The Disclosure Project 707295 225989543 2008-07-16T10:12:00Z 220.240.147.129 {{Infobox Company | company_name = The Disclosure Project | company_logo = [[Image:The Disclosure Project logo.gif|200px]] | company_type = [[Non-profit organization]] | foundation = [[1993]] | location = [[Crozet, VA|Crozet]], [[Virginia]] | key_people = Dr. [[Steven M. Greer]], Founder | industry = | products = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = | subsid = | homepage = [http://www.disclosureproject.org disclosureproject.org] | footnotes = }} '''The Disclosure Project''' is an organization started by [[Steven M. Greer]] in 1993, which alleges a [[conspiracy theory|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 hearing]]s 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]]. == Public reception == The Project has been well-received by [[ufology|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 <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.disclosureproject.org/Update-051101.htm | title = The Disclosure Project Update 051101}}</ref>. Mainstream media coverage has been mostly neutral, with a BBC reporter deeming a Disclosure Project the strangest ever held by the [[National Press Club (USA)|National Press Club]] <ref>{{cite web | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1322432.stm | title = UFO spotters slam 'US cover-up' | publisher = BBC News | author=Rob Watson|date=May 10, 2001}}</ref>, 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..'<ref>http://www.theorionproject.org/en/</ref> using the suppressed technology that they believe 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". Critics claim this is another way of saying [[perpetual motion]]) which is forbidden by basic [[physics]], while the Disclosure Project claims the energy is in fact drawn from [[zero-point energy]] which they say is not the real zero-point energy for a vaccuum but just what is currently believed to be the zero-point. == 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 [[debunk]]ed this as way of validating the Project's claims, noting that this is a form of [[ad hominem|logical fallacy]] and that 'serious government credentials... say nothing about a person's eyesight <ref>http://www.randi.org/jr/07-06-01.html</ref>. 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. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98572 | title = Group Calls for Disclosure of UFO Info | publisher = ABC News | author=Katelynn Raymer and David Ruppe|date=May 10, 2001}}</ref><br> 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.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} *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]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98572 | title = Group Calls for Disclosure of UFO Info | publisher = ABC News | author=Katelynn Raymer and David Ruppe|date=May 10, 2001}}</ref> He currently operates a [[ufology]] website called [http://www.ufoinfo.com/filer/index.shtml Filer's Files]. *Steven Lovekin, who served as a [[Specialist (rank)|Specialist]] in the [[White House Communications Agency|White House Signal Detachment]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html | title = Lovekin is a General... but... | author=Kevin Randle |date=February 23, 2006}}</ref> 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 [[conspiracy theory|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'<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rense.com/general10/mitch.htm | title = Ed Mitchell Most Unhappy With Greer Using His Name As Disclosure Witness | author=Dr. Jack Sarfatti |date=May 13, 2001}}</ref>. == See also == * [[Australian Disclosure Project]] ==References== {{reflist|1}} {{UFOs}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Disclosure Project}} [[Category:Conspiracy theories]] [[Category:UFO organizations]] [[Category:Non-profit organizations]] [[Category:Organizations based in Virginia]] [[Category:Organizations established in 1993]] [[es:Proyecto Revelación]] [[fr:The Disclosure Project]] [[no:Disclosure-prosjektet]] [[sl:Projekt Razodetje]] [[sv:The Disclosure Project]]