Disclosure Project briefing to Congress (2001)
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| Date | April 2001 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic) |
| People | Steven Greer |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 144 |
| Year | 2001 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2001 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 8 |
In April and May 2001 Steven Greer's Disclosure Project briefed members of Congress and officials and held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, arguing that UFOs were real and that a covert group ran parts of the issue through private contractor projects beyond government oversight. It called for open congressional hearings.[1][2]
The briefing document
The project gave members of Congress and officials a briefing document of several hundred pages with edited transcripts of witness testimony. Greer said the project had identified several hundred witnesses from the armed services, intelligence agencies, NASA and other bodies; more than 100 had been videotaped and about 70 transcribed.[2][3]
The press conference
On 9 May 2001 Greer held a press conference in the National Press Club ballroom with more than twenty witnesses, including former Federal Aviation Administration official John Callahan, Air Force Sergeant Clifford Stone, Major George Filer, former missile officer Robert Salas and space-policy activist Carol Rosin. Greer said the testimony established that "we are not alone". The event was streamed online.[2][3]
The demands
The project called for open congressional hearings on the extraterrestrial presence, legislation banning weapons in space, an executive order protecting witnesses who feared breaking security oaths and the declassification of secret projects, and argued that suppressed energy technologies could solve the global energy crisis.[2]
Reception
The event drew a large online audience but limited mainstream coverage; reports noted official dismissals and skeptics' doubts that such secrets could be kept, and Greer's claims about zero-point energy were especially criticised.[1][3]
Legacy
The Disclosure Project's claims went largely unconfirmed. Many of its themes, including congressional briefings, witness testimony and unacknowledged contractor programs, resurfaced in the 2020s through official channels, though the specific claims remain unverified.[3][4]
People and topics
- CSETI — The organization founded by Steven Greer in 1990.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- Steven Greer — Physician who founded CSETI and the Disclosure Project.
- Disclosure Project — Steven Greer's campaign for UFO disclosure, best known for its May 2001 press conference.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
On the Timeline
- Project Zodiac (3 March 2001) — Eric Davis tells Vallée about a story called 'Zodiac' involving real researchers.
- Don Phillips testimony (April 2001) — Former contractor Don Phillips claims Lockheed studies extraterrestrial technology.
See every 2001 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- "Group calls for disclosure of UFO info", ABC News (May 2001) · abcnews.go.com · archived copy
- Patrick Gross, "Greer's Disclosure Project event, 9 May 2001", UFOs at close sight · ufology.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- Patrick Gross, "Greer's Disclosure Project", UFOs at close sight · ufology.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- Disclosure Project briefing document (PDF), Internet Archive · archive.org · archived copy
- A historian on the Disclosure Project — History News Network · historynewsnetwork.org · archived copy
- Disclosure Project National Press Club event, 9 May 2001 (video) · amara.org · archived copy
- 'Deafening Silence': media response to the 9 May 2001 event — Jonathan Kolber · lifeboat.com · archived copy
- archive.org · archive.org · archived copy
Further reading
- Steven M. Greer — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- U.S. congressional hearings on UFOs — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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