1996 in UFO history
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1996 in UFO history
| Year | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Events | 10 |
| Decade | 1990s |
| Topics | Nuclear & missile sites (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Congress & law (topic) |
| Timeline | 1996 on the UAP Timeline |
1996 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 10 events in 1996, mostly about nuclear & missile sites and beings & bodies. People named in these events include Steven Greer, Robert Bigelow, Jacques Vallée, Harold Puthoff, Colm Kelleher.
Events
- Army manual and high-technology devices (1996) (1996) — An Army manual lists a unit that responds to incidents involving 'high technology devices'.
- Bigelow recruits consciousness experts (1996) (7 January 1996) — Bigelow tells Vallée he is hiring experts on consciousness.
- Las Vegas data-gathering meeting (1996) (28 January 1996) — Military, scientific and corporate figures meet in Las Vegas about gathering UAP data.
- Air Force 2025 (May 1996) — An Air Force research paper imagines future air and space capabilities by 2025.
- Mathew Bevan (Kuji) arrest (21 June 1996) — A British hacker is arrested over intrusions into U.S. military and NASA systems.
- ALH84001 Mars meteorite announcement (7 August 1996) — NASA announces possible signs of past life in Mars rock ALH84001.
- Denise McKenzie's SAIC account (30 August 1996) — A former SAIC employee says she learned of UAP-related work there.
- CSETI site list for Congress (1996) (30 August 1996) — Greer's CSETI allegedly briefs Congress with a list of sites tied to UAP.
- Dan Morris testimony (30 August 1996) — Air Force Sgt. Dan Morris says he was part of a group gathering UAP information.
- Michael Smith's NORAD reporting account (30 August 1996) — An Air Force radar controller says UAP events were only to be reported to NORAD.
People
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- Steven Greer — Physician who founded CSETI and the Disclosure Project.
- Robert Bigelow — Businessman who founded NIDS and Bigelow Aerospace and ran the AAWSAP contract.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Colm Kelleher — Biochemist who helped run NIDS and BAASS and co-wrote Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.
- Edgar Mitchell — Apollo 14 astronaut who spoke about UFOs and whose estate held the Wilson–Davis notes.
- Christopher "Kit" Green — CIA physician and analyst who became a long-time contact of Jacques Vallée and studied UAP-related injuries.
- John Petersen — Futurist who founded the Arlington Institute.
- Mathew Bevan — Welsh hacker arrested in 1996 for breaking into U.S. military computers.
- Bill Clinton — 42nd U.S. president, lobbied about UFO files by Laurance Rockefeller.
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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