Bernard Haisch on legacy programs
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| Date | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic) |
| People | Bernard Haisch, Harold Puthoff, Alfonso Rueda, Christopher "Kit" Green, Jacques Vallée |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 189 |
| Year | 2018 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2018 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 7 |
Astrophysicist Bernard Haisch (1949–2026), a long-standing advocate of open scientific study of UFOs, commented according to the testimony in 2018 on alleged "legacy" UAP programmes — long-running hidden programmes said to hold recovered craft. The testimony does not give a specific source for the remarks.[1]
Haisch
Haisch earned a PhD in astronomy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1975 and worked at Lockheed Martin's Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory and as deputy director of UC Berkeley's Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics. He edited the Journal of Scientific Exploration from 1988 to 1999 and was a scientific editor of the Astrophysical Journal. With Alfonso Rueda and Hal Puthoff he proposed that inertia arises partly from the electromagnetic zero-point field, a hypothesis others have criticised. He founded the California Institute for Physics and Astrophysics in 1999 and wrote The God Theory (2006). He died in September 2026 after a long illness.[1]
Connections
Through Puthoff, Kit Green and Jacques Vallée, Haisch had heard claims about hidden programmes for decades. Vallée's journals record conversations with him, including in 2007 about a DARPA-linked zero-point energy experiment at the University of Colorado, and Haisch co-patented a vacuum-energy device with Colorado engineer Garret Moddel.[2][3]
Context
"Legacy programmes" became a central phrase in David Grusch's 2023 testimony. In March 2024 the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office reported that it found no verifiable evidence of such programmes. Haisch's general view, expressed over many years, was that the subject deserved serious scientific attention regardless of what the government might hold.[1][4]
People and topics
- Lockheed Martin — The aerospace company whose Skunk Works built the U-2, SR-71 and F-117.
- Bernard Haisch — Astrophysicist at Lockheed who co-developed the zero-point field theory of inertia.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- Zero-point energy — The lowest possible energy of a physical system, which some hope to tap for power.
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Alfonso Rueda — Physicist who co-developed the zero-point field theory of inertia.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Christopher "Kit" Green — CIA physician and analyst who became a long-time contact of Jacques Vallée and studied UAP-related injuries.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
On the Timeline
- $21 trillion unsupported adjustments (11 December 2017) — Catherine Austin Fitts and an economist report $21 trillion in unsupported government spending.
- XViS claim (2 May 2018) — An anonymous website claims a system called 'XViS' is used for UAP tracking.
See every 2018 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Bernard Haisch — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Jacques Vallée, *Forbidden Science 5: Pacific Heights* (journals 2000–2009), Amazon · amazon.com · archived copy
- US Patent 7,379,286, "Quantum vacuum energy extraction", Google Patents · patents.google.com · archived copy
- "Pentagon UFO office finds 'no empirical evidence' for alien technology in new report", Space.com (Mar 2024) · space.com · archived copy
- Documents on the vetting of 'Skinwalkers at the Pentagon' — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: book review — Bad UFOs (Robert Sheaffer) · badufos.blogspot.com · archived copy
- AARO Report on the Historical Record, Volume I — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Project Blue Book — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Project Blue Book records — National Archives · archives.gov · archived copy
- Project Blue Book files — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Harold E. Puthoff — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Skunk Works — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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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