1974 in UFO history
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1974 in UFO history
| Year | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Events | 9 |
| Decade | 1970s |
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Nuclear & missile sites (topic), Military encounters (topic) |
| Timeline | 1974 on the UAP Timeline |
1974 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 9 events in 1974, mostly about beings & bodies and secrecy & cover-up. People named in these events include Christopher "Kit" Green, Jacques Vallée, Robert Hastings, Leonard Stringfield, Gerald Ford.
Events
- Expected 1974 disclosure rumor (1974) — A sergeant says a retired Army official told him crash and occupant information would soon be released.
- Livermore scientists' paranormal experiences (1974) — Kit Green says he worked with scientists who reported orbs and entities in their homes.
- Vallée meets Kit Green (1974) (11 February 1974) — Vallée meets Kit Green, who describes officials interested in UAP.
- Malmstrom Romeo-29 incident (1974) (March 1974) — A large glowing object hovers over a Minuteman launch facility at Malmstrom AFB, Montana.
- Contractor guard breakdown claim (1974) (April 1974) — A defense contractor employee claims a guard broke down after seeing a non-human being.
- Twelve officials to study UFOs (1974) (2 June 1974) — Puthoff relays that 12 senior officials have decided to focus on UAP study.
- Vallée's doubts about Kit Green (1974) (16 June 1974) — Vallée wonders whether his UAP talks with Kit Green are a CIA cover story.
- Army missile exercise phenomena (1973–74) (17 July 1974) — An Army spokesman says unexplained aerial phenomena were seen during missile exercises.
- Midwest engineers group claim (1974) (10 December 1974) — Kit Green tells Vallée 15 engineers in the Midwest secretly research UAP for the CIA.
People
- Christopher "Kit" Green — CIA physician and analyst who became a long-time contact of Jacques Vallée and studied UAP-related injuries.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Robert Hastings — Researcher who has collected accounts of UFOs at nuclear weapons sites, author of UFOs and Nukes.
- Leonard Stringfield — Former Air Force intelligence officer and NICAP researcher who collected anonymous crash-retrieval accounts from 1978 to 1994.
- Gerald Ford — U.S. congressman and later president who called for UFO hearings in 1966.
- Uri Geller — Israeli psychic tested at SRI in the 1970s.
- Annie Jacobsen — Journalist and author of Area 51 and Phenomena.
- Garry Nolan — Stanford immunologist who studies UAP-related injuries and claimed materials.
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Robert M. Wood — McDonnell Douglas engineer who ran an in-house UFO study and later promoted the MJ-12 documents.
Programs, places and terms
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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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