NRO Blue Fire document
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Contents 8
| Date | 28 July 1991 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Government programs (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic) |
| People | Tim Cooper, Bob Lazar |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 111 |
| Year | 1991 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1991 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 11 |
The "Blue Fire" memo is an unauthenticated document that circulated among UFO researchers in the early 1990s and purported to declare a security condition called "Blue Fire" at the secret Groom Lake base, known as Area 51, during a UFO gathering in the nearby town of Rachel, Nevada, in July 1991. Later versions presented it as a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) document.[1][2]
The memo
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According to an Area 51 research site that obtained a copy, the memo surfaced shortly after the first UFO convention in Rachel in July 1991. It advised Groom Lake personnel about the gathering, told them to stay away from conference participants and announced a shutdown of base operations lasting several days while the event took place. Parts had already been blacked out when the site received it. The site's author found the name plausible-sounding but said there was no way to tell whether the memo was genuine. The testimony dates the document to 28 July 1991.[1]
Greer's version
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In a November 2015 workshop, Steven Greer presented an alleged NRO document as the first item in what he called an "Obama briefing" package. In remarks published by his organisation, he read out a series of supposed code names and operations, including Blue Fire, Groom Lake, Dreamland and several "teams", and said the document had been shown to Vice Admiral Tom Wilson, then director of intelligence for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before a meeting. The document's distribution and provenance were not independently documented.[2][3]
Context
In 1991 public interest in Area 51 was growing after Bob Lazar's 1989 claims, and UFO enthusiasts had begun gathering near the base. The NRO, which builds and operates U.S. spy satellites, was not officially acknowledged until September 1992. The memo belongs to the wider body of unauthenticated papers associated with the Majestic 12 story, many of which have been shown to be hoaxes.[4][5]
Assessment
No "Blue Fire" operation has been confirmed by any official source, and the memo has never appeared in an official release.[1][4]
People and topics
- National Reconnaissance Office — The U.S. agency that builds and operates spy satellites.
- Area 51 — The secret Nevada test site where spy planes and stealth aircraft were developed.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Tim Cooper — California researcher who said he received many MJ-12-style documents from anonymous sources in the 1990s.
- MJ-12 — Disputed documents describing a secret committee managing crashed saucers.
- Bob Lazar — Man who claimed in 1989 that he worked on alien craft at S-4 near Area 51.
On the Timeline
- Oliver Henderson and the Roswell flight (9 July 1991) — Oliver Henderson's widow swears he told her he flew Roswell crash debris and bodies.
- DuBose affidavit (1991) (16 September 1991) — Gen. Thomas DuBose says the Roswell balloon story was a cover and the event was above Top Secret.
See every 1991 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- "Blue Fire: about", Area 51 and Other Strange Places (otherhand.org) · otherhand.org · archived copy
- "Explanation of the NRO document — 1st doc in the Obama briefing", Sirius Disclosure · myemail.constantcontact.com · archived copy
- Steven M. Greer — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Majestic 12 — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- National Reconnaissance Office — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- How the FBI debunked the MJ-12 papers — Atlas Obscura · atlasobscura.com · archived copy
- On the Tim Cooper MJ-12 documents (1990s archive) · geocities.ws · archived copy
- Review of Kevin Randle's 'Case MJ-12' — Stanton Friedman · medium.com · archived copy
- Greer's Disclosure Project event, 9 May 2001 — Patrick Gross · ufology.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- Disclosure Project National Press Club event, 9 May 2001 (video) · amara.org · archived copy
- 'Deafening Silence': media response to the 9 May 2001 event — Jonathan Kolber · lifeboat.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Majestic 12 file — FBI Vault · vault.fbi.gov · archived copy
- Area 51 — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Steven M. Greer — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Jimmy Carter UFO incident — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Nevada Test Site — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · 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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