John Warner and AUTEC
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Contents 6
| Date | 14 October 2022 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Congress & law (topic) |
| People | John Warner IV |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 211 |
| Year | 2022 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2022 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 4 |
John Warner IV, son of the late Senator John Warner, who was Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974, has said in interviews that his family had connections to UFO-related secrets. The testimony cites a 2022 interview in which he linked his father to unusual events at the Navy's Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) in the Bahamas.[1][2]
AUTEC
AUTEC is a Navy test range on Andros Island in the Bahamas, set beside the Tongue of the Ocean, a deep trench about 100 nautical miles long and up to about 6,000 feet deep. The Navy ordered its creation in 1959, and it was dedicated in 1966 and commissioned in 1967 to test submarines, sonar and underwater weapons; contractors run much of its operation. Its secrecy has long fed rumours about unusual underwater objects.[3]
Warner's accounts
Warner IV is also a cousin of former Pentagon official Christopher Mellon, a prominent advocate of UAP transparency. In a 2021 interview he said his grandfather, Paul Mellon, had told him of seeing a large disc-shaped aircraft in a warehouse in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, at the end of the Second World War, and that his father once described U.S. bases in Antarctica as being for "space operations". In a 2022 interview titled around a "secret Navy UFO file timeline", he discussed AUTEC.[1][2]
Assessment
The claims are second-hand, from a son recounting his father's and grandfather's remarks. The elder Warner, who died in 2021, did not speak publicly about UFOs, and no records support the AUTEC account.[1][2]
People and topics
- U.S. Navy — The U.S. naval service, whose pilots reported the UAP encounters revealed in 2017.
- John Warner IV — Son of former Navy Secretary John Warner.
On the Timeline
- Elizondo and the Mansfield Amendment (13 October 2022) — Elizondo highlights the Mansfield Amendment, which limited military research funding.
- Cosmos Club MJ-12 forerunner claim (14 October 2022) — Warner's son describes a 'Cosmos Club' as a forerunner of a group like MJ-12.
See every 2022 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- "John Warner IV: secret Navy UFO file timeline — AUTEC & TUAOI", Dark Journalist (YouTube) · youtu.be · archived copy
- Michael Chary, "John Warner IV discusses the state of UFO disclosure", Gaia (Nov 2021) · gaia.com · archived copy
- Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- youtu.be · youtu.be · 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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