2001 in UFO history
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| Year | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Events | 10 |
| Decade | 2000s |
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic) |
| Timeline | 2001 on the UAP Timeline |
2001 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 10 events in 2001, mostly about secrecy & cover-up and government programs. People named in these events include Jacques Vallée, Eric W. Davis, Steven Greer, Colm Kelleher, Kenneth Rommel.
Overview
In May 2001 the Disclosure Project held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. It featured more than twenty witnesses, most of them former military personnel, and urged Congress to hold hearings on UFOs and extraterrestrials.[1] ABC News reported that the witnesses said they had seen evidence of aliens or UFOs. Founder Steven Greer said some 400 witnesses were ready to testify.[1] On 9 May, at the National Press Club, aerospace illustrator Mark McCandlish testified that gravity-propulsion research since the 1950s had produced three government or contractor-built craft by 1981 based on recovered UFOs, the so-called "Alien Reproduction Vehicle."[2] In April a briefing document given to some members of Congress claimed that a covert group controlled parts of the UFO issue through corporate projects and illegal special access programs. Former Lockheed contractor Don Phillips claimed Lockheed held extraterrestrial technology.[3]
Research and private study continued. In June James Woodward and colleagues published experiments that they said produced small transient changes in mass. See Mach effect.[2][4] On 3 November Colm Kelleher reported to a NIDS meeting that more than 150 black triangle sightings had been recorded.[4] On 17 December he told Jacques Vallée he had found a Blue Book file showing that Battelle's Howard Cross, author of the 1953 Pentacle memo, had himself reported a UFO in 1951.[4]
Other 2001 entries include claims passed to Vallée: a 1977 case linking cattle mutilations to Army helicopters, physicist Eric Davis's story of a reverse-engineering project called "Zodiac," and consultant Jim Westwood's view that the MJ-12 papers were disinformation.[3][2] Eric Davis also said the Advanced Deep Space Transport group, which included Harold Puthoff and Lockheed representatives, looked at UFO data.[5]
Events
- Advanced Deep Space Transport group (2001) — A deep-space propulsion study group examines exotic propulsion.
- Army helicopters and cattle mutilations (2001) (24 February 2001) — Vallée hears of cattle mutilations linked to Army helicopters.
- Project Zodiac (3 March 2001) — Eric Davis tells Vallée about a story called 'Zodiac' involving real researchers.
- Disclosure Project briefing to Congress (2001) (April 2001) — CSETI briefs members of Congress that a covert group controls parts of the UAP issue.
- Don Phillips testimony (April 2001) — Former contractor Don Phillips claims Lockheed studies extraterrestrial technology.
- Westwood on MJ-12 disinformation (2001) (5 May 2001) — A consultant tells Vallée the MJ-12 documents are disinformation.
- Mark McCandlish and the Alien Reproduction Vehicle (9 May 2001) — Illustrator Mark McCandlish says gravity propulsion was reverse-engineered from recovered craft.
- Mach effect experiments (June 2001) — Researchers publish an experiment on changing the mass of test samples.
- NIDS black triangle study (3 November 2001) — Over 150 black triangle sightings are tallied at a NIDS meeting.
- Howard Cross's own sighting (17 December 2001) — A researcher finds a Blue Book file showing a Battelle scientist reported his own sighting.
People
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Eric W. Davis — Physicist who worked on AAWSAP and has said the U.S. holds recovered craft.
- Steven Greer — Physician who founded CSETI and the Disclosure Project.
- Colm Kelleher — Biochemist who helped run NIDS and BAASS and co-wrote Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.
- Kenneth Rommel — Former FBI agent whose 1980 report attributed most cattle mutilations to natural causes.
- Dale Graff — Physicist who managed remote viewing at Wright-Patterson and later the Stargate program.
- Don Phillips — Engineer who gave Disclosure Project testimony about Lockheed.
- Jim Westwood — Former CIA consultant who studied the MJ-12 papers.
- Robert M. Wood — McDonnell Douglas engineer who ran an in-house UFO study and later promoted the MJ-12 documents.
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
Nearby years
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References
- Unidentified flying object — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- UAP timeline published with Michael Shellenberger's 2024 congressional testimony, entries for 5 May to June 2001 · oversight.house.gov
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), entries for 24 February to April 2001 · oversight.house.gov
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), entries for June (continued) to 17 December 2001 · oversight.house.gov
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), entry for 2001 (Advanced Deep Space Transport group) · oversight.house.gov
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