2021 in UFO history
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2021 in UFO history
| Year | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Events | 21 |
| Decade | 2020s |
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic), Crashes & retrievals (topic), Beings & bodies (topic) |
| Timeline | 2021 on the UAP Timeline |
2021 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 21 events in 2021, mostly about secrecy & cover-up and government programs. People named in these events include Luis Elizondo, Ross Coulthart, David Grusch, Harry Reid, Daniel Sheehan.
Events
- Harry Reid on Lockheed's UFO fragments (1 May 2021) — Former Sen. Harry Reid says he was told Lockheed held UAP fragments and was refused access.
- Insider on oversight without access (2021) (1 May 2021) — An anonymous insider tells a researcher that officials with oversight lack access to UAP information.
- Mellon's first steps as president (5 May 2021) — Christopher Mellon says what he would do first about UAP if he were president.
- Greer's Elizondo vehicle story (19 May 2021) — Steven Greer says he heard Elizondo was in a facility holding an alien vehicle.
- Elizondo on interference with AATIP (26 May 2021) — Elizondo says some officials interfered with AATIP's work.
- Elizondo on a 1962 nuclear test retrieval (10 June 2021) — Elizondo responds to a question about an ocean crash retrieval during a 1962 nuclear test.
- ODNI Preliminary Assessment on UAP (25 June 2021) — The ODNI's preliminary UAP assessment is published (see the Library record).
- Mark Sokol and Falcon Space (29 June 2021) — A company founder says he built a device to detect gravity changes in light.
- Richard Dolan on the classified UAP annex (29 June 2021) — Researcher Richard Dolan describes the classified part of the UAP task force report.
- Coulthart on Elizondo's oversight role (29 June 2021) — Journalist Ross Coulthart says a source described Elizondo's role reviewing secret programs.
- Long Beach undercover approach claim (1 August 2021) — Coulthart writes a source was asked to go undercover inside an aerospace company.
- Elizondo on rogue programs (2021) (2 September 2021) — Elizondo says he saw no UAP programs in secret program oversight; any would be rogue.
- Nat Kobitz's read-in remark (3 September 2021) — Coulthart says a Navy science director told him he was read into a crash program.
- Mary Elizabeth Elliot inquiry (15 September 2021) — Researchers ask sources about a name in the alleged Wilson memo.
- Alaska pyramid claim (28 September 2021) — DeLonge says he was told of a large pyramid beneath Alaska.
- Daniel Sheehan on post-war control of UAP information (October 2021) — Elizondo's lawyer Daniel Sheehan describes how UAP information has been controlled since WWII.
- Energy Department labs as analysts claim (2 October 2021) — Eric Davis says Energy Department labs analyzed UAP materials for another owner.
- Elizondo on unfair corporate advantage (21 October 2021) — Elizondo says alien technology could give one company an unfair advantage over another.
- Eric Haseltine on UAP-like weapons (29 November 2021) — A former NSA officer says the U.S. lacks weapons that could create UAP-like effects.
- Coulthart on divested UAP technology (30 November 2021) — Coulthart says UAP technology was moved into private aerospace companies.
- Coulthart's sources go quiet (2021) (17 December 2021) — Coulthart says his sources have gone quiet amid an intense security effort.
People
- Luis Elizondo — Former Army counterintelligence officer who says he ran AATIP.
- Ross Coulthart — Australian journalist who reported David Grusch's claims.
- David Grusch — Former intelligence officer who testified in 2023 that the U.S. has recovered non-human craft.
- Harry Reid — Senate Majority Leader who arranged funding for AAWSAP.
- Daniel Sheehan — Constitutional lawyer who said he saw classified Blue Book photos and later represented Luis Elizondo.
- Christopher Mellon — Former deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence who helped release the Navy UAP videos.
- Steven Greer — Physician who founded CSETI and the Disclosure Project.
- Robert M. Wood — McDonnell Douglas engineer who ran an in-house UFO study and later promoted the MJ-12 documents.
- Nat Kobitz — Former Navy science and technology director named by Ross Coulthart.
- Thomas Wilson — Former DIA director named in the Wilson–Davis notes.
Programs, places and terms
Nearby years
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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