Jump room school claim
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Contents 7
| Date | July 2012 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic) |
| People | Andrew Basiago |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 175 |
| Year | 2012 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2012 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 6 |
The "jump room" school is part of a set of claims by Andrew Basiago and William Stillings that, as young people, they were trained in a secret U.S. programme to teleport to Mars, together with Barack Obama and future DARPA director Regina Dugan. The claims drew international attention in January 2012.[1][2]
The claims
Basiago, a Washington state lawyer, says he took part as a child in Project Pegasus, a 1970s DARPA programme supposedly exploring time travel and teleportation. He and Stillings, who describe themselves as "chrononauts", said that in 1980 Obama — then 19 and using the name "Barry Soetoro" — and Dugan were in a "Mars training class" of about ten young adults at California's College of the Siskiyous, preparing to travel to Mars through a "jump room". They said Obama visited secret U.S. bases on Mars twice between 1981 and 1983, and Basiago said he spoke with him there. Basiago has named other participants in versions of the story.[1][3]
Responses
The White House denied that the President had travelled to Mars or that any Mars training class existed. Dugan was head of DARPA from 2009 to 2012.[1][2]
Assessment
No evidence supports any of these claims, which are widely regarded as fantasy, though they attracted media attention because of the famous names involved.[1][2][3]
People and topics
- DARPA — The Pentagon's advanced research agency.
- Andrew Basiago — Lawyer who claims he took part in a secret time-travel program called Project Pegasus.
- Project Pegasus — The alleged time-travel program described by Andrew Basiago.
On the Timeline
- Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle (December 2011) — The Air Force funds research on a wingless electromagnetic air vehicle.
- Daniel Brad MacBolen III (8 July 2012) — A man claiming to be a former Air Force sergeant describes 'jump room' technology.
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References
- Jason Major, "Conspiracy theory: Obama went to Mars as teen", NBC News / Universe Today (Jan 2012) · nbcnews.com · archived copy
- "Government denies teleporting Obama to Mars", IBTimes · ibtimes.com · archived copy
- "Beam me up, Obama: conspiracy theory claims president teleported to Mars", Universe Today (Jan 2012) · universetoday.com · archived copy
- 'I have physically traveled in time' — KOMO News · komonews.com · archived copy
- Andrew Basiago — RationalWiki · rationalwiki.org · archived copy
- People who claimed to have traveled in time — Listverse · listverse.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Stargate Project — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Stargate collection — CIA Reading Room · cia.gov · archived copy
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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