Former U.S. Navy pilot and systems scientist at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics who developed 'brain fingerprinting,' a technique for mapping distinctive electromagnetic patterns produced when a person thinks of specific images or numbers, with funding from NASA, DARPA, and the Army's National Ground Intelligence Center.
John D. Norseen was a former U.S. Navy pilot who became a systems scientist for embedded systems within Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' Intelligent Systems Division, and held a doctorate (ABD) from George Washington University, where he also taught graduate engineering-management courses. His research centered on what he termed 'brain fingerprinting' or 'brainprints': mathematical models describing distinctive electromagnetic patterns in the brain associated with specific thoughts, such as a person thinking of or saying a number. His work received small basic-research contracts from NASA, DARPA, and the Army's National Ground Intelligence Center, and was covered by US News & World Report and SIGNAL magazine around 2000-2001. Within UAP-adjacent discussion, Norseen is referenced in connection with cognition, perception, and defense-funded interface research rather than as a direct witness to any sighting.