Stan Romanek

Stan Romanek of Loveland, Colorado, claimed repeated alien contact. His claims included abductions, an implant, equations that came to him in the night, and the "Boo" video of a face at his window. He wrote Messages (2009) and was the subject of the 2013 documentary Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story. The documentary features phone calls in which a woman's voice calls him "Starseed", which Grant Cameron later described as the Audrey phone calls [S1][S2].

Debunked evidence

None of Romanek's alien-related claims has been corroborated [S1]:

• The Boo video: a paranormal research group recreated it for about $90.
• Polygraph: he failed one on whether the video was a hoax.
• The implant: it "disappeared" before it could be tested.
• Faked activity: in 2015 he was caught on camera faking poltergeist activity.

Cameron nonetheless calls him "the most famous abductee in UFO history" and treats the equations as evidence [S3].

Criminal case

Romanek was arrested in February 2014 after an investigation into child sexual abuse material on his devices [S4]. On 8 August 2017 a jury convicted him of one count of sexual exploitation of a child (possession) and acquitted him of a second count [S5]. He was sentenced on 14 December 2017 to two years in community corrections and 10 years of probation as a registered sex offender [S6]. Romanek and his wife say his computer was hacked to silence him [S4].

Sources

[S1] "Stan Romanek" | Wikipedia URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Romanek Accessed: 2026-09-18 Claim: Background; the debunked evidence; no corroboration of the alien claims

[S2] "Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story" review | Common Sense Media URL: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/extraordinary-the-stan-romanek-story Accessed: 2026-09-18 Claim: The documentary's "Starseed" answering-machine calls

[S3] "Grant Cameron — The UFO ESP Link" | Skeptiko URL: https://skeptiko.com/grant-cameron-ufo-sightings-and-extended-consciousness Accessed: 2026-09-18 Claim: Cameron calls Romanek "the most famous abductee"

[S4] "UFO Enthusiast Now Facing Child Pornography Charges Is Subject of Netflix Documentary" | Snopes, 2017-07-11 URL: https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/07/11/stan-romanek Accessed: 2026-09-18 Claim: The February 2014 arrest; the Romaneks' claim of hacking

[S5] "Alien abduction author Stanley Romanek found guilty on one of two child pornography accusations" | Loveland Reporter-Herald URL: http://www.reporterherald.com/news/loveland-local-news/ci_31205359/alien-abduction-author-stanley-romanek-found-guilty-one Accessed: 2026-09-18 Claim: Convicted on one count, acquitted on the other

[S6] "UFO author Stanley Romanek sentenced to 2 years to halfway house" | Coloradoan, 2017-12-14 URL: https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2017/12/14/ufo-author-stanley-romanek-sentenced-2-years-halfway-house-child-pornography-possession/952799001 Accessed: 2026-09-18 Claim: Sentence

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