Person

Hal Puthoff

Physicist and the thread running through it all. He ran the CIA's remote viewing work at SRI in the 1970s, worked on the AAWSAP papers in 2008–2010, co-founded To The Stars in 2017 and appears in The Age of Disclosure. He has said the craft are real and that he has seen evidence of the legacy program.

Witness profile

Physicist who ran the CIA's remote-viewing work at SRI in the 1970s, wrote AAWSAP papers in 2008-10 and co-founded To The Stars. He says the craft are real and that he has seen evidence of the legacy program.

Describes the witness from the record, their own retellings and how they come across. No score for the person; the factors at the end belong to the cases.

From the record service · posting · clearance · testimony

Work	Physicist; SRI International in the 1970s, then EarthTech InternationalSRI publications	documented
CIA	Ran the CIA-funded remote-viewing research at SRI from 1972Declassified CIA files	documented
AAWSAP	Organised the 38 technical papers (DIRDs), 2008-10DIA; released papers	documented
Since	Co-founder of To The Stars (2017)Company filings	documented

Retellings over time from the transcript library and records

Following: The craft are real; the disclosure panel

2010 AAWSAP papers · recordThere were 38 of these papers on different topics that related to UFOs,▶ 12:3138 papers on related physics, none naming UFOs.
2017 To The Stars launch · first tellingSays retrieved-craft programs exist.
2025 The Age of Disclosure · heldWe actually came up with a list of 64 areas▶ 56:22Likely the speaker describing the disclosure panel and its list of 64 areas of society.

first tellingheldclarifieddetail addeddetail shiftedrecord

On camera demeanour notes, timestamped

How they look and speak: hesitations, self-corrections, emotion. Dashed slots still need the video.

The Age of Disclosure, 2025

Calm, technical register. Video needed.Needs the video on Igor's PC

Feeds case plausibility consistency · restraint · character

Current factor values from the case ratings. The arrow shows which part of this profile backs each one.

AAWSAP and AATIP: the secret Pentagon studyplausibility Very high

Consistent over time2Stable over time. ← Stable over time.Character record2Trained professionals. ← The record table.

Profile updated 2026-10-23

On the record

His SRI publications and AAWSAP technical paper on warp drive physics.
Asked astrophysicist Bernard Haisch what he knew about the Mars 'glass worm' image (Haisch's e-mail, published by The Enterprise Mission).

Claims (8)

Personal knowledge of retrieved craft programs.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedHal Puthoff

Some craft people see may be legacy-program craft, built by humans.David Grusch Fox Interview, Age of Disclosure, Sandia, Current Research, & QnA - UAP Gerb Live The Age of DisclosurefirsthandSourced, unconfirmedHal Puthoff

OAP was real and funded; ATIP was not a real program, only attached to OAP informally.The State of Disclosure, Hanging with Ross Coulthart, Current Events & QnA - UAP Gerb Live AAWSAP / AATIPfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedHal Puthoff

One of OAP's later aims was to take in a craft from Lockheed Martin; a contractor passed recovered material to OAP.The State of Disclosure, Hanging with Ross Coulthart, Current Events & QnA - UAP Gerb Live Lockheed's 12 craftfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedHal Puthoff

He nodded when Gerb said the Kona Blue materials came from the 1953 Kingman retrieval, and later gave Gerb a wink and a nod to the same effect.The State of Disclosure, Hanging with Ross Coulthart, Current Events & QnA - UAP Gerb Live Current Work, Return of the PowerPoint & QnA - UAP Gerb Live Kingman 1953firsthandLeadHal Puthoff

During filming of The Age of Disclosure he told Elizondo and Farah he did not want to be labelled an ATIP scientist, and was ignored.Current Work, Return of the PowerPoint & QnA - UAP Gerb Live The Age of DisclosurefirsthandSourced, unconfirmedHal Puthoff

Puthoff interviewed Brad Sorensen.Sept 2025 House Oversight Committee UFO Hearings Recap Brad SorensensecondhandSourced, unconfirmedEric W. Davis

Puthoff knew what Richard Doty was doing with the SERPO material.UFO Crash Retrievals, Disclosure & Extended QnA - UAP Gerb Live Richard DotyanalysisLeadKermit (CPA co-host)

What Hal Puthoff said (11 claims)

Witness testimony 9Alleged 2

“A Bush-era panel listed 64 areas of society disclosure would hit and advised against it.”AllegedThe Age of Disclosure

Which Bush, and who sat on it, not said.

“A warp bubble explains all five observables, the injuries, missing time and 'bigger inside'.”AllegedThe Age of Disclosure

Theory (Puthoff's metric engineering); speculation by design.

“Puthoff: 10-40 craft held; he worked with George W. Bush and Stephen Hadley on disclosure.”Witness testimonySecretary of Energy John Herrington on UFOs, plus Brent Friedman's reply

Puthoff's public statements (2025).

“DHS security staff found the Kona Blue gatekeepers but could not get access because it was still a prospective programme.”Witness testimony80 Years of UFO Crash Retrieval and Reverse Engineering: A Timeline

Puthoff in an interview clip.

“Some craft people see may be legacy-program craft, built by humans.”Witness testimonyDavid Grusch Fox Interview, Age of Disclosure, Sandia, Current Research, & QnA - UAP Gerb Live

Gerb: this reverses Davis's line; Davis denied ARVs to Gerb's face.

“OAP was real and funded; ATIP was not a real program, only attached to OAP informally.”Witness testimonyThe State of Disclosure, Hanging with Ross Coulthart, Current Events & QnA - UAP Gerb Live

Said on the Fresh Freedom podcast in Burlison's office with Gerb present.

“One of OAP's later aims was to take in a craft from Lockheed Martin; a contractor passed recovered material to OAP.”Witness testimonyThe State of Disclosure, Hanging with Ross Coulthart, Current Events & QnA - UAP Gerb Live

“When Gerb said he knew independently that the Kona Blue materials came from the 1953 Kingman retrieval, Puthoff nodded and said nothing.”Witness testimonyThe State of Disclosure, Hanging with Ross Coulthart, Current Events & QnA - UAP Gerb Live

Nonverbal, reported by Gerb; told again in the July stream as a wink and a nod.

“During filming of The Age of Disclosure he told Elizondo and Farah he did not want to be labelled an ATIP scientist, and was ignored.”Witness testimonyCurrent Work, Return of the PowerPoint & QnA - UAP Gerb Live

Off air, to Gerb.

“He gave Gerb 'a cheeky wink and a nod' that the Kona Blue material from Jim Ryder's Lockheed program was pieces of one of probably several 1953 Kingman crashes.”Witness testimonyCurrent Work, Return of the PowerPoint & QnA - UAP Gerb Live

Nonverbal, reported by Gerb; second telling.

“The UAP effort is now largely in contractors' hands and out of reach of FOIA.”Witness testimonyThe Manhattan Project 2.0 - the Secrecy of UFO Crash Retrieval Programs [VOL.1]

Puthoff in an interview clip; Gerb calls it too simple.

Cases (10)

Connected

Kona Blue (DHS prospective SAP, 2011) org Bernard Haisch person Brad Sorensen person Eric W. Davis person Eric Weinstein person Ingo Swann person Jacques Vallée person Jim Ryder person Dr. Jim Segala person 'Glass worms 1' (The Enterprise Mission) with the Haisch and Pieri e-mails document Puthoff, 'CIA-Initiated Remote Viewing Program at Stanford Research Institute' (1996) document