Journalistic Courage: a journalist (living or deceased) who took great professional risk to investigate and report on issues relevant to extraterrestrial-related phenomena.

Political Courage: an elected official (living or deceased) who took great professional risk in service to the truth and the public's interest as regards extraterrestrial-related phenomena.

Intellectual Courage: a person within the academic/scientific community (living or deceased) who risked their status and career by challenging the orthodox views of their peers regarding extraterrestrial-related phenomena.

Disclosure: a government (military, civilian agency, political appointee) employee (living or deceased) who has brought forth information which significantly punches a hole in the imposed truth embargo and advances the disclosure process.

Hall of Fame (deceased): an individual whose life's work intellectually and materially affected the science and politics of extraterrestrial-related phenomena in a profound manner.

Hall of Fame (living): essentially a lifetime achievement award to an individual who has and continues to intellectually and materially affect the science and politics of extraterrestrial-related phenomena to an extraordinary degree.