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Jacques Vallee

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French-born (1939) astronomer, computer scientist and venture capitalist. Built early computerized UFO case files for Hynek during Project Blue Book. Worked at SRI on ARPANET (1971) and led early online-conferencing work (FORUM/PLANET). Author of Passport to Magonia (1969: UFO encounters parallel fairy folklore) and The Invisible College (1975: the 'control system' idea). Real-life model for Lacombe in Close Encounters. Co-authored a 2022 materials-analysis paper with Garry Nolan.

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ToRoleYearsVerdictSource
Diana Walsh Pasulkaappears in her American Cosmic circleUnproven
J. Allen Hynekcollaborator; Blue Book case database; co-author The Edge of Reality (1975)1960s–1975Documented · occurredthesolfoundation.org
Project Blue Bookbuilt its computerized case files with Hynek1960sDocumented · occurred
Garry Nolanco-author, isotopic-analysis paper2022Documented · occurredui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Nolan - can they be here (Endgame 209)Nolan cites his 'cultural reference points' thesis (spirits → gods → angels → tech)2024Documented · saidyoutube.com

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FromRoleYearsVerdictSource
A 1959 NPIC session involved a Navy officer channeling 'Affa,' a UFO seen from the window, and Blue Book chief Robert Friend being called inVallée gave Cameron the 11-page 1959 memo (Cameron's claim)—Unproven
Jacques Vallee was an astronomer who worked on the early ARPANETnamedStructural
Kripal and Jacques Vallee created the Archives of the ImpossiblenamedStructural
Many of Jacques Vallee's best-known cases were fraudulent, and Vallee showed this himselfnamedStructural
Michael Rockefeller was killed in a ritual ending in Aztec-like human sacrificenamedStructural
Nolan co-authored a peer-reviewed UAP materials-analysis papernamedStructural
Pasulka says Vallee showed her a 666-page book about the devil and called The Ninth Gate a favorite filmnamedStructural
Vallee argued UFO sightings act as intermittent reinforcement; synchronicity provokes dopaminenamedStructural
J. Allen Hynekcollaborator; Blue Book case computer files; co-author The Edge of Reality (1975)1960s–1975Documented · occurredthesolfoundation.org
Bluegill Triple Prime UFOcited: intermittent reinforcement (Skinner) as the phenomenon's 'control system'1975Concept
Leak pass 01 - WikiLeaksaccredited to UNGA by Grenada1978Documented · occurredwikileaks.org
Leak pass 02 - Library of LeaksState's summary of his 1978 UN talk1978Documented · occurredsearch.libraryofleaks.org
Jacques Vallee, whom Pasulka had read extensively, warned her not to credit extraordinary claims of physical UFO evidenceWarned Pasulka against crediting physical-evidence claimsc.2017-2019Unproven
Pasulka on The Why Files Basement (Aug 2026)Warned Pasulka against physical-evidence claims; possible site overlap with his Trinity book2017-2021—
Vallée's research archives are held at Rice University's 'Archives of the Impossible'archive donor2018-Documented · occurredimpossiblearchives.rice.edu
Pasulka and Garry Nolan were driven blindfolded to an alleged 1940s UFO crash site in the New Mexico desert, excavated by Tyler over years, near a location later featured in an X-Files seasonSite possibly overlaps the Trinity-site material in Vallee's book2019-2021Unproven
Trinity (1945), Socorro and Valensole accounts describe recovered beings sized like 10-12-year-old children, breathing air and walking normallypattern synthesis2021-2026Unproven
Garry Nolanco-author, Prog. Aerospace Sci. 20222022Documented · occurredui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Vallee on the Bigelow podcast (Sept 2026)speaker2026—

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