The Disclosure Project
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| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Crozet, Virginia |
| Key people | Dr. Steven M. Greer, Founder |
| Website | disclosureproject.org |
The Disclosure Project is an organization started by Steven M. Greer in 1993, which alleges a US government coverup of information relating to unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The Project claims that UFOs are spacecraft piloted by intelligent extraterrestrial life, that United States government has kept this secret, and that the government has also concealed advanced technologies obtained from the aliens the Project claims exists.
The Project's goal is for 'free and open' Congressional hearings of all data regarding UFOs, including the large amount of information they claim is being hidden, and for release of the technology they claim is being suppressed, particularly free energy sources. The group follows a conspiracy theory developed by Greer and others. See also free energy suppression.
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[edit] Public reception
The Project has been well-received by UFO enthusiasts, with speeches from Greer and various 'contactees' and other witnesses being presented at various UFO-themed conferences. Since 2001, Greer has held numerous press conferences and embarked on a continuing series of lectures and television appearances to try and raise popular support [1].
Mainstream media coverage has been mostly neutral, with a BBC reporter deeming a Disclosure Project the strangest ever held by the National Press Club [2], or negative, with the skeptic James Randi debunking the group's claims and Alan Hearn criticizing Greer's methods in a 1999 book, 'Apocalypse Pretty Soon'.
In 2007 and 2008, Greer and the Disclosure Project formed two offshoot groups, the "Advanced Energy Research Organization" and the "Orion Project", which focus on claimed free energy suppression and claim to be dedicated to 'transforming the world's energy and social crisis into a world of sustainable, enlightened abundance..'[3] using the suppressed technology that they assume exists. Again, other than personal testimonies, no evidence of the groups' allegations of suppression has been provided. The "Orion Project" also claims to be supporting the research of various people claiming to have produced "over-unity devices" (another term for perpetual motion), which are forbidden by basic physics. Neither of these groups has attracted significant media attention.
[edit] Selection of witnesses
The Disclosure Project has selected the 'contactees' and self-proclaimed witnesses of UFOs it works with for previous military/governmental employment. James Randi has debunked this as way of validating the Project's claims, noting that this is a form of logical fallacy and that 'serious government credentials... say nothing about a person's eyesight [4]. The Project has provided no additional evidence to support the testimonies of their members.
Below is a partial list of witnesses who have come forward and a short summary of their testimonies. [5]
A complete list of people supporting the Project and claiming knowledge of UFO-related activity and their employment history and testimony, is available in the "Briefing Document" in the external links section, and includes :
- Vasily Alexeyev, a former Major-General of the Russian Space Communications Center.[citation needed]
- George Filer, a former major in the United States Air Force, who claims to have chased an alien ship in the atmosphere over England and that an alien craft landed at McGuire Air Force Base and that the pilot was shot by military police.[6] He currently operates a ufology website called Filer's Files.
- Steven Lovekin, who served as a Specialist in the White House Signal Detachment.[7] Claims to have been shown 'crash debris from a 1947 New Mexico crash' and been 'told people had been assassinated to maintain secrecy', and claims President Dwight D. Eisenhower was complicit in a coverup.
The Disclosure Project has not cooperated with requests from Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut, that Mitchell's name and statements be removed from the Project's database of claimed witnesses. Mitchell is a UFO enthusiast, but has concluded that Greer 'over reaches his data'[8].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Disclosure Project Update 051101.
- ^ Rob Watson (May 10, 2001). UFO spotters slam 'US cover-up'. BBC News.
- ^ http://www.theorionproject.org/en/
- ^ http://www.randi.org/jr/07-06-01.html
- ^ Katelynn Raymer and David Ruppe (May 10, 2001). Group Calls for Disclosure of UFO Info. ABC News.
- ^ Katelynn Raymer and David Ruppe (May 10, 2001). Group Calls for Disclosure of UFO Info. ABC News.
- ^ Kevin Randle (February 23, 2006). Lovekin is a General... but....
- ^ Dr. Jack Sarfatti (May 13, 2001). Ed Mitchell Most Unhappy With Greer Using His Name As Disclosure Witness.
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