Denise McKenzie's SAIC account
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| Date | 30 August 1996 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic) |
| People | Denise McKenzie, Steven Greer |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 125 |
| Year | 1996 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1996 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 6 |
Denise McKenzie, a former employee of the defence contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) in San Diego, gave testimony to Steven Greer's Disclosure Project in March 2001 about contract files she said showed no sign of real work. It was published in the project's 2001 briefing document.[1]
Her account
McKenzie said that when she opened files for contracts several years old, worth sometimes millions of dollars, she found only two or three back-dated form letters saying the work was in progress. She said she had almost nothing to do, that "nothing seems real around here", and that the company seemed to be receiving money for nothing, as if it were a front for moving or hiding funds. She described SAIC as a conglomerate of many corporations that reported only to its clients, which she said would allow any kind of research to be hidden. The project's summary says a pattern of sexual harassment began after she raised the matter with a supervisor.[1]
Greer's commentary
Greer presented her account as an illustration of how unacknowledged special access programs hide money in dummy projects. He added that her recruiter or supervisor had used a different first name and had allegedly been declared dead years earlier, which he called a common pattern. He also wrote that in 1994 Senate staffer Richard D'Amato told him that $40–80 billion was going into projects Congress could not penetrate, and noted former NSA director Bobby Inman's ties to SAIC.[1]
Assessment
McKenzie's account does not mention UFOs directly; the link is Greer's interpretation. Her claims have not been independently verified, and SAIC has not commented on them.[1][2]
People and topics
- SAIC — A U.S. defence contractor that carried out propulsion studies and remote-viewing work.
- Denise McKenzie — Former SAIC employee who gave Disclosure Project testimony.
- Steven Greer — Physician who founded CSETI and the Disclosure Project.
- CSETI — The organization founded by Steven Greer in 1990.
- Disclosure Project — Steven Greer's campaign for UFO disclosure, best known for its May 2001 press conference.
- Special access program — A U.S. classified program with access limited beyond normal secrecy rules.
- Remote viewing — The claimed ability to describe distant places by mental means.
On the Timeline
- ALH84001 Mars meteorite announcement (7 August 1996) — NASA announces possible signs of past life in Mars rock ALH84001.
- CSETI site list for Congress (1996) (30 August 1996) — Greer's CSETI allegedly briefs Congress with a list of sites tied to UAP.
See every 1996 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Disclosure Project Briefing Document (2001), Internet Archive (PDF) · archive.org · archived copy
- Steven M. Greer — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- 'Group calls for disclosure of UFO info' — ABC News (2001) · abcnews.go.com · archived copy
- Greer's Disclosure Project — Patrick Gross · ufology.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- A historian on the Disclosure Project — History News Network · historynewsnetwork.org · archived copy
- archive.org · archive.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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