1997 in UFO history
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1997 in UFO history
| Year | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Events | 11 |
| Decade | 1990s |
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Government programs (topic) |
| Timeline | 1997 on the UAP Timeline |
1997 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 11 events in 1997, mostly about secrecy & cover-up and propulsion & physics. People named in these events include Philip J. Corso, Steven Greer, Prudence Calabrese, Dan Sherman, Jacques Vallée.
Events
- Prudence Calabrese and TransDimensional Systems (1997) — Prudence Calabrese starts a medical remote viewing organization.
- Dan Sherman's Project Preserve Destiny recruitment (1 January 1997) — Sherman says the NSA recruited him into Project Preserve Destiny.
- Corso's doubts about autopsy reports (1997) (13 January 1997) — Philip Corso tells Vallée he may have received disinformation about alien autopsies.
- Jonathan Weygandt's Peru crash claim (March 1997) — Marine Jonathan Weygandt says he guarded a crashed craft in a cliffside.
- Boyd Bushman magnetic beam patent (17 April 1997) — Lockheed scientist Boyd Bushman patents a magnetic device.
- The Day After Roswell (June 1997) — Philip Corso claims he helped seed recovered UAP technology into U.S. industry.
- The Roswell Report: Case Closed (24 June 1997) — The Air Force's 'Case Closed' report says Roswell 'bodies' were crash-test dummies.
- 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.
- CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947–90 (3 August 1997) — A CIA history by Gerald Haines covers the agency's role in UAP study from 1947 to 1990.
- Steve Wilson and Project Pounce (19 August 1997) — A retired Air Force colonel claims a secret space program shoots down unfriendly UAP.
People
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- Philip J. Corso — Army officer who claimed in The Day After Roswell that he seeded alien technology into industry.
- Steven Greer — Physician who founded CSETI and the Disclosure Project.
- Prudence Calabrese — Founder of TransDimensional Systems, a remote-viewing company.
- Dan Sherman — Former Air Force sergeant who claimed in Above Black that he was trained to communicate with aliens.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Jonathan Weygandt — Former Marine who claimed he guarded a crashed craft in Peru.
- Boyd Bushman — Lockheed Martin engineer who gave a disputed deathbed interview about aliens.
- Arthur Trudeau — Head of Army Research and Development in the early 1960s and Philip Corso's boss.
- Stanton Friedman — Nuclear physicist and leading Roswell researcher.
- Brad Sparks — UFO analyst known for his catalogue of Blue Book unknowns and work on the CIA lawsuit.
Programs, places and terms
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