Event · 9 May 2001 · National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
Disclosure Project press conference at the National Press Club
Also known as Disclosure Project 2001, National Press Club 2001
The best-known civilian-organised witness event before the 2017 New York Times story. The organiser is outside the archive's criteria, but several speakers held official roles and their accounts are recorded here as testimony. Callahan's JAL 1628 account and Salas's Malmstrom account are independently backed by records already in the archive.
Facts and claims
- documented About twenty retired military, FAA, intelligence and contractor witnesses each spoke briefly, and most said they were willing to testify under oath before Congress. Source: Disclosure Project press conference, National Press Club (May 9, 2001), full event at 14:26
- documented Witnesses included John Callahan (FAA), Lt. Col. Charles Brown (USAF/OSI), Cmdr. Graham Bethune (USN), Robert Salas (USAF missile officer), Col. Dwynne Arneson (USAF), Enrique Kolbeck (Mexican air traffic control), Larry Warren and George Filer (USAF), and Clifford Stone (U.S. Army). Source: Disclosure Project press conference, National Press Club (May 9, 2001), full event
- claimed Greer called for open congressional hearings, a ban on weapons in space, and declassification of energy and propulsion technology. Congress held no hearings in response. The next open congressional UAP hearing came in May 2022, the first in more than fifty years. — Steven Greer Source: Disclosure Project press conference, National Press Club (May 9, 2001), full event at 9:30
Connected files
Books
- Disclosure: Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History (subject of)
Organizations
- The Disclosure Project (held by)
People
- Steven Greer (hosted by)
- John Callahan (testimony by)
- Robert Salas (testimony by)
- Charles L. Brown (testified at)
- Graham Bethune (testified at)
- Enrique Kolbeck (testified at)
- Dwynne Arneson (testified at)
- Larry Warren (testified at)
- George Filer III (testified at)
- Clifford Stone (testified at)
Videos
Incidents
- Japan Airlines flight 1628 incident (about)
- Malmstrom AFB missile shutdown (about)
- Rendlesham Forest incident (about)
- Mexico City airport radar contacts (discussed) — Kolbeck described the contacts at the 2001 Disclosure Project press conference