NASA
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NASA
| Type | Organization |
|---|---|
| Also known as | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| On the Timeline | 39 events, 1950–2023 |
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the U.S. civilian space agency, created in 1958. NASA has generally kept its distance from UFOs, but has been drawn in at several points.
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In 1977 President Carter's science adviser asked NASA to consider a new UFO study; administrator Robert Frosch declined, though he said NASA would examine genuine physical evidence. NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program (1996–2002) studied speculative ideas such as gravity control, and its 1996 announcement of possible fossils in a Martian meteorite raised public interest in alien life.
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In 2022 NASA set up an independent study team on UAP, which reported in September 2023 that better data was needed and named a director of UAP research. NASA also appears in many unverified claims, such as Gary McKinnon's statements about images at Johnson Space Center.
On the UAP Timeline
- Bell Labs source on 1950 crash files (1950) — A Bell Labs source says a former NASA employee had technical files on a 1950 crash retrieval.
- Bernard Schriever and Wright Field technical intelligence (1956) — Gen. Bernard Schriever's testimony describes close work with technical intelligence at Wright Field.
- Man in Space Soonest (1958) — The Air Force's pre-NASA 'Man-In-Space-Soonest' program funds a Lockheed spacecraft, later cancelled.
- Lockbourne AFB object and Kecksburg (10 December 1965) — An Air Force guard says he watched over an object brought from Pennsylvania before it went to Wright-Patterson.
- Jack Pickett and the MacDill discs (1966-1967) — A retired pilot and a journalist say they saw Air Force-marked disc craft at MacDill AFB.
- National Bureau of Standards 1943 UFO claim (1969) — A former intelligence officer tells Vallée the National Bureau of Standards studied UAP as early as 1943.
- Torbitt Document (1970) — Author 'William Torbitt' claims a group ran counterintelligence for advanced aerospace programs.
- Carter request and NASA's UFO decision (1977) (13 December 1977) — A NASA safety chief writes that a possible UFO fragment was studied at Los Alamos.
- NASA physical evidence policy (1978) (17 January 1978) — A NASA memo describes a program to analyze physical UAP evidence.
- 1978 House SETI hearing (19 September 1978) — A NASA official testifies to the House about searching for extraterrestrial intelligence.
- Sunnyvale hangar saucer claim (1979) — A Navy radar observer says he saw a large saucer in a hangar at Sunnyvale in 1950.
- Richard Haines's conviction about a secret project (1982) (6 April 1982) — NASA scientist Richard Haines tells Vallée he is sure a secret government UAP project exists.
- Reagan's diary entry of 11 June 1985 (11 June 1985) — President Reagan's diary hints at a large space shuttle capability after lunch with scientists.
- National Aero-Space Plane contracts (1986) (April 1986) — Defense contractors receive contracts to develop a hypersonic single-stage-to-orbit plane.
- Osedacz thesis on fastwalkers (1989) (June 1989) — An Air Force captain writes that a database of UAP in near-Earth orbit has long existed.
- Oechsler–Inman phone call (October 1989) — A NASA mission specialist meets a retired admiral about a group said to manage UAP information.
- Stubblebine's Mars lecture (1992) (22 May 1992) — Gen. Albert Stubblebine allegedly claims there are structures beneath the surface of Mars.
- John Brandenburg's theories (1994) — Engineer John Brandenburg discusses theories tied to his space program work.
- Bigelow recruits consciousness experts (1996) (7 January 1996) — Bigelow tells Vallée he is hiring experts on consciousness.
- Mathew Bevan (Kuji) arrest (21 June 1996) — A British hacker is arrested over intrusions into U.S. military and NASA systems.
- ALH84001 Mars meteorite announcement (7 August 1996) — NASA announces possible signs of past life in Mars rock ALH84001.
- NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics workshop (1997) (August 1997) — NASA holds a breakthrough propulsion physics workshop.
- Ning Li superconductor gravity test (1 August 1997) — NASA and university scientists publish gravity-related experiment results.
- Zero-point field theory of inertia paper (1998) (August 1998) — Puthoff and Lockheed researchers publish a paper on inertia and vacuum energy.
- Henry Dakin's San Francisco building (20 February 2000) — Vallée describes a building in San Francisco renting to paranormal research groups.
- Advanced Deep Space Transport group (2001) — A deep-space propulsion study group examines exotic propulsion.
- Mach effect experiments (June 2001) — Researchers publish an experiment on changing the mass of test samples.
- Puthoff on black-budget physics (2002) (2002) — Puthoff tells author Nick Cook there is solid evidence of secret aerospace programs.
- Norton AFB UFO files claim (1 September 2002) — A couple tells Vallée they saw a large collection of UFO files at Norton AFB in 1985.
- Gary McKinnon (November 2002) — Hacker Gary McKinnon is arrested and claims he saw a UAP image in NASA files.
- Socorro rock analysis (3 May 2003) — Kit Green says rock from the 1964 Socorro landing was analyzed at NASA Goddard.
- Larry Lemke's father and unusual hardware (11 June 2003) — A NASA engineer says his father worked on hardware that seemed to come from beyond Earth.
- O'Hare Airport UFO sighting (01 Jan 2007) — The FAA calls a disc seen over O'Hare airport a weather phenomenon despite many reports.
- Cape Canaveral Chronicles (3 December 2008) — An alleged former NASA employee claims a saucer landed near Kennedy Space Center.
- Oechsler on Navy EMP experiments (18 August 2014) — Bob Oechsler links Navy EMP experiments to UAP recoveries.
- NASA–NNSA planetary defense partnership (22 March 2017) — The nuclear security agency discloses its planetary defense partnership with NASA.
- Salvatore Pais patents (2 November 2017) — Navy scientist Salvatore Pais files a patent for a triangular craft with claimed antigravity effects.
- Death of Amy Eskridge (15 June 2022) — Scientist Amy Eskridge dies in Huntsville; a former UK officer makes claims about it.
- Coulthart on Huntsville physicists and BAE (28 February 2023) — Ross Coulthart says some physicists in Huntsville disappeared and BAE deserves scrutiny.
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References
- NASA UAP independent study team report (2023) · science.nasa.gov · archived copy
- NASA — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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