Eric Davis on an existing crash-retrieval program
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| Date | 24 June 2018 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic), Government programs (topic) |
| People | Eric W. Davis, Jacques Vallée, David Grusch |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 190 |
| Year | 2018 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2018 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 14 |
On Coast to Coast AM on 24 June 2018, physicist Eric Davis told guest host George Knapp that a UFO crash-retrieval program "is still there", and that with the right legal authorisations the Pentagon-funded study he had worked on could have gained access to it, greatly expanding what it knew.[1][2]
The broadcast
Davis, then a consultant with Hal Puthoff's EarthTech International, had worked on the Pentagon's Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program through Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS). He defended the study, said it had been tasked with analysing the properties of UFOs to see whether they could be back-engineered, and argued that the reported performance of the objects pointed to technology not made on Earth. He said the United States did not possess a "Tic Tac"-type craft like the one reported by Navy pilots in 2004.[1][2]
Del Rio and other cases
In the same period Davis was reported as saying that Roswell was a strong case, that a 1950s crash near Del Rio, Texas, had not been revealed or published, and that other cases remained classified. Researcher Kevin Randle noted that the Del Rio story traces back to a single man, Robert Willingham, whose account changed over time and whose claimed military background proved false, and questioned Davis's information on that basis.[3]
Later statements
Davis later said he had given classified briefings on crash retrievals to Senate committee staff in 2019, and The New York Times reported in July 2020 that he had briefed a Defense Department agency on "off-world vehicles not made on this earth".[2]
Assessment
Davis offered no documents. David Grusch made similar claims under oath in 2023, but the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office said in 2024 that it found no evidence of such a program.[2][4]
People and topics
- Eric W. Davis — Physicist who worked on AAWSAP and has said the U.S. holds recovered craft.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Crash retrieval — The alleged recovery of crashed non-human craft by governments.
- AAWSAP — The Defense Intelligence Agency's UAP research program of 2008–2010, carried out by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Skinwalkers at the Pentagon — A 2021 book about AAWSAP by Lacatski, Kelleher and Knapp.
- Legacy program — A term for alleged long-running secret programs said to hold recovered non-human craft.
- David Grusch — Former intelligence officer who testified in 2023 that the U.S. has recovered non-human craft.
- The New York Times — The newspaper that revealed AATIP in December 2017.
- AARO — The Pentagon office set up in 2022 to investigate UAP.
On the Timeline
- EarthTech–BAASS industry collaboration claim (24 June 2018) — Eric Davis says BAASS and EarthTech collaborated with a major aerospace company.
- A.D.A.M. project (July 2018) — To The Stars Academy launches the A.D.A.M. project to study claimed exotic materials.
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References
- Eric Davis on Coast to Coast AM, 24 June 2018 (transcript) — UFO Scans · ufoscans.com · archived copy
- Joe Murgia, "Did the Pentagon prevent Senator Harry Reid from seeing debris from a UFO at Lockheed?", UFO Joe (May 2021) · ufojoe.net · archived copy
- Kevin Randle, "Dr. Davis confirms Del Rio UFO crash?", A Different Perspective (Sept 2018) · kevinrandle.blogspot.com · archived copy
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP/AAWSAP) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Glowing auras and 'black money': the Pentagon's mysterious UFO program — New York Times (2017) · nytimes.com · archived copy
- The origins of AAWSAP — Metabunk · metabunk.org · archived copy
- DIA FOIA reading room (AAWSAP technical reports) · dia.mil · archived copy
- AAWSAP documentation (FOIA) — The Black Vault · theblackvault.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 historical report finds no evidence of alien technology (2024) — Space.com · space.com · archived copy
- AARO Report on the Historical Record, Volume I — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- coasttocoastam.com · coasttocoastam.com · archived copy
Further reading
- USS Nimitz UFO incident — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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