Concept

CE-5 (Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind)

Also known as CE-5, CE5, Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, CE-5 protocols, C5 protocols

CE-5 is a civilian practice, not an official program. It is in the archive because it is widely discussed and tied to Greer and the Disclosure Project. It falls outside the archive's criteria: no government, military or scientific source has confirmed any contact.

Facts and claims

claimed A term coined by Steven Greer for “human-initiated contact and communication with extraterrestrial life”: groups use meditation, visualisation, and sometimes lights or sound, to invite UAP to a chosen location. It extends J. Allen Hynek's “close encounter” scale, whose original categories describe witnessed events, not deliberate contact. — Steven Greer Source: en.wikipedia.org (archived)
claimed Greer says the protocols came out of his own experiences with non-human beings in 1973. — Steven Greer Source: Steven Greer explains the origin of the CE-5 protocols at 5:38
claimed Greer promotes CE-5 through CSETI field trainings and the 2020 film “Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Contact Has Begun”. — Steven Greer Source: en.wikipedia.org (archived)
unverified No official body has documented a CE-5 result. Critics say lights seen during sessions are easily explained as satellites, aircraft or flares, and that the sessions are not controlled tests.

Connected files

Books

Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications (subject of)

People

Steven Greer (created by)

Organizations

CSETI (Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) (promoted by)

Videos

Steven Greer explains the origin of the CE-5 protocols (subject of)

Mentioned in this file

The Disclosure Project (Organization)