Introduction

The Disclosure Project

Background

Disclosure Project is a movement to try and disclose the truth, as told in 1st-hand witness testimony, about the UFO phenomenon.
Beginning in 1993, Dr Steven Greer, formerly an ER doctor, started to identify first-hand military and government witnesses to UFO events and related "intelligence" projects, as well as other evidence, to be used in a public disclosure.
By 2000, he had transcripts of testimonies from over 400 of these witnesses and had videotaped about 100 of them. Over the next year, he compiled all this into a "usable" form.
The wide range of testimonies does not simply cover sightings, but other areas of the controversy, such as involvement in covert projects, mainly in the USA.
Though the testimony is quite powerful, Greer has also collected a number of official documents, some of which have been released under the Freedom of Information act in the USA. The documents, in many cases, are used to directly support the validity of the testimony.
The Disclosure Project Website sells this material in various electronic formats + a book format (quite expensive to buy from the UK due to shipping costs), though important parts of it are freely available from the Website and other sources (such as Majestic Documents http://www.majesticdocuments.com/)
ADJ became involved in the Disclosure Project in May 2003, after I had watched the Disclosure Project’s 2001 press conference video – which I had downloaded from the Website. The video shows the testimony of 21 of the witnesses stating that the events they recount are true and they are prepared to say so, under oath, before a US Congressional Hearing.
This event received minimal coverage in the media. The picture at the top of this BBC page is a single frame from a hoaxed UFO Video; why was it necessary to include this . This Sunday Express Article is much more balanced.

Historical Background

As many people know, "the modern era" of the UFO phenomenon appeared to start in 1947, with the sighting by Kenneth Arnold – a pilot – of Flying Saucers in the USA.
Though the events at Roswell, New Mexico are now the stuff of legend and the USAF’s own supposedly "exhaustive investigation" report, published in 1997, and called "Roswell - Case Closed" found no evidence of a crashed disk, this has not stopped witnesses coming forward to refute the various "official" stories used to explain the events. The most recent witness surfaced in April this year. For a good impression of how some of the people involved were treated, see the TV Movie "Roswell" (info here) – this is really a kind of Drama Documentary, not a wholly fictional account as might be believed. It is likely, however, that the character of Townsend (Martin Sheen) and the "Reunion" of old personnel are fictionalised. Be aware, for instance, that Secretary Forrestal was a real person and he did die in questionable circumstances. Most (all?) of the other characters such as Colonel Blanchard and Jesse Marcel and Mac Brazel were real people (all dead now).
Some of the "Disclosure" testimony (not in the afore-mentioned video) maintains that not 1, but at least 2 ET craft crashed in Roswell around that time (July 1947) and that the craft were in the area, perhaps because they were monitoring the world’s first nuclear arms storage facility.
It can be argued that the nature and handling of information about the Roswell event was in part responsible for the formation, in the USA, of the National Security Council by President Truman, also in 1947.
It is claimed by some that successive Presidents have had varying degrees of knowledge of, and access to, information regarding the UFO phenomenon (see www.presidentialufo.com)
In 1961, Eisenhower made his farewell address to the nation. "Disclosure" suggests, because of Witness testimony, that part of his speech was a warning:

"In the counsels of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military Industrial Complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defence with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together."
Later, in the same speech, he says:

"Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific, technological elite.
It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system -- ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society."
It could be argued that he was merely referring to the rising intensity of the Cold War, although this seems a rather strange way to express such an idea, and why should he include this in a closing address? Surely he would urge that the war against communism must be won and the covert projects would be part of that "war"?
"Disclosure" testimony maintains that Eisenhower was warning of the rise in power of the collaboration between large private companies (such as the Rand Corporation, Rockwell and others) and the military and the access they had to huge sums of money. It is claimed that Eisenhower had "lost control" of "black projects" (covert technology development programmes) to the secret committee and those running the Military Industrial Complex. Further testimony describes involvement with those Black Projects in back-engineering elements of technology recovered from craft such as those at Roswell.

Disclosure Project Aims

To hold open, secrecy-free hearings on the UFO/Extraterrestrial presence on and around Earth.
To hold open hearings on advanced energy and propulsion systems that, when publicly released, will provide solutions to global environmental challenges.
I would like to ultimately see a public enquiry in the UK, or some other officially recognized discussion forum. (Current response from local MP Liz Blackman is still pending… I went to see her in June 2003 and presented her with a small selection of the evidence I am presenting to you here.)

What Is "Different" About The Disclosure Project Compared To Other UFO "Movements"?

It is based on 1^st-hand witness testimony.
The vast majority, if not all of the witnesses can prove they worked for significant organisations: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security Agency (NSA).
Many witnesses have documents, tapes etc to support their testimony (such as John Callahan).
Testimony corroborates regarding nature of certain events and their timing. e.g. particularly that of Lt. Colonel Dwynne Arneson (US Air Force) and Captain Robert Salas (US Air Force)
The Press Conference Video and "Disclosure" video show each person telling their own story, stating their willingness to tell it, under oath, before the US Congress.
The witnesses have not been paid to tell their stories.
The scale of the project seems far greater than previous efforts of this type.

But What Is The Reason For The Cover-Up?

"Disclosure" Testimony makes the link between UFOs and advanced technology. (If one accepts that some UFOs are real ET craft, then it seems clear they don’t run on petrol or "fossil fuel"!) If one accepts that craft have crashed and have been recovered by the military then it is likely they are in possession of advanced technologies. 2 such technologies are those of anti-gravity propulsion and "free energy".
Cover-up of events – seems to have worked in various ways. A number of witnesses report that where a group of them had "an experience", the group was split up or sworn to secrecy – often with threats being made (of various kinds). Many witnesses who have talked openly about their experiences have been ridiculed and/or demoted (Robert Jacobs, Colonel Halt, Alan Godfrey)

But Where Is The Real Evidence? Are The Witnesses Just Wrong?

Diverse evidence is included, for example, with John Callahan’s Testimony (refer to documents) – documents, radar tapes and voice recordings. Colonel Halt also has audio recordings of some of the events in 1980.
I prefer to look upon this matter as in the form of the court case. Many court cases are won and lost on Witness Testimony alone and are not "scientifically proved" one way or the other. I find the evidence that "Disclosure" presents most compelling – more than enough to "win" the case for me.
It is said that people who study for themselves, objectively and with an open mind, all the evidence presented, change from being hardened sceptics to people who believe UFOs have "objective reality". Perhaps the most widely known case of this is that of Dr J Allen Hynek who was employed on the USAF "Project Blue Book" in the 1960’s (See this essay he wrote shortly before his death - starts on page 27 of this document). He perhaps had a similar "change of view" to that of Wilbert Smith, a prominent Canadian Government Radio Engineer in the 1950’s.
Certain video clips of some objects now available on the internet are also compelling (although others are often still laughable).
Documents from the 40’s to the 90’s seem to provide evidence that more is known than is publicly admitted.
I believe other evidence exists, but it is in the possession of people involved in Black Projects.

How Can ET’s Be Here?

The Astronomer/cosmologist Frank Drake was one of the first people to try and work out the probability of Intelligent Life evolving in the vast Universe and he formulated the "Drake Equation". This basically suggested a probability of 1. But, in this vast Universe, how would that life ever find the insignificant blip called Earth?
Current estimates suggest there are 100 billion stars just in our galaxy, that there may be 100 billion galaxies and the universe might be 12-15 billion years old. Latest figures for the Drake Equation result in an estimate of between 10 and 10,000 communicative civilizations in the Milky Way alone (source: http://www.setileague.org/general/drake.htm). The earth is thought to be about 4 billion years old. If we say it took 5 billion years for any intelligent life to evolve and become space-faring, some civilisations, if they survived, could be 3-6 billion years in advance of us. (In July 2003, the Space Telescope Science Institute reported finding a planet in our milky way that is thought to be 13 billion years old).
In the last 12 years or so, 100 extra-solar planets have been discovered (although these are all "gas-giants, like the planet Jupiter and therefore probably lifeless) – what will we ("officially") discover in the next 100 years?

If UFO’s are real and some are ET’s, Why are they Here?

In many cases, they appear to be "observers". When we, as people, go out and observe wildlife, we are very careful to be quiet and not take actions to scare the animals we are trying to study - we go into a bird hide etc. We don't want to interfere or disrupt their way of life, because we will then not be able to observe it happening! Isn't this behaviour consistent with the way witnesses describe UFOs/ET craft behaving on many occasions - flitting in and out of view and never staying very long?
Also, many of us do try to help injured animals or those in danger. If you see a dog about to run out in front of a car and harm itself, what do you do? If you believe Robert Salas's testimony (which is in the press conference video), it seems to suggest that the ET craft was de-activating the missiles at the base in an effort to prevent us harming ourselves, or showing us what they could do.
One of the possible messages which seems evident is "Don’t Mess With Nuclear Weapons".

Why Don’t The ET’s Reveal Themselves?

I don’t know – but again, through an analogy, when you watch wildlife, would you jump in front of an animal (even an "advanced one") and shout "Hey, I’m a human and I’m great cos I can talk and wear a digital watch and stuff!"
Some people say ET’s will not reveal themselves until the bulk of us accept them as a reality rather than a fantasy.

If The Craft Exist And Are Advanced, Why Have They Crashed?

It seems that the object that crashed at Roswell may have done so during a thunderstorm.
Disclosure Witnesses, in certain cases, describe how hostile actions have been taken to bring them down (for instance, using high powered radar beams which interfere with the crafts’ guidance systems).
In some cases, it appears to be down to "pilot error" – they are piloted by beings – who are as mortal as we are.

"Having Reviewed the Material You Have Presented, I am still not convinced."

That’s fine – at least you have had chance to consider what I regard as new and important information and you have come to an opinion. You can carry on as before, no problem! However, I would say that you are at least that bit more prepared for when Official Disclosure is made – perhaps some time in the next 50 years. (Difficult to judge as it depends on so many unknowns).

"Having Reviewed the Material You Have Presented, I am convinced I need to do something. What should I do?"

Share the information on this CD with anyone who is interested. Write to your MP – do anything, in a positive way, to raise the profile of this topic and help to get it where it belongs – the number 1 topic on the political and social agenda over the coming years – because it influences everything.