Hynek autopsy rumor (1994)
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| Date | 26 February 1994 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Disinformation & hoaxes (topic) |
| People | Jacques Vallée, J. Allen Hynek, Robert Emenegger |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 120 |
| Year | 1994 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1994 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 10 |
According to Jacques Vallée's journals, on 26 February 1994 he and filmmaker Robert Emenegger discussed a new rumour that J. Allen Hynek, the late Air Force UFO consultant, had witnessed alien autopsies. Both men regarded it as disinformation.[1][2]
The conversation
Vallée called the story an absurd new yarn and the two agreed it was more disinformation, which they believed was managed from Washington. Emenegger replied that something similar had happened to him: he recalled a meeting with Colonel Philip Corso, who said that in 1947 a poor photograph of an autopsy of what looked like aliens had crossed his desk. Emenegger was the producer who in 1973 said Air Force officers had promised him film of a landing at Holloman Air Force Base.[1]
Hynek
Hynek, who died in 1986, never claimed to have seen such material. Vallée had worked closely with him and was confident he would have mentioned it.[1][3]
The autopsy wave
The rumour was part of a wave of alien autopsy stories in the mid-1990s that Vallée recorded in his journals. Leonard Stringfield had claimed contact with doctors who performed autopsies, but by then could no longer get information from them; Kit Green told Vallée that one doctor linked to the rumours had never performed an autopsy but had only reviewed alleged results. In 1995 British promoter Ray Santilli released a supposed "alien autopsy" film, later admitted to be a re-creation, and Vallée noted that the media were not buying a related claim by singer Reg Presley of the Troggs.[1][4]
Significance
The testimony includes the conversation as an example of how such stories circulated and how experienced researchers judged them.[1]
People and topics
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- J. Allen Hynek — Astronomer and Air Force UFO consultant from 1948 to 1969 who later founded the Center for UFO Studies.
- Disinformation — False information spread deliberately to mislead.
- Robert Emenegger — Producer of the 1974 documentary UFOs: Past, Present, and Future.
- U.S. Air Force — The U.S. military service that ran the official UFO projects from 1947 to 1969.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Alien autopsy film — A 1995 film of an alleged alien autopsy, admitted in 2006 to have been staged.
- Holloman Air Force Base — An Air Force base next to White Sands.
On the Timeline
- Dan Sherman's first communication (1994) (Early 1994) — Sherman claims he received his first alien communication while on duty.
- Muskegon radar sightings (1994) (8 March 1994) — Weather radar in Muskegon, Michigan tracks three objects that residents also see.
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References
- "An alleged 2001 National Institute for Discovery Science...", UFOs Scientific Research (Jun 2019) · ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com · archived copy
- "Forbidden Science — the journals of Jacques Vallée", Anomaly Archives · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- J. Allen Hynek — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Alien autopsy — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science series — Anomalist Books · anomalistbooks.com · archived copy
- The senator and the UFOs (Thurmond withdraws Corso foreword) — Government Executive, 1997 · govexec.com · archived copy
- The Day After Roswell — Publishers Weekly review · publishersweekly.com · archived copy
- Stanton Friedman's review of The Day After Roswell · medium.com · 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
- J. Allen Hynek — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Jacques Vallée — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Philip J. Corso — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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