Puthoff denies threats (2020)
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| Date | 8 February 2020 |
|---|---|
| People | Harold Puthoff, John Petersen |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 195 |
| Year | 2020 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2020 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 2 |
On 8 February 2020, during a question session after a lecture for the Arlington Institute's "Transition Talks" series in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, physicist Hal Puthoff denied telling Steven Greer that he and his family would be murdered if he released information about advanced energy devices.[1]
The question
Host John Petersen asked Puthoff about a claim by Greer, made while promoting a film, that Puthoff had told him of "anti-energy" or anti-gravity devices and had said that if he made them public, his wife, children and he himself would be killed.[1]
The answer
Puthoff said he had never said it and never even thought it, adding to audience laughter that most things he read about himself in the media were untrue. He did not tell Greer that he and his family would be murdered if anything were released, he said.[1]
The lecture
In the same session Puthoff discussed his early research, the To The Stars Academy, and "metric engineering" ideas about craft that could move through air, water and possibly solid matter. He said Project Blue Book had not continued under that name, but that other programs had been set up with different names. The transcript was published by researcher Joe Murgia.[1]
Significance
Claims that researchers or whistleblowers have been threatened are common in UFO circles. Puthoff's denial shows that at least this one was attributed to him without his agreement.[1]
People and topics
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Anti-gravity — The idea of cancelling or controlling gravity for propulsion.
- John Petersen — Futurist who founded the Arlington Institute.
- Arlington Institute — The futurist think tank founded by John Petersen in 1989.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
On the Timeline
- Podkletnov gold-layer claim (2020) (4 February 2020) — Russian engineer Eugene Podkletnov claims an effect resembling gravity modification.
- Doty worked for Puthoff (8 February 2020) — Puthoff says Richard Doty worked for him on a program before AATIP.
See every 2020 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Joe Murgia, "Hal Puthoff lecture (Q&A) transcript", UFO Joe (Feb 2020) · ufojoe.net · archived copy
- Harold E. Puthoff — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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