RICHARD D. LEWIS is an author, journalist, and veteran of the U.S. Air Force. A graduate of the Defense Information School’s writing, broadcast, and public affairs programs, Richard joined the Air Force in 1987 and spent 10 years as a broadcast journalist stationed in Turkey, Utah, and Colorado. After his time serving in the Air Force, Richard worked in TV production in Salt Lake City, Utah and Los Angeles, California. Creator of the award-winning Pentagon Channel TV newsmagazine Air Force Space Today, he has won multiple Telly and Thomas Jefferson Awards.

Upon completion of Doreen Virtue’s Angel Therapy Practitioner Course in 2003, Richard became a certified spiritual counselor by the California Board of Hypnotherapy. He is also a communicant member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in good standing. He is an active member of Ascension Lutheran Church in Torrance, California, where he participates in special choir and assists in worship services. He has also enjoyed fellowship with Southern Baptists, Independent Baptists, and Church of Christ congregations, where he has delivered sermons, conducted song services, and led small group Bible studies.

Richard has been featured in Blackbelt Magazine, FILMINK, Rocket Magazine, Geek Monthly, Astro News, P3 Production Update, Space Country Times, AMC Theatres, AFN TV, Fangoria.com, Campus Circle, The Pentagon Channel, Milsat Magazine, and Santa Maria Times among many others.

His "Paranormal Life" has him authoring a two book series - so far; The Paranormal Christian: The Calling (book 1) and The Parnormal Christian: The Quickening (book 2). This past Christmas Eve, (12/24/22) he was the featured guest on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.

When not writing or watching the latest Dodgers game or professional boxing matches, Richard enjoys relaxing with his family in Gardena, California.

PRESENTATION
An Anecdotal Examination of the UFO Mystery

Richard D. Lewis, "The Paranormal Christian" is a lifelong UFO enthusiast. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and civilian employee of the U.S. Space Force. In his presentation, Richard combines his unique skills as a researcher, journalist, military veteran and UFO witness, to present a comprehensive, and maybe controversial, theory on the UFO mystery.