Livermore scientists' paranormal experiences
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| Date | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Nuclear & missile sites (topic) |
| People | Christopher "Kit" Green, Uri Geller, Annie Jacobsen, Garry Nolan |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 78 |
| Year | 1974 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1974 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 7 |
Former CIA analyst Christopher "Kit" Green has said that in the mid-1970s, while involved with the government's research on psychic phenomena, he worked with nuclear scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who reported strange experiences in their homes, including glowing orbs and apparitions. Journalist Annie Jacobsen described the episode in her 2017 book Phenomena, based partly on interviews with Green.[1][2]
Kit Green
Green is a physician and neuroscientist who worked as an analyst in the CIA's Office of Scientific and Weapons Research in the 1970s and 1980s, specialising in the life sciences, and later worked at General Motors and Wayne State University. From 1974 he was involved in assessing the remote-viewing research at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI).[2][3]
The Livermore episode
According to Jacobsen's account, the episode arose from an unresolved part of the CIA's psychic research program in late 1974, when Green worked with Israeli psychic Uri Geller and nuclear scientists at Livermore. Green said Livermore staff reported raven-like birds at their bedposts, orbs drifting through hallways and a disembodied arm hovering in the air. The scientists held top-secret clearances, including the Q clearance for nuclear secrets, and Green said they were not crazy. Geller's 1972–1973 tests at SRI were documented and widely disputed.[1][4]
Later significance
Green has described the episode as the starting point of his interest in people physically affected by anomalous events, which led to a structured database of such cases in 2005 and forensic work with patients. In the 2010s he worked with Stanford immunologist Garry Nolan on medical cases of people who said they were injured near UAP, and advised the Pentagon-funded AAWSAP program. Nolan has referred to Livermore scientists who quit their jobs after such experiences.[1][3]
Status
The Livermore accounts come from Green and, through him, the scientists; they have not been independently confirmed, and no names of the scientists have been published.[1]
People and topics
- Christopher "Kit" Green — CIA physician and analyst who became a long-time contact of Jacques Vallée and studied UAP-related injuries.
- Central Intelligence Agency — The U.S. foreign intelligence agency, which has followed UFO reports since the 1940s.
- SRI International — The research institute where the government's remote-viewing studies began.
- Remote viewing — The claimed ability to describe distant places by mental means.
- Uri Geller — Israeli psychic tested at SRI in the 1970s.
- Annie Jacobsen — Journalist and author of Area 51 and Phenomena.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- Garry Nolan — Stanford immunologist who studies UAP-related injuries and claimed materials.
- AAWSAP — The Defense Intelligence Agency's UAP research program of 2008–2010, carried out by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies.
On the Timeline
- Expected 1974 disclosure rumor (1974) — A sergeant says a retired Army official told him crash and occupant information would soon be released.
- Vallée meets Kit Green (1974) (11 February 1974) — Vallée meets Kit Green, who describes officials interested in UAP.
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References
- "Kit Green in 'Phenomena', book by Annie Jacobsen", UFOs Scientific Research (Apr 2018) · ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com · archived copy
- "Forbidden Science Dispatches: Kit Green", Tanner F. Boyle · tannerfboyle.substack.com · archived copy
- Kit Green — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Uri Geller — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Kit Green, Garry Nolan and UAP-related injuries — IBTimes · ibtimes.co.uk · archived copy
- Former CIA officer on UFO-related injuries — TweakTown · tweaktown.com · archived copy
- Garry Nolan on UFO materials and Kit Green's patient studies (Vice interview) · exo.substack.com · archived copy
Further reading
- UFO documents — CIA Reading Room · cia.gov · 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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