2016 in UFO history
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2016 in UFO history
| Year | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Events | 9 |
| Decade | 2010s |
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Government programs (topic) |
| Timeline | 2016 on the UAP Timeline |
2016 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 9 events in 2016, mostly about crashes & retrievals and secrecy & cover-up. People named in these events include Tom DeLonge, John Podesta, Christopher Mellon, Neil McCasland, Luis Elizondo.
Events
- Podesta–McCasland emails (24 January 2016) — Two Air Force generals and a Skunk Works executive appear in emails with Podesta's team.
- Area 6 (5 March 2016) — The nuclear security agency publicly describes Area 6 activities in Nevada for the first time.
- DeLonge on pooled crash material (27 March 2016) — Tom DeLonge says his advisers told him crash material was pooled among government and industry.
- DeLonge on hidden crashes (April 2016) — DeLonge says advisers told him of multiple crashes hidden by counterintelligence.
- Sekret Machines (5 April 2016) — DeLonge publishes the novel Sekret Machines, which he says advisers helped shape.
- Greer's underground facilities list (18 April 2016) — Steven Greer names underground facilities he claims are tied to secret programs.
- Christopher Mellon goes public (2016) (9 May 2016) — Former Pentagon intelligence official Christopher Mellon speaks publicly about UAP for the first time.
- Death of Max Spiers (16 July 2016) — UFO researcher Max Spiers dies of an apparent overdose; authorities investigate.
- DeLonge's research groups (2016) (31 August 2016) — Tom DeLonge says he became involved with groups studying crashed craft and biology.
People
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- Tom DeLonge — Musician who founded To The Stars Academy.
- John Podesta — Clinton campaign chairman with a long interest in UFO disclosure.
- Christopher Mellon — Former deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence who helped release the Navy UAP videos.
- Neil McCasland — Retired Air Force major general named in the Podesta emails.
- Luis Elizondo — Former Army counterintelligence officer who says he ran AATIP.
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Rob Weiss — Lockheed Skunk Works executive named in the Podesta emails.
- David Grusch — Former intelligence officer who testified in 2023 that the U.S. has recovered non-human craft.
- Steven Greer — Physician who founded CSETI and the Disclosure Project.
- Bill Clinton — 42nd U.S. president, lobbied about UFO files by Laurance Rockefeller.
Programs, places and terms
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