Ban Hansen is the team leader on the SyFy channel’s Fact or Faked. Early in his youth, Ben developed a fascination with UFOs and secret government projects. Ben has been looking for the real-life X-Files since he was a child and decided he would dedicate his career to investigations. After obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology and Criminology, he went to work for the State of Utah on a county SVU task force, and later as a criminal investigator for the FBI.