Stephen Bassett is the executive director of Paradigm Research Group (PRG), founded in 1996 to end a government imposed embargo on the truth behind extraterrestrial-related phenomena. He has spoken to audiences around the world about the implications of formal "disclosure" by world governments of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race, and given over 1000 radio and television interviews. PRG's advocacy work has been extensively covered by national and international media including being featured by CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Washington Post, New York Times, New York Magazine, Washington Times, and the Chicago Tribune.

In 2013 PRG organized a "Citizen Hearing on Disclosure" at the National Press Club in Washington. In November of 2014 PRG launched two political initiatives in Washington, DC. One sought the first hearings on Capitol Hill since 1968 regarding the extraterrestrial presence issue. The other sought to inject the ET issue into the 2016 presidential campaign. Bassett has appeared in many documentary films, and his lectures and interviews are well-represented on YouTube.