Ultraterrestrial hypothesis paper
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| Date | 31 July 2022 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic) |
| People | Harold Puthoff, John Keel, Jacques Vallée |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 207 |
| Year | 2022 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2022 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 4 |
In 2022 physicist Hal Puthoff published "Ultraterrestrial Models" in the Journal of Cosmology, a paper reviewing possible explanations for UAP, including the "ultraterrestrial" idea that they might come from an advanced intelligence hidden on Earth rather than from other planets.[1][2]
The paper
The paper, released around July 2022 and published in volume 29 of the Journal of Cosmology, surveys several frameworks: the extraterrestrial hypothesis, hidden "breakaway" human civilisations, time travellers, extradimensional beings and intelligences native to Earth. Puthoff argued that the evidence is so diverse and contradictory that no single explanation can yet be chosen, and that each alternative is hard to assess scientifically because it conflicts with current fundamental physics.[1][2][3]
Background
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The ultraterrestrial idea has a long history in UFO thought, associated with writers such as John Keel and Jacques Vallée, who argued that UFOs might be part of a phenomenon that has always been on Earth. Puthoff's interest in UAP dates from his remote-viewing work at the Stanford Research Institute in the 1970s through the Pentagon-funded AAWSAP program and To the Stars Academy.[4]
Influence
In 2024 a group of academics led by Tim Lomas published a paper on the related "cryptoterrestrial hypothesis" — that some UAP might reflect a concealed terrestrial civilisation — which cited Puthoff's paper as a source for the broader ultraterrestrial category.[3]
Assessment
Puthoff's paper is a speculative review, not a report of new evidence.[1][2]
People and topics
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Ultraterrestrial hypothesis — The idea that UAP come from an unknown intelligence on Earth.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- John Keel — Writer and author of The Mothman Prophecies who popularized the Men in Black.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- SRI International — The research institute where the government's remote-viewing studies began.
- 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
- 1962 nuclear test UFO records reply (29 July 2022) — A FOIA reply suggests files exist on UFOs and a 1962 nuclear test but need expert review.
- Garry Nolan on crash materials and contractors (3 August 2022) — Stanford's Garry Nolan discusses claims that crash materials went to aerospace companies.
See every 2022 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- "Hal Puthoff on ultraterrestrial models", Scanalyst · scanalyst.fourmilab.ch · archived copy
- Josh Mitteldorf, "What are 'ultra-terrestrials'?" · mitteldorf.substack.com · archived copy
- Tim Lomas et al., "The cryptoterrestrial hypothesis" (2024) (PDF) · static.foxnews.com · archived copy
- Harold E. Puthoff — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · 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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