Norio Hayakawa
Activist, ufologist, musician
Norio Hayakawa (Japanese: 早川 弼生, Hepburn: Hayakawa Norio; born in 1944), is an American activist who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is currently the director of Civilian Intelligence Central, a citizen oversight committee. He has appeared as a guest on Coast to Coast AM multiple times, and is most known for his UFOlogy investigations in and around New Mexico and the American Southwest.
Biography
Norio Hayakawa is from Yokohama, Japan, but calls New Mexico his home. He attended Spanish classes at the University of New Mexico, and graduated in 1970. During March 1990, Norio Hayakawa led a Nippon TV crew in Dulce, New Mexico, where they interviewed the locals, including from the Jicarilla Apache, tribal officials, general townsfolk, and ranchers, about paranormal activity in the area.
In the past, he has been associated with film maker and activist, Anthony J. Hilder. Hayakawa and Hilder are responsible for starting the Area 51 People's Rally. The event was formed in protest against what was seen as the secrecy surrounding Area 51. In 1999 the rally kicked off on the 5th of June at the Little A'Le'Inn in Rachel, Nevada.
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