Disclosure
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| Type | Term |
|---|---|
| Also known as | UFO disclosure |
| On the Timeline | 7 events, 1990–2022 |
Disclosure, in UFO discussions, means an official admission by a government that UFOs are real and, in most people's hopes, that some are of non-human origin. It also refers more broadly to the release of secret government records on the subject.
Campaigns
Calls for disclosure date back to Donald Keyhoe and NICAP in the 1950s. Steven Greer's Disclosure Project (from 1993) gathered military witnesses, and Laurance Rockefeller lobbied the Clinton White House in the 1990s. Since 2017, the push has moved into Congress, with laws requiring UAP reports, the creation of AARO, and the proposed UAP Disclosure Act of 2023.
Views
Supporters argue the public has a right to know. Skeptics say there is no secret to disclose. Some researchers prefer gradual "acknowledgement", warning that a sudden announcement could be destabilising.
On the UAP Timeline
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- 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.
- Arlington Institute contact scenario exercises (14 September 2003) — Puthoff took part in a think tank's role-play of possible alien contact scenarios.
- Obama White House meeting interest (2008) (24 December 2008) — Puthoff tells Vallée the White House is interested in a meeting about the phenomenon.
- John Herrington briefing story (2012) — An author relays a story told by a neighbor of a former Energy Secretary.
- Bob Fish email on DSP data (6 March 2015) — A former contractor tells John Podesta an Air Force satellite system collects hard UAP data.
- Podesta–McCasland emails (24 January 2016) — Two Air Force generals and a Skunk Works executive appear in emails with Podesta's team.
- Pandolfi's "another world" story (20 October 2022) — Cameron says a CIA officer spoke of an entrance to 'another world' in a desert.
References
- 'Group calls for disclosure of UFO info' — ABC News (2001) · abcnews.go.com · archived copy
- Greer's Disclosure Project — Patrick Gross · ufology.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- A historian on the Disclosure Project — History News Network · historynewsnetwork.org · archived copy
- Disclosure Project briefing document (2001, PDF) — Internet Archive · archive.org · archived copy
- Greer's Disclosure Project event, 9 May 2001 — Patrick Gross · ufology.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- Disclosure Project National Press Club event, 9 May 2001 (video) · amara.org · archived copy
- 'Deafening Silence': media response to the 9 May 2001 event — Jonathan Kolber · lifeboat.com · archived copy
- Forbidden Science — the journals of Jacques Vallée (Anomaly Archives) · anomalyarchives.org · 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.
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