Disclosure Project
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| Type | Organization |
|---|---|
| Also known as | the Disclosure Project |
| On the Timeline | 17 events, 1971–2014 |
The Disclosure Project is an American organisation founded in 1993 by physician Steven Greer to campaign for the public release of what it says is secret government knowledge of UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence and advanced energy and propulsion technology. It is best known for a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on 9 May 2001.[1][2]
Founding
Greer, a former emergency-room doctor, had earlier founded the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) in 1990 to seek contact with extraterrestrial civilisations. He set up the Disclosure Project to collect testimony from former government and military personnel, and has presented it as a way to offer whistleblowers amnesty for speaking out.[1]
2001 press conference
At the National Press Club event, about 20 former government workers, many from military or security backgrounds, said they had seen evidence of UFOs and aliens. Greer argued that the U.S. and other governments had known about UFOs for at least 50 years and kept the knowledge secret, said some 400 witnesses were ready to testify, and called for congressional hearings. Lawyer Daniel Sheehan, counsel to members of the group, said he had been shown photographs of captured UFOs at the National Archives. James Oberg, a retired NASA engineer and space consultant to ABC News, said Greer had long promoted a theory of a worldwide cabal using UFO technology, though not every participant shared it, and argued that the witnesses' sightings were still worth documenting.[2]
Later activities
Greer went on to promote the documentaries Sirius (2013), Unacknowledged (2017) and Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind (2020). Sirius presented the small "Atacama skeleton" as possibly alien, but genetic analysis later showed it was human. Critics have described the later films as misleading.[1]
On the UAP Timeline
- USS John F. Kennedy encounter (1971) (June/July 1971) — A Navy yeoman says the USS John F. Kennedy's systems failed during a UAP encounter in the Caribbean.
- Steven Greer's 1990s private meetings (Mid-1990s) — Steven Greer alleges he met wealthy and connected figures at a private San Francisco gathering about UAP.
- D'Amato and untraceable black budgets (1994) — Dick D'Amato reportedly says $40–80 billion a year went to programs that couldn't be traced.
- Denise McKenzie's SAIC account (30 August 1996) — A former SAIC employee says she learned of UAP-related work there.
- Dan Morris testimony (30 August 1996) — Air Force Sgt. Dan Morris says he was part of a group gathering UAP information.
- Michael Smith's NORAD reporting account (30 August 1996) — An Air Force radar controller says UAP events were only to be reported to NORAD.
- Jonathan Weygandt's Peru crash claim (March 1997) — Marine Jonathan Weygandt says he guarded a crashed craft in a cliffside.
- Steve Wilson and Project Pounce (19 August 1997) — A retired Air Force colonel claims a secret space program shoots down unfriendly UAP.
- CSETI on unacknowledged special access programs (22 August 1998) — CSETI says a covert group using unacknowledged programs manages the UAP issue.
- David Adair's Area 51 engine claim (1999) — Engineer David Adair says he saw a strange craft at Groom Lake.
- Paul Czysz and the zero-point energy claim (November 2000) — A former McDonnell Douglas employee says a friend found a way to tap zero-point energy.
- Disclosure Project briefing to Congress (2001) (April 2001) — CSETI briefs members of Congress that a covert group controls parts of the UAP issue.
- Don Phillips testimony (April 2001) — Former contractor Don Phillips claims Lockheed studies extraterrestrial technology.
- Mark McCandlish and the Alien Reproduction Vehicle (9 May 2001) — Illustrator Mark McCandlish says gravity propulsion was reverse-engineered from recovered craft.
- Stephen Lovekin testimony (21 July 2003) — A White House communications specialist says he received UAP briefings.
- John Maynard testimony (August 2004) — An alleged Army/DIA official names contractors said to be involved in the UAP matter.
- McCandlish documentary account (2014) (December 2014) — Mark McCandlish says a friend saw a man-made disc at Norton AFB.
References
- Steven M. Greer — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Group Claims Government UFO Cover-Up", ABC News (10 May 2001) · abcnews.com · archived copy
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