When I was asked to write this article it took me back to reactions I received after it became known that I was the whistleblower who turned in Ultrasonic Research and Testing Laboratory in 1991.

Some of the NDT community’s reaction to my blowing the whistle on the fraudulent activity at URT in Dallas, Texas, totally caught me by surprise. I knew that the Lab’s owner and the NDT Level 3 / QA Manager had many friends in the industry. Most people involved in the NDT profession understand what I am talking about. The nondestructive testing (NDT) industry is a close-knit group. Sometimes it seems that everybody knows everybody.