2009 in UFO history

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2009 in UFO history
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Year2009
Events6
Decade2000s
TopicsSecrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic), Crashes & retrievals (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic)
Timeline2009 on the UAP Timeline

2009 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 6 events in 2009, mostly about secrecy & cover-up and government programs. People named in these events include Jacques Vallée, Colm Kelleher, James Lacatski, Harold Puthoff, Edward Burkhalter.

Events

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People

Jacques Vallée 2024
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  • Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
  • Colm Kelleher — Biochemist who helped run NIDS and BAASS and co-wrote Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.
  • James Lacatski — DIA official who started AAWSAP and co-wrote Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.
  • Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
  • Edward Burkhalter — Retired admiral named in AAWSAP-era discussions.
  • Steven Greer — Physician who founded CSETI and the Disclosure Project.
  • George Knapp — Las Vegas journalist who broke the Bob Lazar story and co-wrote Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.
  • Eric W. Davis — Physicist who worked on AAWSAP and has said the U.S. holds recovered craft.
  • David Grusch — Former intelligence officer who testified in 2023 that the U.S. has recovered non-human craft.

Nearby years

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