1991 in UFO history
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| Year | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Events | 16 |
| Decade | 1990s |
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Crashes & retrievals (topic), Military encounters (topic) |
| Timeline | 1991 on the UAP Timeline |
1991 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 16 events in 1991, mostly about beings & bodies and secrecy & cover-up. People named in these events include Leonard Stringfield, Jacques Vallée, Linda Moulton Howe, Tim Cooper, C. Richard D'Amato.
Overview
In 1991 the Roswell story gained new testimony. Retired Brigadier General Thomas DuBose, who had posed with the debris for press photographs in 1947, acknowledged that the weather-balloon explanation had been "a cover story to divert the attention of the press."[1] He said in a 16 September affidavit that information on the event was "more than" Top Secret.[2] On 6 March Jesse Marcel's son, Jesse Marcel Jr., described debris his father brought home in 1947, including thick metallic foil.[3] Ufologists cited his memory of a beam with "purple-hued hieroglyphics," but the symbols matched tape that Project Mogul had bought from a New York toy maker.[1] Other Roswell-related affidavits that year came from the wife of pilot Oliver Henderson and from radio manager George "Jud" Roberts, who said he was warned off broadcasting an interview with rancher Mac Brazel.[4][2]
The timeline's 1991 entries also include warnings from inside government. Senate Appropriations counsel Richard D'Amato, working for Senator Robert Byrd, told Jacques Vallée that "what that stealthy group is doing is a felony." He said the government could not spend money on projects Congress did not know about.[5] On 22 May Vallée wrote that Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein had given $200,000 to Robert Bigelow to fund a study of how many Americans had been abducted. See Roper Organization abduction survey. On 25 November researcher Ray Boeche met two Defense Department scientists who claimed government contractors were trying to contact and harness non-human intelligences for military purposes.[2]
Other entries are claims, including Navy petty officer Kevin Thomas's account of a black triangle rising from the sea near USS Nimitz, the "Matrix" books of "Valdamar Valerian," an alleged NRO "Blue Fire" document, and anonymous stories of bodies and craft collected by Leonard Stringfield and Tim Cooper.[5][3]
Events
- C. Richard D'Amato's warning to Vallée (1991) (1991) — Senate counsel Dick D'Amato tells Vallée that a secretive group spreading false information is breaking the law.
- Radio caller's underground base claim (1991) (1991) — A radio caller claims he wired a deep underground site holding military personnel and creatures.
- Kevin Thomas and the Nimitz black triangle (1991) — A Nimitz petty officer says he saw a huge black triangle rise out of the ocean.
- Valdamar Valerian's Matrix books (January 1991) — A writer using a pseudonym publishes books claiming 'grey aliens' are involved in human affairs.
- Jesse Marcel Jr.'s account of the Roswell debris (6 March 1991) — Jesse Marcel Jr. says his father showed him strange Roswell debris in 1947.
- Los Alamos nurse claim (16 March 1991) — A retired nurse says bodies were flown into Los Alamos after the war.
- Uncle's 1946–47 project claim (12 April 1991) — A woman says her uncle worked on a 1946–47 government project linked to a crash.
- Roper Organization abduction survey (1991) (22 May 1991) — Vallée says Liechtenstein's prince funded a study of alien abduction claims through Robert Bigelow.
- White Sands tracking-camera saucer claim (July 1991) — A retired sergeant says tracking cameras recorded a saucer resting on the White Sands range.
- Tim Cooper's German saucer source (1991) (July 1991) — A retired colonel says early UAP were first thought to be German and used unknown materials.
- Navy linguist and the Soviet crash report (July 1991) — A Navy linguist says he decoded a Soviet report of a crash split between England and Germany.
- Oliver Henderson and the Roswell flight (9 July 1991) — Oliver Henderson's widow swears he told her he flew Roswell crash debris and bodies.
- NRO Blue Fire document (28 July 1991) — An alleged NRO document warns of UFO-group protests near Area 51.
- DuBose affidavit (1991) (16 September 1991) — Gen. Thomas DuBose says the Roswell balloon story was a cover and the event was above Top Secret.
- Ray Boeche's meeting with two DoD scientists (25 November 1991) — Two scientists tied to the DIA and NSA claim secret programs try to control non-human intelligence.
- Jud Roberts and the Mac Brazel interview (30 December 1991) — A Roswell radio manager says he interviewed rancher Mac Brazel and was warned off broadcasting it.
People
- Leonard Stringfield — Former Air Force intelligence officer and NICAP researcher who collected anonymous crash-retrieval accounts from 1978 to 1994.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Linda Moulton Howe — Journalist and filmmaker who runs the Earthfiles website and has reported many crash-retrieval claims.
- Tim Cooper — California researcher who said he received many MJ-12-style documents from anonymous sources in the 1990s.
- C. Richard D'Amato — Senate Appropriations Committee counsel who looked into black budgets for Sen. Robert Byrd.
- Robert Byrd — Senate leader for whom C. Richard D'Amato and Christopher Mellon investigated black programs.
- Paul Bennewitz — Albuquerque physicist targeted by Air Force disinformation in the Bennewitz affair.
- Kevin Thomas — Navy photographer who described a black triangle rising from the sea near the USS Nimitz in 1991.
- David Fravor — Navy pilot who saw the 2004 Tic Tac object.
- Valdamar Valerian — Pseudonymous author of the Matrix books.
Nearby years
1990 in UFO history · 1992 in UFO history
References
- Roswell incident — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- UAP timeline published with Michael Shellenberger's 2024 congressional testimony, entries for 16 September to 30 December 1991 · oversight.house.gov
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), entries for January to 16 March 1991 · oversight.house.gov
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), entries for 9 and 28 July 1991 · oversight.house.gov
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), undated 1991 entries · oversight.house.gov
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