Michael D. Swords is an American scientist.
In 1962 Swords graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.S.. He studied biochemistry at Iowa State University (where he earned his M.S.), and at Case Western Reserve University (where he earned his Ph.D. in 1972).
As of 2006, Swords is a professor of natural sciences at Western Michigan University, where he received a Teaching Excellence award in 1978.
Swords is also interested in ufology, and is seen as an authority of the Condon Committee. He was editor of the Journal for UFO Studies. He was a prominently featured talking head on the prime-time 2005 television special Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs — Seeing Is Believing, discussing the early history of the U.S. Military's UFO invesitgations (see also Project Sign and Project Grudge.)
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