Disclosure Project

UFO advocacy organization founded by emergency physician Steven Greer in 1993 to promote government disclosure of classified information about unidentified aerial phenomena, achieving prominence through a 2001 National Press Club event featuring military and intelligence witnesses testifying about UFO encounters.

The organization emerged from Greer’s conviction that extraterrestrial contact had occurred but remained concealed by government and military secrecy, requiring coordinated public pressure to force transparency. The Disclosure Project collected testimony from hundreds of former military personnel, intelligence officers, and aerospace workers claiming direct experience with UFO incidents and cover-up activities.

The project’s signature achievement was the May 9, 2001, National Press Club press conference featuring over 20 witnesses providing on-the-record testimony about UFO encounters, retrieved craft, and classified programs. Witnesses included former nuclear launch officers, air traffic controllers, and military pilots describing incidents at nuclear facilities, military bases, and restricted airspace.

Following the press conference, the Disclosure Project continued advocating for congressional hearings, promoting witness testimony through documentaries and conferences, and collecting additional witness accounts through secured testimony procedures. The organization maintains that witnesses fear retaliation for breaking security oaths regarding classified UFO-related programs.

Critics question the verification procedures for witness claims and note that promised “smoking gun” evidence has not materialized despite decades of activism. However, the project’s emphasis on credible military witnesses helped legitimize UFO research and contributed to eventual congressional hearings and Pentagon acknowledgments of UAP phenomena in the 2020s.