2007 in UFO history
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| Year | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Events | 7 |
| Decade | 2000s |
| Topics | Propulsion & physics (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Military encounters (topic), Crashes & retrievals (topic) |
| Timeline | 2007 on the UAP Timeline |
2007 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 7 events in 2007, mostly about propulsion & physics and secrecy & cover-up. People named in these events include Jacques Vallée, Harold Puthoff, Bernard Haisch, Richard Haines, Eric W. Davis.
Overview
2007 saw the start of a new, secret U.S. government UFO program. At the urging of Nevada businessman Robert Bigelow, and with support from Senators Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid initiated the Advanced Aerospace Weapon Systems Applications Program (AAWSAP) in the Defense Intelligence Agency. It had a budget of $22 million over five years, and the effort later became known as AATIP.[1] On 21 October Bigelow told Jacques Vallée that the DIA had written expressing interest in research at Skinwalker Ranch after one of its personnel saw something unexplained there.[2] See DIA interest in Skinwalker Ranch.
On 23 April Ray Bowyer, a pilot for the airline Aurigny, reported two bright, stationary objects while flying toward Alderney in the Channel Islands. An air traffic controller told him a second pilot had seen something similar, and two passengers reported unusual coloured lights. Proposed explanations include earthquake lights and sundogs.[3] The timeline records that the FAA dismissed the disc seen over Chicago's O'Hare airport as a "weather phenomenon," though the airport's daily record showed it was aware of multiple calls about it.[4]
The timeline's other 2007 entries concern research and secrecy. On 5 January Harold Puthoff told Vallée he and Eric Davis were looking into a disc-shaped Lockheed jet hovercraft tested in the 1960s.[4] On 1 February Lisbon physicists suggested electric and magnetic fields might "manipulate inertial mass."[4] On 27 May Lockheed's Bernard Haisch said a DARPA-sponsored zero-point energy test was negative so far.[4] The timeline also cites a recorded phone call between NASA engineer Bob Oechsler and Admiral Bobby Ray Inman.[4] On 4 August Puthoff told Vallée he believed he knew where "the right people" hid the hardware program, with government funding and security but private control.[4][2]
Events
- O'Hare Airport UFO sighting (01 Jan 2007) — The FAA calls a disc seen over O'Hare airport a weather phenomenon despite many reports.
- 1960s disc hovercraft inquiry (5 Jan 2007) — Puthoff and Davis look into a 1960s Lockheed hovercraft that looks like a disc.
- Martins–Pinheiro inertia papers (1 February 2007) — Lisbon physicists suggest electric and magnetic fields could alter inertial mass.
- DARPA zero-point energy test (2007) (27 May 2007) — Haisch tells Vallée a DARPA-funded zero-point energy test is negative so far.
- Inman recording in Dreamland (7 July 2007) — In a recorded call, Adm. Bobby Ray Inman names a CIA official as the best person to ask about UAP.
- Puthoff locates the hardware program (2007) (4 August 2007) — Puthoff tells Vallée he thinks he knows where the secret UFO hardware program hides.
- DIA interest in Skinwalker Ranch (21 October 2007) — Bigelow says the DIA expressed interest in strange events at Skinwalker Ranch.
People
- 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.
- Bernard Haisch — Astrophysicist at Lockheed who co-developed the zero-point field theory of inertia.
- Richard Haines — NASA Ames scientist who founded NARCAP to study aviation UAP reports.
- Eric W. Davis — Physicist who worked on AAWSAP and has said the U.S. holds recovered craft.
- Alfonso Rueda — Physicist who co-developed the zero-point field theory of inertia.
- Bobby Ray Inman — Former NSA director and CIA deputy director.
- Bob Oechsler — UFO researcher who recorded a conversation with Adm. Bobby Ray Inman.
- David Grusch — Former intelligence officer who testified in 2023 that the U.S. has recovered non-human craft.
- Robert Bigelow — Businessman who founded NIDS and Bigelow Aerospace and ran the AAWSAP contract.
Nearby years
2006 in UFO history · 2008 in UFO history
References
- Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- UAP timeline published with Michael Shellenberger's 2024 congressional testimony, entries for 4 August and 21 October 2007 · oversight.house.gov
- 2007 Alderney UFO sighting — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- UAP timeline (Shellenberger testimony), entries for January to 7 July 2007 · oversight.house.gov
Facts in this article are drawn in part from the Wikipedia articles “Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program”, “2007 Alderney UFO sighting”, 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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