Arlington Institute contact scenario exercises
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| Date | 14 September 2003 |
|---|---|
| People | Harold Puthoff, Jacques Vallée, John Petersen, Robert Bigelow |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 154 |
| Year | 2003 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2003 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 9 |
According to Jacques Vallée's journals, physicist Hal Puthoff took part in scenario exercises run by the Arlington Institute, futurist John Petersen's think tank, in which participants considered how governments and society might respond to confirmed contact with non-human intelligence or official UFO disclosure. The testimony dates the entry to September 2003.[1]
The Arlington Institute
Petersen founded the Arlington Institute in Arlington, Virginia, in 1989 with the stated aim of broadening the concept of national security to include issues such as population growth, environmental change and technological and social shifts. Petersen had carried out futures-research projects for the Defense Department, including the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and advised senior Navy officials; former CIA Director James Woolsey sat on the institute's board.[2]
Puthoff and Petersen
Puthoff's association with Petersen continued for years. In February 2020 he gave a talk at Petersen's "Transition Talk" forum in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, on the back story of the Pentagon's UAP programme, in which he also said former AFOSI agent Richard Doty had worked for him.[3]
Context
"Day after" planning for a possible disclosure was a recurring interest in Puthoff's circle. The idea anticipated later proposals such as the 2023 UAP Disclosure Act, which would have set up a formal process for reviewing and releasing UAP records.[1][4]
People and topics
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Arlington Institute — The futurist think tank founded by John Petersen in 1989.
- John Petersen — Futurist who founded the Arlington Institute.
- Disclosure — The official release of government information about UFOs.
- Robert Bigelow — Businessman who founded NIDS and Bigelow Aerospace and ran the AAWSAP contract.
- NIDS — Robert Bigelow's research institute (1995–2004) that studied UFOs and other anomalies.
- UAP Disclosure Act — A 2023 Senate proposal by Chuck Schumer and Mike Rounds to release UAP records.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
On the Timeline
- Puthoff's "front door" attempt (10 September 2003) — Lockheed's Bernard Haisch says Puthoff tried official channels to reach a secret UFO program.
- Puthoff protects a key source (2003) (2 October 2003) — Puthoff tells Vallée he is holding back details to protect a key insider source.
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References
- Jacques Vallée, *Forbidden Science 5: Pacific Heights* (journals 2000–2009), Amazon · amazon.com · archived copy
- "The Arlington Institute", Powerbase · powerbase.info · archived copy
- "Dr Hal Puthoff's 8 February 2020 talk", UFOs Scientific Research (Feb 2020) · ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com · archived copy
- Justin Snead, "Timeline of U.S. congressional action on UFOs (2007 to present)" · justinsnead.substack.com · archived copy
- Forbidden Science — the journals of Jacques Vallée (Anomaly Archives) · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science series — Anomalist Books · anomalistbooks.com · archived copy
- Harold E. Puthoff — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Review of Forbidden Science 6 — SFCrowsnest · sfcrowsnest.info · archived copy
- Forbidden Science Dispatches — Tanner Boyle (journal summaries) · tannerfboyle.substack.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Jacques Vallée — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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