Tuesday, July 14, 2026

"S4: The Bob Lazar Story" Review


 I have always been intrigued by Bob Lazar's life story. When I heard about this project to recreate with AI his history at S4 at Groom Lake, I just had to see it. Yeah, I'm one of those nerds who have nerd heroes rather than movie stars, rock stars, and sports stars. 

Bob took us through how he got his position with EG&G in Las Vegas in 1988 to 1989. 

My ex graduated in 1984 and was interviewed and offered a job with EG&G. The long bus ride (back then) took 90 minutes to Area 51 and 90 minutes bacl each day. Three hours in travel sounded exhausting. At the time, we didn't know about the secret facility, just that he would work somehow in weaponry propulsion. We thought it was a miserable situation and opted for Hughes Aerospace in California.

Using AI, locations like the bus ride to Area 51 and on to S4 near Papoose Lake "Groom Lake" area with a young looking Bob were all so realistic and felt like actual footage of him back then. Even AI-generated Bob youth spoke to the camera as if being interviewed. It had an old film reel vibe.

Bob went into great detail about the facility, how things were done there, how he was indoctrinated and trained to stay focused on his particular job involving propulsion. 

Virtually, we were taken onto the "sport model" UFO that Bob studied. He described crawling inside, the molded chairs for tiny bodies, the propulsion system and its components. Bob and 21 others were set to the task of back engineering, but their work was isolated. He worked on propulsions, others might have worked on metals, but no one was allowed to have all the knowledge, making getting further in progress was stymied.

Lazar explained how he came to a point where he felt threatened and believed the public should know about the study going on at Groom Lake. He shared test flight viewing with friends at nighttime. He left the position and then was harassed.

George Knapp was available for part of the documentary, discussing the interviews with "Dennis" that he did in 1989 when Lazar left the position and wanted to go public with information.

Bob also worked with another man studying the satellite imagery and figuring out where S4 was in the hillside near Papoose Lake.

The documentary was a fascinating watch. I didn't pause or get up, just studied the screen and got the full flow of the story. Often, I've seen his interviews of late (as for a long time he remained silent from public viewing), but I hadn't heard how the whole situation laid out. What he shared was extremely detailed and very authentic.

I came to the conclusion long ago that Bob Lazar was the real deal. He has remained reclusive from the public for a long time, worried for his safety and harassment. The recent studies into missing and dead scientists says a lot about why Lazard chose to back down. He said his piece. Now, with a public anxious for more disclosure, his time has come to reiterate that this secrecy has gone on a long time. 

At one time, Lazar mentioned Russian scientists there and then dismissed for vague reasons. This jives with Lazar talking about Element 115. It was not on the periodic table yet, but the Russian involvement may have been with this - 

Moscovium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Mc and atomic number 115. It was first synthesized in 2003 by a joint team of Russian and American scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.

In fact, Lazar's mention of Element 115 before it was "discovered" says a lot to authenticity. The intriguing thing is that the element, if assembled, deteriorated quickly. It cannot be manufactured here, but it could be perhaps if done in space....

It was exciting to visualize the series of events and locations, as well as Lazar's thoughts and feelings during that period of his life working for EG&G. 

All in all, I highly recommend this one to my nerd friends who are intrigued by captured UFOs and disclosure. 

In fact, I've long held the feeling that we are being tested by these other "people" when they show themselves in the sky and then "mistakenly" crash a vessel for us to study. These, I see, as breadcrumbs to advance our knowledge and see what the rats will do in the maze if given incentive or curious stimuli.

I have an upcoming post about aliens and nuclear facilities, a new look at the connection.