1989 in UFO history
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1989 in UFO history
| Year | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Events | 10 |
| Decade | 1980s |
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic), Bases & Area 51 (topic) |
| Timeline | 1989 on the UAP Timeline |
1989 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 10 events in 1989, mostly about beings & bodies and secrecy & cover-up. People named in these events include John Lear, Linda Moulton Howe, Bob Lazar, Jacques Vallée, Leonard Stringfield.
Events
- John Lear's source Mike (1989) (January 1989) — John Lear says a source was flown to an underground site to photograph a saucer and autopsy.
- Bill English and Grudge/Blue Book Report 13 (January 1989) — Bill English claims he saw a memo saying Blue Book officials knew of crash recoveries.
- Cabo Rojo jet disappearance (1988) (January 1989) — A Navy sailor says F-14 pilots chased a UAP near Puerto Rico.
- Bob Lazar goes public (15 May 1989) — Bob Lazar goes public, claiming he worked on alien craft at S-4 near Area 51.
- Osedacz thesis on fastwalkers (1989) (June 1989) — An Air Force captain writes that a database of UAP in near-Earth orbit has long existed.
- Arthur Exon's Roswell statements (July 1989) — Gen. Arthur Exon says he was told Roswell was an alien craft recovery.
- Puthoff on tracking the phenomenon (1989) (11 July 1989) — Puthoff tells Vallée nobody seems to be tracking the phenomenon properly.
- Vallée on the disinformation campaign (1989) (17 September 1989) — Vallée writes there is a large disinformation campaign around UAP.
- Moriches Bay crash claim (28 September 1989) — An anonymous colonel claims a Star Wars weapon downed a UAP in Long Island's Moriches Bay.
- Oechsler–Inman phone call (October 1989) — A NASA mission specialist meets a retired admiral about a group said to manage UAP information.
People
- John Lear — Pilot and son of Bill Lear who spread claims of alien treaties in the late 1980s.
- Linda Moulton Howe — Journalist and filmmaker who runs the Earthfiles website and has reported many crash-retrieval claims.
- Bob Lazar — Man who claimed in 1989 that he worked on alien craft at S-4 near Area 51.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Leonard Stringfield — Former Air Force intelligence officer and NICAP researcher who collected anonymous crash-retrieval accounts from 1978 to 1994.
- Bill English — Former Army captain who claimed he read "Grudge/Blue Book Report No. 13".
- Jorge Martín — Puerto Rican UFO researcher.
- George Knapp — Las Vegas journalist who broke the Bob Lazar story and co-wrote Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.
- Richard Osedacz — Air Force captain whose 1989 thesis described tracking uncatalogued space objects.
- J. Allen Hynek — Astronomer and Air Force UFO consultant from 1948 to 1969 who later founded the Center for UFO Studies.
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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