Puthoff on black-budget physics (2002)
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Contents 4
| Date | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic) |
| People | Harold Puthoff, Nick Cook |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 146 |
| Year | 2002 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2002 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 8 |
Puthoff on black-budget physics (2002) — Puthoff tells author Nick Cook there is solid evidence of secret aerospace programs.
In The Hunt for Zero Point (2001), Jane's Defence Weekly aviation editor Nick Cook quotes physicist Hal Puthoff as saying the evidence was fairly solid that black-budget aerospace programs had explored physics beyond the mainstream, such as gravity control.
The book is a personal investigation built on interviews, many anonymous, and on documents like the 1950s Herald Tribune anti-gravity articles and Air Force studies. The testimony notes that NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program was looking at several possible approaches to gravity control at the time, including vacuum energy and inertia modification.
Cook's book was influential, but critics argue that much of it rests on speculation. Puthoff's view, as quoted, is consistent with his later role in the AAWSAP program and To The Stars Academy.
People and topics
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Nick Cook — Jane's Defence Weekly aviation editor and author of The Hunt for Zero Point.
- The Hunt for Zero Point — Nick Cook's 2001 book on secret anti-gravity research.
- Black budget — Classified government spending on secret programs.
- Anti-gravity — The idea of cancelling or controlling gravity for propulsion.
- U.S. Air Force — The U.S. military service that ran the official UFO projects from 1947 to 1969.
- NASA — The U.S. civilian space agency, created in 1958.
- Breakthrough Propulsion Physics — NASA's 1996–2002 study of speculative propulsion ideas.
- Zero-point energy — The lowest possible energy of a physical system, which some hope to tap for power.
- AAWSAP — The Defense Intelligence Agency's UAP research program of 2008–2010, carried out by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies.
- To The Stars Academy — The company founded by Tom DeLonge in 2017 that released the Navy UAP videos.
On the Timeline
- Howard Cross's own sighting (17 December 2001) — A researcher finds a Blue Book file showing a Battelle scientist reported his own sighting.
- Niemtzow declines McDonnell study (10 January 2002) — A retired colonel tells Vallée he declined to join a secret McDonnell UAP study.
See every 2002 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Nick Cook (writer) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- The Hunt for Zero Point — Anomaly Archives · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- Another layer of cover: Nick Cook's 'The Hunt for Zero Point' examined — Lobster · lobster-magazine.co.uk · archived copy
- Documents on the vetting of 'Skinwalkers at the Pentagon' — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: book review — Bad UFOs (Robert Sheaffer) · badufos.blogspot.com · archived copy
- AARO historical report finds no evidence of alien technology (2024) — Space.com · space.com · archived copy
- AARO Report on the Historical Record, Volume I — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- archive.org · archive.org · archived copy
Further reading
- Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Harold E. Puthoff — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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