Celebrating its 10th Year Anniversary, Contact In The Desert Will Take Place May 30 - June 3 in Indian Wells, CA
The tenth annual Contact In The Desert (CITD) will take place May 30th – June 3rd, 2024 at the beautiful Renaissance Resort and Spa in Indian Wells, CA, with over 125 lectures, panels, and workshops presented by the world’s leading and most prestigious experts in the fields of Ufology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Science, Ancient Civilizations, Space Exploration and more. One day and five-day passes can be purchased here: https://contactinthedesert.com/buy-tickets/ More information can be found here: www.ContactInTheDesert.com
This year’s event will feature Veteran Broadcasting Icons George Noory and George Knapp, each of whom is a Coast to Coast AM host, together onstage for the first time ever. “The Two George’s” will field questions from the audience at the “Ask George & George” discussion.
Attendees of the three-day event will learn the latest developments from speakers and presenters such as Richard Dolan, Caroline Cory, Whitley Streiber, Nick Pope and over 60 other experts who will inform and educate with more than 125 sessions of cutting-edge information.
“Our event has been designed to take an academic and scientific look at alternative topics and stands alone as the leader in bringing this kind of information to the public,” said CITD owners Ron Janix and Gordon Pekrul.
About GEORGE NOORY
George Noory, host of the nationally syndicated radio program, Coast to Coast AM, says if he weren’t a national radio talk show host, he’d be in politics. Heard by millions of listeners, Coast to Coast AM airs on approx. 564 stations in the U.S., Canada, Mexica and Guam. While hosting The Nighthawk, a wildly successful, late-night program on KTRS in St. Louis, Noory was recruited by Premiere Radio networks to guest host on Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell. He became the permanent host of the phenomenally successful over-night program on Jan. 1, 2003, following Bell’s retirement.
Since then, Noory’s audience has continued to grow. Noory captivates program listeners with his discussions of paranormal phenomena, time travel, alien abductions, conspiracies and all things curious and unexplained. He is driven, he has said, by the desire to solve the great mysteries of our time.
From his first days as a radio broadcaster, he says, “I’ve wanted to cover stories that the mainstream media never touch – the unusual, the paranormal, and things like that. I learned that broadcast was the best business for exploring these issues, and I’ve been doing it for 33 years.”
Noory dates his interest in these matters to a book by Walter Sullivan, “We Are Not Alone,” that his mother gave him when he was 13. He was hooked.
See: https://contactinthedesert.com/speaker/george-noory/
About GEORGE KNAPP
George Knapp earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from West Georgia College and a Master’s Degree in Communications from the University of the Pacific, where he also taught speech and debate, and served as director of forensics. George also taught speech at California Polytechnic University, coached the debate team at the University of California at Berkeley, and taught broadcast journalism at UNLV.
George moved to Las Vegas in 1979 and landed a job as a taxi driver. Later, he worked at KLVX-TV, Channel 10, as a part-time studio cameraman and production assistant. KLAS-TV then hired him in 1981 as a general assignment reporter.
George has also co-anchored various newscasts for KLAS-TV. Since 1985, George has been the Chief Reporter on Channel 8’s I-Team Investigative Unit. In that capacity, he has earned five Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, and two National Edward R. Murrow Awards for his investigative stories. He is also a nine-time winner of the Associated Press Mark Twain Award for Best Newswriting.
Knapp’s investigative reports have been awarded the highest honors in broadcast journalism, including the DuPont Award from Columbia University and the Peabody Award (twice). He has also won 24 Regional Emmys.
In 1990, his series about UFO’s was selected by United Press International as “Best in the Nation for Individual Achievement by a Journalist.”
See: https://contactinthedesert.com/speaker/george-knapp/
About CONTACT IN THE DESERT
Contact In The Desert (CITD) is a yearly event which hosts the world’s biggest and brightest experts in alternative fields such as Ufology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ancient Civilizations, Future Technology, Space Exploration and more. The annual event brings thousands of attendees from around the world together in an environment that fosters discussion, open-mindedness, and the willingness to learn.
Contact In The Desert is the world’s largest and best-attended UFO conference.
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