Richard Lang is the Agency Director for AIRIA - (Aerospace Research Investigation Reporting Agency) and has been a UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) Researcher and investigator since the early 1990s. He served as STAR Team Manager and SIP Project Coordinator from the beginning of the project in February 2009 until it ended in January 2010, which at that time was the most advanced non-government rapid response UAP investigative team in the world.
In 2008 Mr. Lang was featured in the DISCOVERY CHANNEL TV series "UFOs over Earth" serving as one of the lead investigators in the shows filmed in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In 2001 Mr. Lang was a reserve law enforcement officer in Virginia. During that time of National Crisis (post 9-11) he was a Special Deputy for the U.S. Marshal Service and later went to work for the United States Department of Homeland Security employed with TSA working in the airports in Virginia with Law Enforcement agencies. He was a member of the Anti-Terrorist Advisory Council Board (organized by the U.S. Attorney's Office) and frequently served as key speaker on terrorism at a quarterly regional meeting.