2000 in UFO history
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2000 in UFO history
| Year | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Events | 7 |
| Decade | 2000s |
| Topics | Government programs (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic), Military encounters (topic) |
| Timeline | 2000 on the UAP Timeline |
2000 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 7 events in 2000, mostly about government programs and secrecy & cover-up. People named in these events include Jacques Vallée, Harold Puthoff, Christopher "Kit" Green, Will Miller, Peter Gersten.
Events
- Will Miller on senior officials kept in the dark (2000) — A retired Navy commander says senior officials are kept away from UAP knowledge.
- Proposal for a new Project Blue Book (2000) (24 January 2000) — Bigelow tells Vallée of an idea to push Congress for a new Project Blue Book.
- Henry Dakin's San Francisco building (20 February 2000) — Vallée describes a building in San Francisco renting to paranormal research groups.
- Former TRW employee reverse-engineering claim (8 May 2000) — Vallée, Davis and Puthoff discuss a claim of a secret reverse-engineering project at a contractor.
- Kit Green's three landings briefing claim (8 May 2000) — They also discuss Kit Green's claim of a briefing on three alien landings.
- Pentagon audit discovery story (2000) (9 May 2000) — Puthoff tells Vallée a story about a secret program uncovered in a Pentagon audit.
- Paul Czysz and the zero-point energy claim (November 2000) — A former McDonnell Douglas employee says a friend found a way to tap zero-point energy.
People

- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Christopher "Kit" Green — CIA physician and analyst who became a long-time contact of Jacques Vallée and studied UAP-related injuries.
- Will Miller — Retired Navy commander who discussed UFO secrecy with researchers.
- Peter Gersten — Lawyer who directed Citizens Against UFO Secrecy and sued federal agencies for UFO records.
- Leslie Kean — Journalist who co-wrote the 2017 New York Times story on AATIP.
- Luis Elizondo — Former Army counterintelligence officer who says he ran AATIP.
- David Grusch — Former intelligence officer who testified in 2023 that the U.S. has recovered non-human craft.
- Robert Bigelow — Businessman who founded NIDS and Bigelow Aerospace and ran the AAWSAP contract.
- Harry Reid — Senate Majority Leader who arranged funding for AAWSAP.
Programs, places and terms
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