Midwest engineers group claim (1974)
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| Date | 10 December 1974 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic) |
| People | Christopher "Kit" Green, Jacques Vallée, Robert M. Wood |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 80 |
| Year | 1974 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1974 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 12 |
On 10 December 1974, according to Jacques Vallée's journals, CIA scientist Kit Green reluctantly confirmed to him that a group of about 15 engineers in the Midwest were secretly doing UFO research for the CIA under the cover of "aeronautical research". Vallée assumed this meant McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis.[1][2]
The entry
In the same entry Green said he had reconstructed data cited by producer Robert Emenegger in connection with a supposed 1964 UFO landing at Holloman Air Force Base, but could not confirm that films of the event existed. Green, a physician who ran the life-sciences desk in the CIA's scientific intelligence office, had told Vallée in February 1974 that his group had wondered whether a secret UFO effort was being run within private industry.[1][2]
McDonnell Douglas
Vallée's guess fits other accounts. From 1966 to about 1970 engineer Robert Wood ran a small company-funded UFO and propulsion study at McDonnell Douglas, and in 1978 a McDonnell Douglas employee told Vallée he was compiling a close-encounter database; Vallée suspected the company was continuing a "quiet but well funded study" monitored by the CIA. Researchers have noted that if Wood's study ended around 1970, it is unclear who the 1974 group would have been.[2]
Assessment
Green did not name the company, and no documents describe a CIA-funded engineering group in the 1970s. The entry is one of the more specific in Vallée's journals about where hidden UFO research might be happening, but it remains unconfirmed.[1][2]
People and topics
- Christopher "Kit" Green — CIA physician and analyst who became a long-time contact of Jacques Vallée and studied UAP-related injuries.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- Central Intelligence Agency — The U.S. foreign intelligence agency, which has followed UFO reports since the 1940s.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- McDonnell Douglas — The aerospace company that ran several quiet studies of UFOs and propulsion.
- Robert M. Wood — McDonnell Douglas engineer who ran an in-house UFO study and later promoted the MJ-12 documents.
- AAWSAP — The Defense Intelligence Agency's UAP research program of 2008–2010, carried out by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies.
- BAASS — The Bigelow Aerospace division that carried out the AAWSAP contract.
On the Timeline
- Army missile exercise phenomena (1973–74) (17 July 1974) — An Army spokesman says unexplained aerial phenomena were seen during missile exercises.
- Unmarked helicopter claim (1975) (14 March 1975) — An Air Force officer says unmarked helicopters are sent to UAP-related sites.
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References
- "Christopher 'Kit' Green, part four", UFOs Scientific Research (Jan 2011) · ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com · archived copy
- "Aerospace companies and UFOs — 2", UFOs Scientific Research (Jan 2010) · ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com · archived copy
- Forbidden Science — the journals of Jacques Vallée (Anomaly Archives) · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science series — Anomalist Books · anomalistbooks.com · archived copy
- Kit Green in Vallée's journals — Forbidden Science Dispatches · tannerfboyle.substack.com · 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
- Review of Forbidden Science 6 — SFCrowsnest · sfcrowsnest.info · archived copy
- Forbidden Science Dispatches — Tanner Boyle (journal summaries) · tannerfboyle.substack.com · archived copy
- Kit Green — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Garry Nolan on UFO materials and Kit Green's patient studies (Vice interview) · exo.substack.com · archived copy
- abovetopsecret.com · abovetopsecret.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Jacques Vallée — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- UFO documents — CIA Reading Room · cia.gov · archived copy
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