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| name = Steven M. Greer
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| caption = Greer in 2007
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}}
| birth_place = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], U.S.
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| occupation = [[Physician]] (retired)<br />[[Ufologist]]
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'''Steven Macon Greer''' (born 1955) is an American [[Ufology|ufologist]] and retired physician. He founded the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) and the Disclosure Project, which seeks the [[UFO conspiracy theory#Disclosure|disclosure of alleged classified UFO information]].


==Early life and education ==
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Greer was born in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], in 1955. He claims he saw an [[unidentified flying object]] at [[Close encounter|close range]] when he was eight years old, and another UFO when he was 18.<ref name="Yoga Journal">{{cite news
'''Steven M. Greer''' is an emergency physician and former chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Caldwell Memorial Hospital. He is also a lifetime member of [[Alpha Omega Alpha]], a prestigious medical honor society.
| first = Keith
| last = Thompson
| title = If We Call Them, Will They Come?
| newspaper = [[Yoga Journal]]
| pages = 70–77, 1–154
| date = October 1989
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=eOkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70
| access-date = March 8, 2013
| quote="page 70: By day, he is chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at a medium-sized hospital, frequently on call for periods of 12 to 24 hours." p. 70: Born in Charlotte in 1955.
}}</ref>


He received a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] degree in [[biology]] from [[Appalachian State University]] in 1982 and an [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] degree from the [[East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine|James H. Quillen College of Medicine]] of [[East Tennessee State University]] in 1987.<ref name="newyorker1">Lewis-Kraus, Gideon (April 30, 2021) [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/10/how-the-pentagon-started-taking-ufos-seriously How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously]. ''The New Yorker''. Retrieved on July 5, 2021.</ref>
Greer is a regarded by some as a leading [[Ufology|Ufologist]] and is the founder and Director of [[The Disclosure Project]].


He was also trained as a [[Transcendental Meditation]] teacher and served as director of a meditation organization.{{when|date=June 2024}}<ref name="Yoga Journal" /><ref name="Heard1994">{{cite news
He has been supervising a world-wide search for alternative energy sources, specifically those known as [[zero point energy|zero-point]] or [[over-unity]] devices with the plan to identify and develop systems which will eliminate the need for [[fossil fuel]]s. He is a founder and CEO of [[Space Energy Access Systems]].
| author-link = Alexander S. Heard
| first=Alexander S.
| last= Heard
| title = Alien douglas brothers, come on down!
| journal = [[Outside (magazine)|Outside]]
| date = September 1, 1994
| url = http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/Alien-Brothers--Come-on-Down-.html
| access-date = March 12, 2013
}}</ref>


== Medical career ==
Greer has been seen and heard by millions world-wide on shows such as the Larry King Show, CBS, the BBC, NTV in Japan, "Sightings" and "Encounters" TV programs in the US , the Art Bell show, the Armstrong Williams radio show and dozens of other TV and Radio Programs and is an outspoken supporter of the Peppermintgrove Gangster's prank call activities.
Greer received his [[Virginia]] medical license in 1989, worked as an emergency room physician.<ref name="newyorker1"/>
In he 1998 retired as a physician in favor of his ufology activities.<ref name="Columbian">{{cite web | title=Founder of UFO Project is Coming to Portland | publisher=[[The Columbian]] | date=September 11, 2001 | access-date=March 10, 2013 | author=Oppegard, Brett| url=http://www.columbian.com/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010625064857/http://www.columbian.com/ | archive-date=June 25, 2001}} [http://www.mysticbroadcast.net/ndn/columbian.html Alt URL]</ref><ref name="Internal Med">{{cite web | title=Doctor UFO | publisher=Internal Medicine News | date=December 1, 2001 | access-date=March 10, 2013 | author=Berger, Joanne | url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Doctor+UFO.+(Indications).-a080899504 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509130356/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-81217718.html | archive-date=May 9, 2013}}</ref>


== Interview ==
==Ufology career==
Greer founded the Center for the Study of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) in 1990 to create a diplomatic and research-based initiative to contact [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] civilizations.<ref name="Daily Record">{{cite web |title=They're Here; UFO watchers to reveal proof that aliens have visited Earth |publisher=The Daily Record |date=May 9, 2001 |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-74321804}}</ref><ref name="Courier">{{cite news |last = Masselos |first = Poppy |title = The aliens on the Internet |newspaper = Courier Mail |location = Queensland, Australia |page = H04 |date = September 26, 2000 }}</ref><ref name="Ottawa"/> The group defined CE-5 or '[[close encounter]]s of the fifth kind' as human initiated contact and communication with extraterrestrial life.<ref name="Ottawa">{{cite news |last = Heard |first = Alex |title = Apocalypse soon: A close encounter in the wilds of Minnesota |newspaper = The Ottawa Citizen |page = C4 |date = March 21, 1999 }}</ref> CSETI claims to have over 3,000 confirmed reports of UFO sightings by pilots and over 4,000 of what they describe as landing traces.<ref name="Courier"/> The organisation utilizes 'Rapid Mobilisation Investigative Teams' with the aim of arriving at landing sites as quickly as possible. CSETI has defined a protocol for human initiated contact to UFOs using consciousness.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last = Hulse |first = Tim |title = Make friends with an alien, says UFO man |newspaper = The Independent |location = London, UK |page = 4 |date = July 26, 1998 }}</ref><ref name="Heard1994" />
=== Contact ===
According to a 2003 interview with Steven Greer by Paula Peterson <ref>{{cite web | url = http://paulapeterson.com/star_visitors.html | title = Star Visitors: Interview with Dr. Steven Greer | publisher = Earthcode International Network | author = Paula Peterson}}</ref>, Greer saw his first [[UFO]] in [[1963]] and has since learnt how to make contact with alien space crafts. He says that a [[spirit]]ual level of [[consciousness]] is required to make the inter-dimensional contact with extraterrestrials.


In 1993, Greer founded the Disclosure Project, the goal of which is to publicly disclose the government's alleged knowledge of UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence, and advanced energy and propulsion systems.<ref name="Daily Emerald">{{cite news
=== World leaders ===
|title = Alien theorist offers proof of government coverup
He says he has met and discussed the topic of [[extraterrestrial]]s with Monsignor Badalucci of the [[Holy See|Vatican]] and even briefed the [[Clinton administration]] and the [[CIA]] on the subject. He says that two of the closest friends of the [[Dalai Lama]] are on his advisory team.
|last = Schmidt |first = Brad |url = http://dailyemerald.com/2002/04/25/alien-theorist-offers-proof-of-government-coverup/ |newspaper = [[Daily Emerald |Oregon Daily Emerald]] |date = April 25, 2002
|access-date = December 12, 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.disclosureproject.org/
|title = The Disclosure Project Website |year = 2010 |publisher = The Disclosure Project |access-date = March 7, 2013 |quote = The Disclosure Project is a research project working to fully disclose the facts about UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence, and classified advanced energy and propulsion systems.
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| last = Tudor
| first = Silke
| title = Alien Culture
| newspaper = [[SF Weekly]]
| date = September 26, 2001
| url = http://www.sfweekly.com/2001-09-26/news/alien-culture/
| access-date = March 10, 2013
}}</ref> Greer describes the Disclosure Project as an effort to grant amnesty to government whistleblowers willing to violate their security oaths by sharing classified information about UFOs.<ref>{{cite news |title = Admiral: Never looked for UFO data |last = Cox |first = Billy |url = http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080806/blog32/525095430
| newspaper = [[Sarasota Herald-Tribune|Herald Tribune]]
| date = August 6, 2008
| access-date = March 21, 2013
}}</ref>


In October 1994, Greer appeared in [[Larry King]]'s TV special ''The UFO Coverup?''<ref>{{cite news
=== Personal life ===
| last = Mendoza
He says he lived in [[Israel]] when he was 22 and shared an apartment with [[holocaust]] survivors. He says he gave up a quarter of a million dollars a year as an emergency medical doctor to do [[God]]s work which is to help establish a stable humanity on earth that can co-exist peacefully with civilizations from space.
| first = Manuel
| title = Alien Obsession Hits Even Larry King
| newspaper = [[The Wichita Eagle]]
| date = October 10, 1994
| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WE&s_site=kansas&p_multi=WE&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADB63AF20E2DA6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
| access-date = March 8, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121011212252/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WE&s_site=kansas&p_multi=WE&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADB63AF20E2DA6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
| archive-date = October 11, 2012
}} [http://nbgoku23.googlepages.com/ALIENOBSESSIONHITSEVENLARRYKING.htm Alt URL]</ref>


In May 2001, Greer held a press conference at the [[National Press Club (United States)|National Press Club]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] that featured 20 retired Air Force, [[Federal Aviation Administration]] and intelligence officers.<ref name="Daily Record" /><ref name="washtimes">{{cite news |title = Government is covering up UFO evidence, group says |first = Julia |last = Duin |url=http://www.washtimes.com/national/20010510-19816390.htm |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20010516132431/http://www.washtimes.com/national/20010510-19816390.htm
=== Space ===
| archive-date = May 16, 2001
He says humanity has lost fifty years of human evolution because information on UFOs were made [[Security clearance#Top Secret|Top Secret]]. He says that if the information wasn't hidden from the public, we would already have a stable world civilization going out into space using advanced [[anti-gravity]] propulsion systems and taking our places amongst the stars with other extraterrestrial civilizations. He says we are now transitioning into another era and entering a new period of human evolution. He says that humanity in the past has risen then fallen back into a [[dark age]], but this time humanity will ascend and peace will last for thousands of years.
| newspaper = [[The Washington Times]]
|date = May 11, 2001 |access-date = March 8, 2013
}}</ref><ref name="abcnews">{{cite news
| title = Group Calls for Disclosure of UFO Info
| author = Katelynn Raymer
| author2 = David Ruppe
| url = https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98572
| newspaper = [[ABC News]]
| date = May 10, 2001
| access-date = March 11, 2013
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1322432.stm|title=UFO spotters slam 'US cover-up'|work=BBC News|date=May 10, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last =Kehnemui |first =Sharon |title =Men in Suits See Aliens as Part of Solution, Not Problem |work=[[Fox News]] |date=May 10, 2001 |url =http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,24364,00.html |access-date = May 10, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last =McCullagh |first =Declan |author-link =Declan McCullagh |title =Ooo-WEE-ooo Fans Come to D.C. |magazine=Wired News |date =May 10, 2001 |url =http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/05/43526 |access-date = May 10, 2007 }}</ref>


=== Fossil fuels ===
== Documentaries ==
In 2013, Greer co-produced ''[[Sirius (2013 film)|Sirius]]'', a documentary detailing his work and hypotheses regarding extraterrestrial life, government cover-ups and close encounters of the fifth kind.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Paul |title=New documentary proves aliens exist. We're dead Sirius |url=http://metronews.ca/voices/just-saying/627672/new-documentary-proves-aliens-exist-were-dead-sirius/ |publisher=Metro News |date=April 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428014638/http://metronews.ca/voices/just-saying/627672/new-documentary-proves-aliens-exist-were-dead-sirius/ |archive-date=April 28, 2013}}</ref> The film was directed by [[Amar Kaleka|Amardeep Kaleka]] and narrated by [[Thomas Jane]], and covers Greer's 2006 book ''Hidden Truth, Forbidden Knowledge''. The movie premiered on April 22, 2013, in Los Angeles, California, and features interviews from former government and military officials.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/tiny-alien-humanoid-claimed-exist-steven-greers-upcoming-documentary-sirius-photo-video-1181439 |title=Tiny Alien Humanoid Claimed To Exist In Steven Greer's documentary 'Sirius' [PHOTO, VIDEO&#93; |publisher=Ibtimes.com |date=April 9, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2013}}</ref> ''Sirius'' depicts a {{convert|6|in|cm|adj=on|spell=in}} [[human]] [[skeleton]] known as the [[Atacama skeleton]], which they claimed was an alien skeleton.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/ufo-film-to-provide-proof-that-aliens-exist_841077.html |title=UFO film to provide proof that aliens exist |publisher=Zeenews.india.com |date=April 10, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/6119/20130409/ufo-film-provide-proof-tiny-extraterrestrial-aliens-six-inch-body.htm |title=UFO Film May Provide Proof of Tiny Extraterrestrial Aliens: Six Inch Body Dissected (Video) : Space |publisher=Science World Report |date=April 9, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2013}}</ref> However, genetic evidence demonstrated that it was human, with genetic markers found in "indigenous women from the Chilean region of South America". The director of the center that did the analysis said: "It's an interesting medical mystery of an unfortunate human with a series of birth defects."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.medicaldaily.com/atacama-humanoid-human-researchers-say-245416 |title=Atacama Humanoid is Human, Researchers Say |publisher=[[Medical Daily]] |date=May 1, 2013 |access-date=September 9, 2013}}</ref>
He says the real reason the information on UFOs was kept secret was not to prevent [[mass hysteria]] but to maintain the status quo in the multi-trillion dollar [[oil]], [[gas]], and [[coal]] industry which supports the central [[financial system]]s. He established the company [[Space Energy Access Systems]] (SEAS) [http://www.seaspower.com] to promote technologies to replace [[fossil fuel]]s. He says many people have been imprisoned or murdered for trying to promote such technologies but that his organization has enough high profile and enough powerful people to be able to succeed where others have failed.


In 2017, ''Unacknowledged'', a crowdfunded documentary featuring Greer was released. It was directed by Michael Mazzola and narrated by [[Giancarlo Esposito]]. After debuting on iTunes and digital platforms on May 9, 'Unacknowledged' moved to the number 1 documentary spot on those platforms internationally, and number 2 in the U.S.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hillary-clinton-championed-ufo-disclosure-doc-filmmakers-say-1009039/ Hillary Clinton Championed UFO Disclosure, Doc Filmmakers Say]. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (May 31, 2017). Retrieved on 2021-07-05.</ref>
==CSETI==


''Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Contact has Begun'' was released April 2020. The documentary was directed and written by Michael Mazzola and features Greer, [[Daniel Sheehan (attorney)|Daniel Sheehan]], [[MUFON|Jan Harzan]], and [[Russell Targ]].{{fact|date=May 2023}}
Greer, as director of [[CSETI]], has led research teams throughout the world investigating the existence of ETI and claims to have successfully established preliminary contact and communication with [[extraterrestrial]] spacecraft at close range on several occasions. He has met with and provided briefings for senior members of government, military and intelligence operations in the United States and around the world, including senior [[CIA]] officials, Joint Chiefs of Staff, White House staff, senior members of Congress and congressional committees, senior United Nations leadership and diplomats, senior military officials in the United Kingdom and Europe and cabinet-level members of the Japanese government, among others,


Writing in [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], film critic [[Owen Gleiberman]] described the film: {{quote|"...fantasy propaganda...a conspiracy documentary built around the thesis that the 'national security state' has concealed it from all of us,... [Greer is] like a [[1970s|'70s]] computer nerd played by [[John Waters]] with a touch of [[Guy Pearce]]."<ref name="Gleiberman">{{cite web |last1=Glieberman |first1=Owen |title='Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind': Film Review |date=2020-04-08 |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/close-encounters-of-the-fifth-kind-review-dr-steven-greer-1234574140/ |access-date=2021-07-07 }}</ref>}}
==Disclosure Project==


Writing in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', critic Noel Murray reported that the film was "overlong and rambling — more concerned with disconnected anecdotes than making a compelling case or telling an interesting story."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Noel |title=Review: Five new movies to watch at home (or not), ranked from must-see to skip it |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-04-09/sea-fever-stray-dolls-we-summon-the-darkness-review |access-date=2023-02-08 |work=Los Angeles Times |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=2020-04-09}}</ref>
He has addressed tens of thousands of people live at conferences and lectures around the world including the international convention of [[MENSA]], the high IQ group, the Institute of Noetic Sciences Board of Directors, and the Sierra Club.


John Defore of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote that the film "is far too impassioned in its nuttiness to be a purely cynical, Scientology-style sham," that it "rather strangely squeezes the last few years of UFO-related news coverage into a misleading frame, arguing that journalists, pundits and the government are collaborating to build fear in the public that would justify the establishment of a "one-world government" that could wage an "interplanetary war", and notes that "though [Greer's] been summoning [UFOs] from across the galaxy for decades, he can never convince an alien ship to travel an extra couple of miles and hover for a good photograph."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Defore |first1=John |title=‘Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/close-encounters-fifth-kind-1288806/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. |date=2020-04-06}}</ref>
Greer relies on first hand knowledge of extraterrestrial activity world wide and has direct sources for information regarding covert operations dealing with the subject.


==References==
Supporters of his world are as diverse as Apollo astronaut, [[Edgar Mitchell]], who walked on the moon in Apollo 14, to benefactor and philanthropist Laurance Rockefeller, to former British Ministry of Defense Head and five star admiral, Lord Hill-Norton, to folk legend, Burl Ives.
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==External links==
Greer is married. He and his wife have four daughters and reside in the Charlottesville , VA area.
{{Commons category|Steven M. Greer}}
{{Wikiquote}}
* [https://drstevengreer.com Dr. Steven Greer]. Home page.
* [https://drstevengreer.com/about-us/index.html Steven Greer biography]. Scroll down a bit.
* [https://drstevengreer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ExecutiveSummary-LRdocs.pdf Executive Summary of the Disclosure Project Briefing Document]. Copyright April 2001 – The Disclosure Project. And [https://web.archive.org/web/20231012220954/https://drstevengreer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ExecutiveSummary-LRdocs.pdf archive] when website is problematic.
* [https://geni.us/DPIArchive Disclosure Project Intelligence Archive (DPIA)].


{{Authority control}}
== Books ==
* ISBN 0-9673238-0-0 Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications (paperback, 1999)
* ISBN 0-9673238-1-9 Disclosure: Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History (paperback, 2001)
* ISBN 0-9673238-2-7 Hidden Truth: Forbidden Knowledge (paperback, 2006)

== References ==
<references />

== See also ==
* [[The Disclosure Project]]
* [[Ufology]]
* [[Conspiracy theory]]
*[[The Disclosure Project NPC Conference]]

==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1322432.stm UFO spotters slam 'US cover-up'] by Rob Watson, BBC News (May 10, 2001)
*[http://www.disclosureproject.org/ disclosureproject website]
*[http://www.cseti.org/ cseti website]
*[http://www.seaspower.com/ seaspower website]
*[http://www.alphaomegaalpha.org/ alpha omega alpha website]
*[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/31/signals_seti/ Article about Steven Greer accusing SETI of hiding evidence of alien contact]


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Latest revision as of 16:57, 25 June 2024

Steven M. Greer
Greer in 2007
Born1955 (age 68–69)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation(s)Physician (retired)
Ufologist

Steven Macon Greer (born 1955) is an American ufologist and retired physician. He founded the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) and the Disclosure Project, which seeks the disclosure of alleged classified UFO information.

Early life and education[edit]

Greer was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1955. He claims he saw an unidentified flying object at close range when he was eight years old, and another UFO when he was 18.[1]

He received a B.S. degree in biology from Appalachian State University in 1982 and an M.D. degree from the James H. Quillen College of Medicine of East Tennessee State University in 1987.[2]

He was also trained as a Transcendental Meditation teacher and served as director of a meditation organization.[when?][1][3]

Medical career[edit]

Greer received his Virginia medical license in 1989, worked as an emergency room physician.[2] In he 1998 retired as a physician in favor of his ufology activities.[4][5]

Ufology career[edit]

Greer founded the Center for the Study of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) in 1990 to create a diplomatic and research-based initiative to contact extraterrestrial civilizations.[6][7][8] The group defined CE-5 or 'close encounters of the fifth kind' as human initiated contact and communication with extraterrestrial life.[8] CSETI claims to have over 3,000 confirmed reports of UFO sightings by pilots and over 4,000 of what they describe as landing traces.[7] The organisation utilizes 'Rapid Mobilisation Investigative Teams' with the aim of arriving at landing sites as quickly as possible. CSETI has defined a protocol for human initiated contact to UFOs using consciousness.[9][3]

In 1993, Greer founded the Disclosure Project, the goal of which is to publicly disclose the government's alleged knowledge of UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence, and advanced energy and propulsion systems.[10][11][12] Greer describes the Disclosure Project as an effort to grant amnesty to government whistleblowers willing to violate their security oaths by sharing classified information about UFOs.[13]

In October 1994, Greer appeared in Larry King's TV special The UFO Coverup?[14]

In May 2001, Greer held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. that featured 20 retired Air Force, Federal Aviation Administration and intelligence officers.[6][15][16][17][18][19]

Documentaries[edit]

In 2013, Greer co-produced Sirius, a documentary detailing his work and hypotheses regarding extraterrestrial life, government cover-ups and close encounters of the fifth kind.[20] The film was directed by Amardeep Kaleka and narrated by Thomas Jane, and covers Greer's 2006 book Hidden Truth, Forbidden Knowledge. The movie premiered on April 22, 2013, in Los Angeles, California, and features interviews from former government and military officials.[21] Sirius depicts a six-inch (15 cm) human skeleton known as the Atacama skeleton, which they claimed was an alien skeleton.[22][23] However, genetic evidence demonstrated that it was human, with genetic markers found in "indigenous women from the Chilean region of South America". The director of the center that did the analysis said: "It's an interesting medical mystery of an unfortunate human with a series of birth defects."[24]

In 2017, Unacknowledged, a crowdfunded documentary featuring Greer was released. It was directed by Michael Mazzola and narrated by Giancarlo Esposito. After debuting on iTunes and digital platforms on May 9, 'Unacknowledged' moved to the number 1 documentary spot on those platforms internationally, and number 2 in the U.S.[25]

Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Contact has Begun was released April 2020. The documentary was directed and written by Michael Mazzola and features Greer, Daniel Sheehan, Jan Harzan, and Russell Targ.[citation needed]

Writing in Variety, film critic Owen Gleiberman described the film:

"...fantasy propaganda...a conspiracy documentary built around the thesis that the 'national security state' has concealed it from all of us,... [Greer is] like a '70s computer nerd played by John Waters with a touch of Guy Pearce."[26]

Writing in the Los Angeles Times, critic Noel Murray reported that the film was "overlong and rambling — more concerned with disconnected anecdotes than making a compelling case or telling an interesting story."[27]

John Defore of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film "is far too impassioned in its nuttiness to be a purely cynical, Scientology-style sham," that it "rather strangely squeezes the last few years of UFO-related news coverage into a misleading frame, arguing that journalists, pundits and the government are collaborating to build fear in the public that would justify the establishment of a "one-world government" that could wage an "interplanetary war", and notes that "though [Greer's] been summoning [UFOs] from across the galaxy for decades, he can never convince an alien ship to travel an extra couple of miles and hover for a good photograph."[28]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Thompson, Keith (October 1989). "If We Call Them, Will They Come?". Yoga Journal. pp. 70–77, 1–154. Retrieved March 8, 2013. "page 70: By day, he is chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at a medium-sized hospital, frequently on call for periods of 12 to 24 hours." p. 70: Born in Charlotte in 1955.
  2. ^ a b Lewis-Kraus, Gideon (April 30, 2021) How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously. The New Yorker. Retrieved on July 5, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Heard, Alexander S. (September 1, 1994). "Alien douglas brothers, come on down!". Outside. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  4. ^ Oppegard, Brett (September 11, 2001). "Founder of UFO Project is Coming to Portland". The Columbian. Archived from the original on June 25, 2001. Retrieved March 10, 2013. Alt URL
  5. ^ Berger, Joanne (December 1, 2001). "Doctor UFO". Internal Medicine News. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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