Rockefeller Initiative
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| Date | 15 April 1993 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Congress & law (topic), Disinformation & hoaxes (topic) |
| People | Laurance Rockefeller, Bill Clinton, C. B. "Scott" Jones, John Gibbons |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 116 |
| Year | 1993 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1993 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 9 |
The Rockefeller Initiative was an effort from 1993 to 1996 by the billionaire philanthropist Laurance Rockefeller to persuade President Bill Clinton's administration to release government UFO files, with the Roswell incident as the first test case. It produced correspondence and meetings with the White House science office but no official disclosure.[1][2]
Origins
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In 1993 Rockefeller set up what he called the "UFO Disclosure Initiative to the Clinton White House" with his niece Anne Bartley, then president of the Rockefeller Family Fund, seeking release of all government UFO information, including from the CIA and the Air Force. He worked with C.B. "Scott" Jones, a former Navy fighter pilot and naval intelligence officer who had worked from 1985 to 1991 for Senator Claiborne Pell studying paranormal phenomena, and corresponded with Clinton's science adviser John Gibbons.[1][3]
The White House contacts
Records from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show correspondence and meetings, including a 1995 meeting at Rockefeller's JY Ranch in Wyoming. Rockefeller funded a privately produced report, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, which was given to officials. The records also include discussion of CIA contacts with researchers.[2][4]
Results
Rockefeller regarded Roswell as the most important test case; in September 1994 the Air Force issued its report attributing the Roswell debris to Project Mogul. Clinton issued an executive order on declassification in late 1994 that did not refer specifically to UFO files, and Rockefeller briefed him on the initiative's results in 1995. The initiative did not lead to official disclosure, though it may have contributed to the Air Force's Roswell reports and the broader declassification policies of the period.[1]
Related funding
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Rockefeller also supported Steven Greer's disclosure efforts and the abduction research of Harvard psychiatrist John Mack. He died in 2004. The testimony notes that Jones said he had no inside knowledge and would speak publicly only in ways that would not mislead.[1][3]
People and topics
- Central Intelligence Agency — The U.S. foreign intelligence agency, which has followed UFO reports since the 1940s.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- Laurance Rockefeller — Philanthropist who lobbied the Clinton White House for UFO disclosure.
- Bill Clinton — 42nd U.S. president, lobbied about UFO files by Laurance Rockefeller.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Roswell — The New Mexico town at the center of the 1947 crash story.
- C. B. "Scott" Jones — Former naval officer and Senate aide who worked on the Rockefeller Initiative.
- John Gibbons — President Clinton's science adviser.
- Freedom of Information Act — The 1966 U.S. law that lets the public request government records.
- U.S. Air Force — The U.S. military service that ran the official UFO projects from 1947 to 1969.
On the Timeline
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- Stubblebine's Mars lecture (1992) (22 May 1992) — Gen. Albert Stubblebine allegedly claims there are structures beneath the surface of Mars.
- FBI MJ-12 espionage file (22 July 1993) — The FBI says it has a closed 'Majestic-12' file labelled espionage.
See every 1993 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Laurance Rockefeller — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy UFO records (PDF), The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- "Jones, C. B. Scott", Anomaly Archives · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- "UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence", Sacred Texts · sacred-texts.com · archived copy
- Kit Green — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Garry Nolan on UFO materials and Kit Green's patient studies (Vice interview) · exo.substack.com · archived copy
- Kit Green in Vallée's journals — Forbidden Science Dispatches · tannerfboyle.substack.com · archived copy
- abovetopsecret.com · abovetopsecret.com · archived copy
- abovetopsecret.com · abovetopsecret.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Majestic 12 — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Majestic 12 file — FBI Vault · vault.fbi.gov · archived copy
- AATIP / AAWSAP — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Robert Bigelow — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Laurance Rockefeller — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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