Forbidden Science — Jacques Vallée's Journals
6 volumes of personal journals (1957–2025). First-hand account of scientific ufology: Hynek, NIDS, Bigelow, Puthoff, secret programs, and control of the phenomenon.
Volumes timeline
Forbidden Science — Vol. 1 Journals (1957–1969)
1957–1969
Key people: Jacques Vallée, J. Allen Hynek
Vallée's personal journal documenting his early involvement in UFO research. From Sputnik through the moon landing. Four parts: Sub-Space (1957-61), Blue Book (62-65), Pentacle (66-67), Magonia (67-69). Documents how science was misled by authorities, best evidence hidden, public record manipulated.
- Project Blue Book alongside Hynek
- Socorro/Zamora (1964) — on-site investigation
- French wave 1954 — statistical dataset
- Washington 1952 — radar carousel
- Pentacle mission — access to classified files
- Wright-Patterson — secret visits
Forbidden Science 2 — Journals 1970–1979
1970–1979
Key people: Jacques Vallée, J. Allen Hynek, Hal Puthoff
Journal 1970-1979. Vallée at the heart of the computer revolution (Engelbart, databases, networks). Evolution of his thinking: UFOs stem from a stratum of human consciousness linked to folklore and the occult, not extraterrestrials. Messengers of Deception (1979) hypothesis — deliberate manipulators.
- Work with Doug Engelbart — Augmentation, collaborative networking
- Colares (Brazil, 1977) — wave of luminous attacks
- Cash-Landrum, Rendlesham — major documented cases
- Encounters with Hynek, Geller (dismissed), Bay Area
- US citizenship
- Messengers of Deception — phenomenon control hypothesis
Forbidden Science 3 — On the Trail of Hidden Truths (1980–1989)
1980–1989
Key people: Jacques Vallée, Hal Puthoff, john alexander
Journal 1980-1989. Vallée in venture capital while continuing UFO investigations across the US, Europe, and South America. Concern over increasing manipulation and disinformation discouraging rational research. Exposes secrecy surrounding paranormal research.
- Cash-Landrum — biological effects, radiation
- Rendlesham Forest — UK base, military witnesses
- Field investigations USA, Europe, South America
- Manipulation and disinformation — analysis
- John Alexander, Hal Puthoff — collaborations
Forbidden Science 4 — The Spring Hill Chronicles (1990–1999)
1990–1999
Key people: Jacques Vallée, Hal Puthoff, Robert Bigelow, John E. Mack
The Spring Hill Chronicles (1990-1999). Vallée as venture capitalist; Rockefeller Initiative meetings, NIDS (Bigelow). USSR UFO investigation (1990), Haravilliers mystery in France. Critique of hypnosis in abduction research; judgments on John Mack, David Jacobs. Hypothesis of secret psychological experiments on abductees.
- NIDS — science board (Kit Green, Puthoff, Radin)
- Skinwalker Ranch — Bigelow study
- Phoenix Lights 1997
- Rockefeller Initiative — closed sessions
- USSR 1990 investigation — close encounters
- Haravilliers (France) — end of decade
Forbidden Science 5 — Pacific Heights (2000–2009)
2000–2009
Key people: Jacques Vallée, Hal Puthoff, Luis Elizondo
Pacific Heights (2000-2009). Despite 9/11 and conflicts, a handful of scientists continued frontier research. First detailed insights into AAWSAP (secret DIA program). Government reconsidered UFO issues in light of national security threats. Entries drawn from classified research.
- AAWSAP — secret DIA program, Bigelow/BAASS
- Nimitz/Tic Tac (2004) — pre-declassification context
- USS Roosevelt 2014 — observations
- Hal Puthoff, Luis Elizondo — collaborations
- Scientific reframing of UAP phenomenon
Forbidden Science 6 — Scattered Castles (2010–2025)
2010–2025
Key people: Jacques Vallée
Scattered Castles (2010-2019). Vallée realizes a classified project cannot solve the multidimensional UAP mystery. Transition from BAASS/AAWSAP (ended 2010) to independent field research. Investigations in Brazil, Argentina, Europe, Russia. Silicon Valley: business, biology, information physics. To The Stars, Garry Nolan (material samples). Documentary Witness of Another World.
- AAWSAP/BAASS end — shift to independent research
- Brazil, Argentina investigations — 1978 case
- To The Stars — Tom DeLonge
- Garry Nolan — DNA analysis, material samples
- Witness of Another World — doc. 2018-19
- Scattered Castles — classified database codename