Brian O'Leary

Brian O'Leary (1940-2011) was a NASA scientist-astronaut, recruited as a member of the sixth astronaut group in August 1967. He resigned a year later without ever flying in space.

He appeared in Fox TV's 2001 "documentary" Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?, which re-ignited public interest in the Moon landing hoax claims. His interview during the show appears to support the hoax claim; later, it turned out that he had been quoted out of context.

In his later years, he became an advocate of the free energy suppression conspiracy theory. He believed that we have been visited by aliens and claimed to have detailed knowledge of their technology, something to do with toroids.

O'Leary relocated to Vilcabamba, Ecuador in 2008 to found the Montesuenos retreat together with his wife, artist Meredith Miller. He died there of intestinal cancer in 2010.