Steve Millard's Silicon Valley study group
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| Date | 10 November 1986 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic) |
| People | Jacques Vallée, Steve Millard, Robert Bigelow |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 99 |
| Year | 1986 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1986 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 6 |
In November 1986 Jacques Vallée and his wife, Janine, attended a meeting of what he called an exclusive UFO study group assembled in Silicon Valley by Steve Millard, where Vallée presented a series of well-researched cases and asked for advice.[1]
Members
According to Vallée's journal entry of 10 November 1986, as quoted by researcher Keith Basterfield, the group included John Hanes, a former under secretary of state under John Foster Dulles; Charlie Rosen, founder of Machine Intelligence and a leading figure in American robotics; and attorney Bruce Garrett. Rosen encouraged Vallée to continue his research and argued that the humanoid form of reported occupants was the strongest argument against an extraterrestrial origin.[1]
Later meetings
At a later meeting the audience included Gen. "Johnny" Johnson, a former head of White House communications, and Rear Adm. Bill Houser, a former deputy chief of naval operations. Wanting to do something concrete, the group arranged for Houser to ask the Navy to analyse photographs Vallée had brought back from Costa Rica. On 18 November 1986 Vallée recorded that Naval Intelligence had taken only a cursory look and called the photo a hoax because the shadows were on the "wrong" side, an assumption Vallée disputed.[1]
Significance
The group is one of several private networks of scientists, executives and former officials who discussed UFOs outside government channels, foreshadowing Robert Bigelow's National Institute for Discovery Science in the 1990s.[1][2]
People and topics
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Steve Millard — Silicon Valley investor who hosted a private UFO study group in 1986.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Robert Bigelow — Businessman who founded NIDS and Bigelow Aerospace and ran the AAWSAP contract.
- NIDS — Robert Bigelow's research institute (1995–2004) that studied UFOs and other anomalies.
- Galileo Project — Avi Loeb's Harvard-based research project, founded in 2021, searching for evidence of extraterrestrial technology.
On the Timeline
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- GAO testimony on special access programs (1986) (24 July 1986) — A GAO official testifies about secret 'black' defense programs.
- Cheyenne Mountain and Lake Kickapoo sighting (1986) (December 1986) — A Navy officer says sensors at Cheyenne Mountain detected a UAP.
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References
- Keith Basterfield, "Little snippets from Jacques Vallée's journals", UFOs – scientific research (Oct 2016) · ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com · archived copy
- National Institute for Discovery Science — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science — the journals of Jacques Vallée (Anomaly Archives) · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science series — Anomalist Books · anomalistbooks.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
Further reading
- Jacques Vallée — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Dwight D. Eisenhower — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- John F. Kennedy — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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