2008 in UFO history
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2008 in UFO history
| Year | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Events | 15 |
| Decade | 2000s |
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic) |
| Timeline | 2008 on the UAP Timeline |
2008 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 15 events in 2008, mostly about secrecy & cover-up and government programs. People named in these events include Jacques Vallée, Robert Bigelow, Harold Puthoff, Dan Burisch, Bob Lazar.
Events
- Fort Worth HFGW jamming claim (2008) — An anonymous website claims UAP communications jamming was tested near Fort Worth.
- Dan Burisch and J-Rod (2008) — Dan Burisch claims he studied an extraterrestrial being at the S-4 facility.
- Chester Lytle's Kirtland sighting (1 January 2008) — A Manhattan Project contractor says he saw a domed disc through a telescope during a nuclear test.
- Needles crash reports (2008) (14 May 2008) — Residents near Needles, California report a crash followed by helicopters and convoys.
- DARPA Advanced Aerospace System Concepts (June 2008) — A DARPA budget line describing advanced aerospace concepts becomes public.
- Bill Richardson and the Roswell records (28 June 2008) — Bill Richardson says Los Alamos and the Pentagon refused his questions about Roswell.
- Navy officer on the Montauk claims (4 August 2008) — An anonymous forum poster says a Navy officer dismissed some Montauk claims as nonsense.
- JASON report on high-frequency gravitational waves (October 2008) — The JASON science advisers evaluate high-frequency gravitational waves for national security.
- AAWSAP begins (2008) (2 October 2008) — Bigelow tells Vallée the DIA's AAWSAP project has started but promised access hasn't arrived.
- MUFON–BAASS contract (17 October 2008) — MUFON forms a technical team that signs a contract with Bigelow's company.
- Projected AAWSAP funding (29 October 2008) — Kit Green tells Vallée AAWSAP funding could reach $240 million.
- Zurich AAWSAP meeting (24 November 2008) — Vallée meets possible AAWSAP partners in Zurich.
- Cape Canaveral Chronicles (3 December 2008) — An alleged former NASA employee claims a saucer landed near Kennedy Space Center.
- BAASS "back door" approach (24 December 2008) — A BAASS team member says he tried to get 'back door' access to an aerospace contractor.
- Obama White House meeting interest (2008) (24 December 2008) — Puthoff tells Vallée the White House is interested in a meeting about the phenomenon.
People
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Robert Bigelow — Businessman who founded NIDS and Bigelow Aerospace and ran the AAWSAP contract.
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Dan Burisch — Man who claims he studied an alien called J-Rod at S-4.
- Bob Lazar — Man who claimed in 1989 that he worked on alien craft at S-4 near Area 51.
- Chester Lytle — Manhattan Project engineer who described a UFO at Kirtland.
- Robert Hastings — Researcher who has collected accounts of UFOs at nuclear weapons sites, author of UFOs and Nukes.
- William Blanchard — Roswell base commander in 1947 who later became Air Force vice chief of staff.
- Kevin Randle — Roswell researcher and author of many books on crash-retrieval claims.
- George Knapp — Las Vegas journalist who broke the Bob Lazar story and co-wrote Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.
Programs, places and terms
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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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