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Jacques Vallee - The Bizarre Nature of UFOs

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Dec 24, 2025
Dr. Jacques Vallée, a pioneering computer scientist and UFO researcher, delves into his fascinating career spanning various fields, including artificial intelligence and Silicon Valley investments. He discusses the potential for congressional disclosure of UFO evidence and the challenges posed by classified data. Vallée shares insights on field reports versus military accounts, the significance of grassroots evidence, and the curious case of the 1945 Trinity crash. He also emphasizes the need for rigorous scientific approaches in studying the UFO phenomenon and the cultural impacts of these mysteries.
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INSIGHT

Governments React, Not Control

  • Jacques Vallée stresses governments react to the phenomenon rather than control it, and institutional bias distorts interpretation.
  • He argues UFOs predate modern technology and cannot be fully explained as secret black projects.
ANECDOTE

The Lost 260,000-Case Warehouse

  • Vallée describes building a 14-database data warehouse (BAS) with 260,000 filtered cases and a planned AI phase that was cut off.
  • He says the unfinished data-cleaning made the archive unusable and much of it is now classified or missing.
INSIGHT

Witnesses Outside Military Matter

  • Vallée emphasizes many important sightings originate with civilians—farmers, CEOs, ordinary witnesses—not military tracking data.
  • He warns Congress misses this grassroots data by focusing mainly on armed forces footage.
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