John Maynard testimony
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| Date | August 2004 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic) |
| People | John Maynard, Steven Greer, David Grusch |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 156 |
| Year | 2004 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2004 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 14 |
John Maynard, a retired U.S. military intelligence analyst who ended his career at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), gave testimony to Steven Greer's Disclosure Project in October 2000 describing evidence of UFOs he said he encountered during a 21-year career. His account was published in the project's 2001 briefing document.[1][2]
Career
Maynard said he served 21 years and retired in 1980. He began as an analyst with the Army Security Agency, worked in Okinawa analysing Chinese communications in the late 1950s and early 1960s, served in Europe and, in 1976–78, in Turkey as an administrator at a NATO headquarters, and finished at the DIA as an administrator in charge of most documents for its Requirements and Evaluation division.[1]
His claims
Maynard said that while in Okinawa he came across radio signals that did not fit known traffic patterns, and that a colleague privately told him they were not coming from Earth; he believed he was moved from the job for being too curious. In Europe, he said, he did preliminary investigations of UFO sightings for counterintelligence officers, sending reports to the CIA, the DIA and Air Force investigators. He also said he saw reconnaissance photographs showing round, oblong and triangular objects, that during the Camp David accords period there were reports of SR-71 flights over the Sinai being accompanied by unknown objects, and that a radar-satellite project he visited had half its satellites pointed away from Earth. He recalled being sent to collect files from Col. Philip Corso at the Pentagon, who told him that one day back-engineered technology would be widely available.[1]
Compartmentation
Much of Maynard's testimony described how secrecy works: he said there were only three classification levels, with code-word compartments such as Umbra or Talent Keyhole controlling access, so that few people saw the whole picture. He said the National Reconnaissance Office had taken over much of the UFO role after Project Blue Book ended. His testimony was later reproduced in Greer's book Hidden Truth, Forbidden Knowledge (2006).[1][3]
Assessment
Maynard's service record and specific claims have not been independently confirmed. Like other Disclosure Project testimony, his account was presented at Greer's May 2001 press conference in Washington, where critics such as former NASA engineer James Oberg questioned Greer's larger claims.[1][2]
People and topics
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- John Maynard — Self-described Army intelligence analyst who gave Disclosure Project testimony.
- Defense Intelligence Agency — The Pentagon's military intelligence agency, which ran AAWSAP.
- Steven Greer — Physician who founded CSETI and the Disclosure Project.
- Disclosure Project — Steven Greer's campaign for UFO disclosure, best known for its May 2001 press conference.
- TRW — A U.S. aerospace and defence contractor often named in UFO claims.
- David Grusch — Former intelligence officer who testified in 2023 that the U.S. has recovered non-human craft.
On the Timeline
- Catherine Austin Fitts and the missing money (June 2004) — Catherine Austin Fitts writes that huge sums are being diverted into secret programs.
- Kit Green on Basiago's claims (7 August 2004) — Kit Green tells Vallée that Basiago's time-travel claims are exaggerated.
See every 2004 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Disclosure Project Briefing Document (2001), Internet Archive (PDF) · archive.org · archived copy
- "Group calls for disclosure of UFO info", ABC News (May 2001) · abcnews.com · archived copy
- Steven M. Greer — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- 'Group calls for disclosure of UFO info' — ABC News (2001) · abcnews.go.com · archived copy
- Greer's Disclosure Project — Patrick Gross · ufology.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- A historian on the Disclosure Project — History News Network · historynewsnetwork.org · archived copy
- Greer's Disclosure Project event, 9 May 2001 — Patrick Gross · ufology.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- Disclosure Project National Press Club event, 9 May 2001 (video) · amara.org · archived copy
- 'Deafening Silence': media response to the 9 May 2001 event — Jonathan Kolber · lifeboat.com · archived copy
- siriusdisclosure.com · siriusdisclosure.com · archived copy
- doe.carleton.ca · doe.carleton.ca · archived copy
- ia803008.us.archive.org · ia803008.us.archive.org · archived copy
- everything-imaginable.simplecast.com · everything-imaginable.simplecast.com · archived copy
- academia.edu · academia.edu · archived copy
Further reading
- Steven M. Greer — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Laurance Rockefeller — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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