Edward Reid was a colonel in the US Army Intelligence in the 1940s. He was the man in charge of interrogating the alien Dr. Tachyon in August of 1946, when Tach was detained in the military base of White Sands. Reid and his interrogation team held Tachyon prisoner for days, and eventually got the whole story of the wild card virus from him. Colonel Reid had a hard time believing Tachyon's outrageous story, mainly because Tachyon just didn't look like a convincing alien. All the physical examinations indicated the strange man was human. Nonetheless, Reid eventually became convinced, due to the strange powers exhibited by Tachyon. Unfortunately, he couldn't manage to convince his superiors in Washington.