2002 in UFO history
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| Year | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Events | 17 |
| Decade | 2000s |
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic), Crashes & retrievals (topic), Beings & bodies (topic) |
| Timeline | 2002 on the UAP Timeline |
2002 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 17 events in 2002, mostly about secrecy & cover-up and government programs. People named in these events include Jacques Vallée, Christopher "Kit" Green, Eric W. Davis, Harold Puthoff, Nick Cook.
Overview
The UAP Timeline's busiest 2002 story concerns alleged notes by physicist Eric Davis. They describe a meeting on 16 October 2002, in a car outside EG&G Special Projects in Las Vegas, with Vice Admiral Thomas Wilson. According to the notes, Wilson said he had found records of a UFO reverse-engineering program using technology "not of this Earth," protected by a special agreement with a large defence contractor, and that it was among a group of "legacy" programs predating special-access reforms.[1] The document, later known as the "Wilson–Davis notes," became central to modern claims about "legacy programs." It is presented on the timeline as alleged.[1]
Exotic propulsion was also in the news. On 29 July BBC News reported that Boeing's Phantom Works was working from Russian scientist Eugene Podkletnov's research to create an antigravity device.[2] See Project GRASP. Phantom Works had approached Podkletnov directly but was blocked by Russian technology transfer controls. Its outgoing head, Lieutenant General George Muellner, said the physical principles "appear to be valid."[3] Harold Puthoff told author Nick Cook that the evidence for black-budget aerospace programs that challenge known physics was "pretty solid."[4] On 27 November the Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry delivered its final report to Congress.[5]
Other entries come from Jacques Vallée's contacts. A General Exon told Davis on 1 March of two kinds of Roswell material, including foil that returned to its shape after being crumpled.[4] Christopher "Kit" Green told Vallée of camouflaged UFO sensors and of an Air Force physician, Brigadier General Donald Flickinger, who said he had seen "alien autopsy" materials.[6] On 6 May Vallée wrote that UFO research had almost certainly been privatised outside government.[2] On 11 May Colonel John Alexander suggested the 1964 Holloman landing story covered for a malfunctioning A-12 prototype.[2] In November British hacker Gary McKinnon was arrested for intruding into U.S. Army and NASA computers. He said he saw an image of a cigar-shaped object in orbit.[5] In October security teams at a Nevada weapons storage area chased a three-foot orb along its fences.[7]
Events
- Puthoff on black-budget physics (2002) (2002) — Puthoff tells author Nick Cook there is solid evidence of secret aerospace programs.
- Niemtzow declines McDonnell study (10 January 2002) — A retired colonel tells Vallée he declined to join a secret McDonnell UAP study.
- Two Roswell materials claim (2002) (1 March 2002) — A general reportedly tells Eric Davis two unusual materials were recovered at Roswell.
- Disguised UFO sensor network claim (2 March 2002) — Kit Green says hidden UAP sensors were disguised as environmental monitoring stations.
- Flickinger autopsy material claim (5 March 2002) — Kit Green says an Air Force physician told him he saw alien autopsy material.
- Will Miller's offer to Davis and Puthoff (25 April 2002) — A retired Navy commander offers his services researching crash retrievals.
- Thomas Bearden's list of energy researchers (May 2002) — Thomas Bearden lists researchers he says work on related energy technology.
- Vallée on privatized UFO research (2002) (6 May 2002) — Vallée writes that UFO research has likely been privatized in the U.S.
- Alexander's A-12 explanation for Holloman (11 May 2002) — Col. John Alexander says the Holloman landing story covered up a failed spy-plane test.
- Jean Kisling's airline stranger (29 June 2002) — A French officer tells Vallée a stranger on a 1950s flight claimed to work on recovered craft.
- Boeing and Podkletnov (BBC report, 2002) (29 July 2002) — BBC News reports Boeing researchers are looking at a Russian scientist's antigravity work.
- Project GRASP (29 July 2002) — Jane's reports Boeing's Project GRASP says gravity control would transform aerospace.
- Norton AFB UFO files claim (1 September 2002) — A couple tells Vallée they saw a large collection of UFO files at Norton AFB in 1985.
- Nevada weapons storage orb (2002) (October 2002) — A three-foot orb is reported moving along fences at a Nevada nuclear weapons storage area.
- Wilson–Davis notes (16 October 2002) — Eric Davis allegedly meets Vice Adm. Thomas Wilson about a secret UAP program.
- Gary McKinnon (November 2002) — Hacker Gary McKinnon is arrested and claims he saw a UAP image in NASA files.
- Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry (27 November 2002) — A federal commission on the aerospace industry delivers its final report to Congress.
People
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Christopher "Kit" Green — CIA physician and analyst who became a long-time contact of Jacques Vallée and studied UAP-related injuries.
- Eric W. Davis — Physicist who worked on AAWSAP and has said the U.S. holds recovered craft.
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Nick Cook — Jane's Defence Weekly aviation editor and author of The Hunt for Zero Point.
- Thomas Wilson — Former DIA director named in the Wilson–Davis notes.
- David Grusch — Former intelligence officer who testified in 2023 that the U.S. has recovered non-human craft.
- Eugene Podkletnov — Russian engineer who claimed spinning superconductors reduce gravity.
- Richard Niemtzow — Air Force physician interested in UFO-related injuries.
- Robert M. Wood — McDonnell Douglas engineer who ran an in-house UFO study and later promoted the MJ-12 documents.
Nearby years
2001 in UFO history · 2003 in UFO history
References
- UAP timeline published with Michael Shellenberger's 2024 congressional testimony, entries for 1 September and 16 October 2002 · oversight.house.gov
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), entries for 6 May to 29 July 2002 · oversight.house.gov
- Zero-point energy — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), entries for 2002 to 1 March 2002 · oversight.house.gov
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), entries for November 2002 · oversight.house.gov
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), entries for 2 March to May 2002 · oversight.house.gov
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), entry for October 2002 · oversight.house.gov
Facts in this article are drawn in part from the Wikipedia article “Zero-point energy”, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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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