One black UFO operation claim (2003)
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Contents 4
| Date | 23 August 2003 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic) |
| People | Harold Puthoff, John Petersen, Jacques Vallée |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 154 |
| Year | 2003 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2003 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 7 |
One black UFO operation claim (2003) — Puthoff and Petersen tell Vallée there is only one 'black UFO operation', about hardware.
According to Jacques Vallée's journals, in August 2003 Hal Puthoff and futurist John Petersen told him that there was only one secret "black" UFO operation, and that it concerned hardware, meaning recovered craft or materials.
This view of a single, tightly compartmented program, likely run by a contractor, closely matches the description in the disputed Wilson/Davis notes of October 2002, which describe a contractor-run program that refused access to the former DIA director.
The claim remains unverified. In its 2024 historical report, the Pentagon's AARO said it found no evidence of any such program. Supporters argue that AARO couldn't access the program; skeptics say it never existed.
People and topics
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- John Petersen — Futurist who founded the Arlington Institute.
- 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.
- Wilson–Davis notes — Wilson–Davis notes
- Defense Intelligence Agency — The Pentagon's military intelligence agency, which ran AAWSAP.
- AARO — The Pentagon office set up in 2022 to investigate UAP.
On the Timeline
- Kit Green's Wayne State encounter study (19 August 2003) — Kit Green shows Vallée a study of people who believed they had encounters.
- Puthoff's "front door" attempt (10 September 2003) — Lockheed's Bernard Haisch says Puthoff tried official channels to reach a secret UFO program.
See every 2003 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Forbidden Science — the journals of Jacques Vallée (Anomaly Archives) · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science series — Anomalist Books · anomalistbooks.com · archived copy
- Harold E. Puthoff — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- The Arlington Institute — Powerbase · powerbase.info · archived copy
- Review of Forbidden Science 6 — SFCrowsnest · sfcrowsnest.info · archived copy
- Forbidden Science Dispatches — Tanner Boyle (journal summaries) · tannerfboyle.substack.com · archived copy
- amazon.com · amazon.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Jacques Vallée — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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