Henry Dakin's San Francisco building
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Contents 8
| Date | 20 February 2000 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Propulsion & physics (topic), Remote viewing & psi (topic) |
| People | Jacques Vallée |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 142 |
| Year | 2000 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2000 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 10 |
In his published journals, Jacques Vallée describes the San Francisco offices of philanthropist Henry Dakin, who provided space for a wide range of consciousness, parapsychology and other unconventional research groups. The testimony dates the entry to February 2000, when the tenants included the International Space Sciences Organization founded by entrepreneur Joe Firmage.[1][2]
Henry Dakin
Henry Saltonstall Dakin (died 2010) ran a private, nonprofit educational foundation, the Washington Research Institute, from offices on Washington Street in the Pacific Heights district, later moving to Sacramento Street. From the 1970s he supported projects in consciousness research, parapsychology, computer networking, Soviet–American exchanges and environmental work; groups that grew from his support include Internews and the Institute for Global Communications.[2][3]
Research groups
The Consciousness Theory Group, a circle of physicists and others interested in consciousness that included Saul-Paul Sirag, met at the Washington Research Institute, where both consciousness and the Soviet Union were central concerns. Sirag also served for some years as president of the Parapsychology Research Group, in which remote-viewing researcher Russell Targ was prominent.[4]
Firmage
Joe Firmage, co-founder of the web company USWeb, stepped down from his leadership role in late 1998 after saying he had encountered an extraterrestrial being, and went on to fund science media and advanced-propulsion projects. According to Vallée's journals, his organisation was among the building's tenants around 2000. Firmage later faced lawsuits from investors.[1][5]
Significance
The building is an example of the networks around Vallée that linked Silicon Valley, the counterculture and research into the paranormal and UFOs.[1][4]
People and topics
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- NASA — The U.S. civilian space agency, created in 1958.
On the Timeline
- Proposal for a new Project Blue Book (2000) (24 January 2000) — Bigelow tells Vallée of an idea to push Congress for a new Project Blue Book.
- Former TRW employee reverse-engineering claim (8 May 2000) — Vallée, Davis and Puthoff discuss a claim of a secret reverse-engineering project at a contractor.
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References
- Jacques Vallée, *Forbidden Science 5: Pacific Heights* (journals 2000–2009), Amazon · amazon.com · archived copy
- "Henry Saltonstall Dakin", SourceWatch · sourcewatch.org · archived copy
- "Henry Dakin obituary" (2010), San Francisco Chronicle via Legacy.com · legacy.com · archived copy
- Nick Herbert, "Saul-Paul Sirag's new math book", Quantum Tantra (Jul 2016) · quantumtantra.blogspot.com · archived copy
- Joseph Firmage — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science — the journals of Jacques Vallée (Anomaly Archives) · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science series — Anomalist Books · anomalistbooks.com · archived copy
- Joe Firmage — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Review of Forbidden Science 6 — SFCrowsnest · sfcrowsnest.info · archived copy
- Forbidden Science Dispatches — Tanner Boyle (journal summaries) · tannerfboyle.substack.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Jacques Vallée — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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