EarthTech International
From the UAP Encyclopedia, the open encyclopedia of UFO and UAP history · 🏢 Organization
Contents 5
| Type | Organization |
|---|---|
| Also known as | EarthTech, Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin |
| On the Timeline | 4 events, 1985–2018 |
EarthTech International is a private research company in Austin, Texas, led by physicist Harold Puthoff, which studies speculative physics such as zero-point energy and advanced propulsion. It was the largest single producer of the technical reports written for the Pentagon's Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) in 2009–2010.[1][2]
Background
Puthoff, a former laser physicist who led the remote-viewing research at the Stanford Research Institute in the 1970s, has headed EarthTech since 1985. He is also director of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin, and physicist Eric Davis has worked as a researcher at both organisations.[1][3]
AAWSAP reports
When Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) won the AAWSAP contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2008, it brought in Puthoff and EarthTech as a subcontractor. Puthoff said he chose the topics for 38 technical studies, known as Defense Intelligence Reference Documents (DIRDs), on subjects ranging from advanced propulsion to exotic energy sources, and EarthTech produced more of them than any other contributor. Puthoff's own report concerned "metric engineering" of space-time for propulsion. The Defense Intelligence Agency released 37 of the 38 reports in March 2022.[1][2][4]
Assessment
Critics have described some of the reports as of poor scientific quality; one on high-frequency gravitational waves was reviewed by the JASON group of scientists, who found that its claims did not hold up.[2]
On the UAP Timeline
- Puthoff leaves SRI (1985) (Summer 1985) — Hal Puthoff leaves SRI to explore alternative energy sources.
- Puthoff pitches vacuum energy (1994) (1994) — Hal Puthoff says he pitched vacuum energy technology to oil companies.
- EarthTech–BAASS industry collaboration claim (24 June 2018) — Eric Davis says BAASS and EarthTech collaborated with a major aerospace company.
- TTSA–EarthTech contracts (16 August 2018) — To The Stars hires Puthoff's EarthTech to study potentially exotic materials.
References
- The Black Vault, "Dr. Hal Puthoff determines what topics 38 contracts / reports should address" · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- "Here's The List Of Studies The Military's Secretive UFO Program Funded, Some Were Junk", The War Zone · twz.com · archived copy
- "Harold E Puthoff", Psi Encyclopedia, Society for Psychical Research · psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk · archived copy
- "The Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) Documentation", The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
No discussion yet.