Ryan Wood grew up in southern California where he first became exposed to UFOs when his father, Dr. Robert M. Wood was engaged in deciphering the physics of UFOs while managing a research project on anti-gravity for McDonnell Douglas.
In 1978, he graduated from CalPoly San Luis Obispo with degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science and has had a long career in marketing, sales, engineering, and corporate management, across many fields: semiconductor, computer systems, medical imaging, energy conservation, aerospace and now in fusion as the CEO of Electric Fusion Systems, Inc.
Ryan is regarded as a leading authority on the Top Secret classified Majestic-12 intelligence documents and the 1941 Cape Girardeau, Missouri UFO Crash. A frequent lecturer on the UFO subject, Ryan has taught college courses and made numerous presentations about UFOs to civic organizations and at ufology conferences across the world.
He has organized seven worldwide UFO crash retrieval symposia (2003-2009), each with conference proceedings and presentations from UFO crash investigators along with keynote banquet speakers. He once presented a UFO lecture to an international class of military officers for a National Security Affairs class at the Naval Postgraduate School that formed the basis of the final exam.
He manages the content of www.majesticdocuments.com and along with his father was the executive producer of a television documentary that aired on the Sci-Fi channel detailing the authenticity of the Majestic-12 documents called The Secret.
He has been interviewed on numerous television shows such as the History channel, ABC news and numerous local Bay Area, Denver, and Las Vegas TV channels. He has been a radio guest with Art Bell, Jeff Rense, and George Noory