Dan Sherman's NSA analyst training
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Contents 8
| Date | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic) |
| People | Dan Sherman |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 113 |
| Year | 1992 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1992 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 8 |
Dan Sherman, a former U.S. Air Force sergeant, claims that his training as an electronic intelligence (ELINT) analyst, including a course at the National Security Agency in 1992, was a cover for his real role as an "intuitive communicator" receiving telepathic messages from extraterrestrials in a secret programme he calls "Project Preserve Destiny".[1][2]
His service
Sherman says he joined the Air Force in 1982 as a security policeman, cross-trained into electronic intelligence and completed the ELINT technical school in 1990, served at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, and in Korea, and took part in the Persian Gulf War. He says he attended an intermediate ELINT course at the NSA's headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1992, and served about twelve years, receiving a Commendation Medal and several achievement medals.[1]
His claims
Sherman says that shortly after the NSA course he was designated an "intuitive communicator" and indoctrinated into an above-top-secret programme involving "Greys". He says he received and relayed alien transmissions for two programme bases, worked with handlers nicknamed "Spock" and "Bones", and was later given "abduction data", which troubled him. He says he left the Air Force in the mid-1990s rather than continue.[1][3]
Publicity
He described the claims in his 1997 book Above Black: Project Preserve Destiny and on Art Bell's radio show in November 1997, and has continued to tell his story in interviews, including on the American Alchemy podcast.[2][3][4]
Assessment
His Air Force service appears genuine, but he is the only source for the programme. No documents, colleagues or other evidence support his claims, and the NSA has not commented on them.[1][2]
People and topics
- Dan Sherman — Former Air Force sergeant who claimed in Above Black that he was trained to communicate with aliens.
- National Security Agency — The U.S. signals intelligence agency, which holds UFO-related intercepts.
- U.S. Air Force — The U.S. military service that ran the official UFO projects from 1947 to 1969.
- Project Preserve Destiny — The alleged NSA program Dan Sherman says trained him to communicate with aliens.
- Above Black — Dan Sherman's 1997 book.
- Alien abduction — The claimed taking of people by non-human beings.
On the Timeline
- Jud Roberts and the Mac Brazel interview (30 December 1991) — A Roswell radio manager says he interviewed rancher Mac Brazel and was warned off broadcasting it.
- Ed Dames and Psi-Tech anti-gravity work (9 March 1992) — Ed Dames claims a firm asked his remote viewing company for antigravity work.
See every 1992 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- "This airman claims his top secret official duty was to talk to aliens", We Are The Mighty (Apr 2021) · wearethemighty.com · archived copy
- "Above Black", Goodreads · goodreads.com · archived copy
- "November 10, 1997: Alien coverup — Dan Sherman", Art Bell archive · artbellarchive-org.pages.dev · archived copy
- "'The NSA hired me to speak to aliens': Sgt. Dan Sherman", American Alchemy (Podcast Rex) · podcastrex.com · archived copy
- Dan Sherman collection — Anomaly Archives · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- Dan Sherman, Above Black: Project Preserve Destiny (1997) · barnesandnoble.com · archived copy
- Above Black: Project Preserve Destiny (Dan Sherman) — Goodreads · goodreads.com · archived copy
- drboylan.com · drboylan.com · archived copy
Further reading
- UFO documents — NSA · nsa.gov · 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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