1977 in UFO history
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1977 in UFO history
| Year | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Events | 4 |
| Decade | 1970s |
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Government programs (topic) |
| Timeline | 1977 on the UAP Timeline |
1977 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 4 events in 1977, mostly about crashes & retrievals and secrecy & cover-up. People named in these events include Jimmy Carter, Leonard Stringfield, Daniel Sheehan, Marcia Smith, Mario Woods.
Events
- Sgt. M.S. and the Wright-Patterson general (1977) — An Air Force sergeant says a general at Wright-Patterson told him about recovered material.
- Daniel Sheehan and the Blue Book photos (1977) — Attorney Daniel Sheehan says he was shown classified Blue Book material at the Library of Congress.
- Mario Woods incident at Ellsworth AFB (1977) (November 1977) — An Ellsworth AFB security airman says a UAP answered his spotlight signals.
- 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.
People
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- Jimmy Carter — 39th U.S. president, who reported a UFO sighting and asked NASA about UFO research.
- Leonard Stringfield — Former Air Force intelligence officer and NICAP researcher who collected anonymous crash-retrieval accounts from 1978 to 1994.
- Daniel Sheehan — Constitutional lawyer who said he saw classified Blue Book photos and later represented Luis Elizondo.
- Marcia Smith — Congressional Research Service analyst who prepared UFO reports in the 1970s.
- Mario Woods — Air Force security policeman who described a 1977 encounter at an Ellsworth AFB missile site.
- Robert Hastings — Researcher who has collected accounts of UFOs at nuclear weapons sites, author of UFOs and Nukes.
- Frank Press — President Carter's science adviser.
- Robert Frosch — NASA administrator who declined to start a UFO program in 1977.
Programs, places and terms
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