publicity alone surrounding all-things-UAP has become its own phenomena.
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In her interview with Newton, Dr. Mossbridge warns, though, that this peaked global interest and universal aim for Disclosure requires a renewed goal, one that promotes goodness and patience throughout this often tense and hurried process.
“The goal has to be discovering where honest surrender to wisdom and truth and goodness and love - unconditional love - can take us. And if (the quest for Disclosure is) on a good path, naturally more and more people will become interested just because it’s on a good path.
“There is an urge toward goodness in human beings … people get inspired by goodness, and people want to be a part of it.
“So just be and do goodness. Use love. Use faith. Infuse hope. Use wisdom. And you’ll see what happens … we can’t be in a hurry to make everyone believe (in UAP/NHI). That doesn’t work. I think it’s the magnetic approach that we want,” Dr. Mossbridge concludes.
“There is an urge toward goodness in human beings.”
Kasey Hodges, who with podcast partner Kathryn Camsey hosts Fairy & Flame, echoes Mossbridge’s heart-centric perspective and offers some spiritual context.
“As more women enter the field around UAP and Disclosure, the conversation will shift simply because the Divine feminine energy does not want to conquer anything, but rather it wants to listen, be curious, and reveal. And that is how the collective consciousness will evolve. We are not figuring this out for the first time. We are just remembering!”
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Hodges’ comment beautifully resonates with Austin’s call for collaboration, Mossbridge’s “magnetic approach”, and Elders’ advice to first “listen.”
Perhaps this is the real value women bring to the UAP table; not just our intuitive aptitude or our overall propensity for the softer sciences, and not just our tendency to view facts and findings through a different kind of lens thus helping form a fuller perspective. But rather our ability to calmly assess, gather voices, and hear – truly hear.
And to do that, we must listen through the lens of the heart!
SOURCES:
Hollywood Disclosure Alliance: https://www.hollywooddisclosurealliance.org
Brit Elders: https://britelders.com/
Robert Powell, Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, https://www.explorescu.org/
Karin Austin: https://profiles.rice.edu/staff/karin-austin
Sev Tok, www.planetSev.com
Chrissy Newton / Dr. Julia Mossbridge on Rebelliously Curious: https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/julia-mossbridge-phd-on-taboos-fear-and-uap-insights/id1644993683?i=1000663356007
Kasey Hodges, Fairy & Flame: https://fairyandflame.com/
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Lisa Puzo Strickland holds a PhD in Philosophy and Parapsychology. She is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Disclosure Alliance.
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