Nancy du Tertre

Nancy du Tertre represents a rare intersection of legal rigor and paranormal investigation in UFO research. A magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University and honors graduate of Pace Law School, she built a career as a securities litigation attorney while developing parallel expertise in psychic investigation, remote viewing, and paranormal research. She is certified in 20 years of Intuitive Gestalt Psychotherapy and trained in military-style remote viewing protocols (CRV and ARV), positioning herself as "The Skeptical Psychic™"—a brand that reflects her integration of rigorous legal training with claims about consciousness-based observation of anomalous phenomena.

The 2011 Catalyzing Event

Du Tertre's transition from practicing attorney to full-time UFO researcher traces to a watershed moment in 2011 when she witnessed a football-field-sized UFO sighting. This event coincided with what she describes as receiving "electronic-sounding communications over the phone" along with her daughter, who also witnessed the phenomenon. Rather than dismissing the encounter, du Tertre channeled it into systematic research on the nature of extraterrestrial contact and communication.

Approach: Linguistics and Remote Viewing

Unlike many UFO researchers who rely primarily on testimonial evidence or physical investigation, du Tertre's unique contribution centers on comparative linguistics applied to alleged alien communication. She authored How to Talk to an Alien (2015), which examines purported extraterrestrial languages—both written and spoken—through the lens of linguistic analysis. She developed a proprietary methodology called "TSP" that merges psychic reading techniques with remote viewing protocols, intended to allow systematic observation of extraterrestrial spacecraft and activity. Her work assumes that consciousness-based observation, properly trained and systematized, can yield data about UAP phenomena comparable to instrumental measurement.

Professional Activities

Beyond authorship, du Tertre maintains an active presence in paranormal and UFO research circles. She has published five books, including Psychic Intuition: Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask But Were Afraid to Know (2012), which contextualizes psychic claims within neuroscience and psychology frameworks. She is a frequent speaker at the International UFO Congress, where she has presented on remote viewing extraterrestrials. Du Tertre also works with law enforcement and victims' families on missing persons and homicide cases in her capacity as a paranormal investigator, and previously hosted the CBS radio program Hot Leads Cold Cases. She teaches psychic development and mediumship classes and lectures widely on remote viewing, paranormal investigation, and ufology with emphasis on comparative linguistic studies of alleged alien languages.

Stance and Credibility

Du Tertre's work occupies contested territory. Her credentials as an attorney and her Princeton education lend credibility to her investigative methods, and her publications are well-documented and widely available. However, her claims regarding remote viewing efficacy, alien language decryption, and consciousness-based observation of extraterrestrial phenomena lack mainstream scientific validation. She is best understood as a researcher operating within the contactee and paranormal investigation tradition, applying unconventional epistemologies (remote viewing, psychic intuition) to UFO research while maintaining the rhetoric and methods of academic inquiry.