McDonnell Douglas
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McDonnell Douglas
| Type | Organization |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Douglas Aircraft, Douglas |
| On the Timeline | 18 events, 1955–2021 |
McDonnell Douglas was a U.S. aerospace company formed in 1967 and merged into Boeing in 1997. It built the F-4, F-15 and F/A-18 fighters and spacecraft including Mercury and Gemini.
UFO connection
In the 1960s and 1970s the company's Advanced Concepts group, led by Robert M. Wood, studied UFO-related physics and gravity research. Wood said the company quietly supported this work. Jacques Vallée's journals note conversations about McDonnell Douglas' interest, and it was later reported that the company had tried to win a role in government UFO research.
On the UAP Timeline
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- Douglas Aircraft unconventional propulsion study (1955) — An aerospace executive claims he worked in a UAP group at Douglas Aircraft from 1955.
- William Tompkins and the Douglas documents (1 March 1955) — Documents from engineer William Tompkins suggest Douglas studied unconventional propulsion.
- Tompkins's secret space program claims (1 March 1955) — Tompkins also describes alleged secret underground bases tied to a hidden space program.
- Martin Marietta engineer's papers (1965) (17 May 1965) — Jacques Vallée says a Martin Marietta engineer was upset when his papers were seen.
- Robert Wood's McDonnell Douglas study (1967) — McDonnell Douglas physicist Robert Wood says he was tasked with gravity propulsion research.
- Project Skylite (5 April 1970) — McDonnell Douglas papers describe Project Skylite, a failed effort to copy UAP behavior.
- Midwest engineers group claim (1974) (10 December 1974) — Kit Green tells Vallée 15 engineers in the Midwest secretly research UAP for the CIA.
- Project Windfall claim (1978) — John Keel says the CIA ran Project Windfall, an investigation of UAP contactees.
- McDonnell Douglas close-encounter database (1978) (5 January 1978) — A McDonnell Douglas engineer tells Vallée of a well-funded secret UAP project.
- McDonnell Douglas caller to Vallée (1978) (8 June 1978) — A McDonnell Douglas caller tells Vallée a secret UAP project is monitored by the CIA.
- Advanced Theoretical Physics group (20 May 1985) — A secure facility hosts a conference on whether UAP evidence supports a research program.
- National Aero-Space Plane contracts (1986) (April 1986) — Defense contractors receive contracts to develop a hypersonic single-stage-to-orbit plane.
- University of South Carolina gravity generator (1 March 1998) — University of South Carolina scientists say they are developing a 'gravity generator'.
- 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.
- Niemtzow declines McDonnell study (10 January 2002) — A retired colonel tells Vallée he declined to join a secret McDonnell UAP study.
- Contractor speculation dinner (2004) (28 March 2004) — Vallée's circle speculates about which contractors handle real UAP projects.
- Czysz–Froning advanced technology paper (1 February 2006) — A paper for the Air Force Research Laboratory explores quantum vacuum propulsion.
- Long Beach undercover approach claim (1 August 2021) — Coulthart writes a source was asked to go undercover inside an aerospace company.
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References
- McDonnell Douglas — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
Categories: Jacques vallée | Organization | Robert m wood | Unidentified anomalous phenomena | Unidentified flying object
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