James T. “Jim” Ryder

Registry record

Past roles

Former Lockheed Martin advanced-technology executive; associated with Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center

Credentials

Aerospace research and executive leadership; specific titles and dates to verify against institutional biography

UAP involvement

Named in Jay Stratton’s published account as a purported insider source concerning alleged recovered UAP material

Principal disclosures

Stratton attributes to Ryder discussions of alleged recovered craft/material and an unsuccessful proposed transfer to investigators

Evidence contributed

Reported private conversations conveyed by Stratton; no independently authenticated public Ryder statement or transferred material established

Knowledge type

Secondhand attribution / alleged insider disclosure

Corroboration

Uncorroborated for recovery and transfer claims; aerospace career independently researchable

Assessment

Do not treat alleged possession of nonhuman craft or proposed transfer as established fact; seek contemporaneous correspondence and independent witnesses