Editing Unidentified flying object (section)

===== "Disclosure" advocates =====
In May 2001, a press conference was held at the [[National Press Club (United States)|National Press Club]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], by an organization called the [[Steven M. Greer|Disclosure Project]], featuring twenty persons including retired Air Force and FAA personnel, intelligence officers and an air traffic controller.<ref>{{YouTube|id=K5Mv0_RFEB8|title=2001 National Press Club Event|link=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Government is covering up UFO evidence, group says |first=Julia |last=Duin |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2001/may/11/20010511-022955-2774r/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Times]] |publisher=[[News World Communications]] |location=Washington, D.C. |date=May 11, 2001 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=January 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119203739/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2001/may/11/20010511-022955-2774r/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=They're Here; UFO Watchers to Reveal Proof That Aliens Have Visited Earth |first=Vicky |last=Spavin |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/They%27re+Here%3B+UFO+watchers+to+reveal+proof+that+aliens+have+visited...-a074321804 |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|The Daily Record]] |publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] |location=Glasgow |date=May 9, 2001 |access-date=March 10, 2013 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305060038/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/They%27re+Here%3B+UFO+watchers+to+reveal+proof+that+aliens+have+visited...-a074321804 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Group Calls for Disclosure of UFO Info |first1=Katelynn |last1=Raymer |first2=David |last2=Ruppe |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98572 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=May 10, 2001 |access-date=March 11, 2013 |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728235120/http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98572 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=UFO spotters slam 'US cover-up' |first=Rob |last=Watson |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1322432.stm |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |location=London |date=May 10, 2001 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723074515/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1322432.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Men in Suits See Aliens as Part of Solution, Not Problem |first=Sharon |last=Kehnemui |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/men-in-suits-see-aliens-as-part-of-solution-not-problem |work=FoxNews.com |publisher=Fox Entertainment Group |location=New York |date=May 10, 2001 |access-date=May 10, 2007 |archive-date=August 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825092411/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,24364,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ooo-WEE-ooo Fans Come to D.C. |first=Declan |last=McCullagh |author-link=Declan McCullagh |url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/05/43526 |work=[[Wired (website)|Wired News]] |publisher=[[Lycos]] |location=Waltham, MA |date=May 10, 2001 |access-date=May 10, 2007 |archive-date=June 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609085452/http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/05/43526 |url-status=live }}</ref> They all gave a brief account of their claims that evidence of UFOs was being suppressed and said they would be willing to testify under oath to a Congressional committee. According to a 2002 report in the [[Daily Emerald|Oregon ''Daily Emerald'']], Disclosure Project founder [[Steven M. Greer]] is an "alien theorist" who claims "proof of government coverup" consisting of 120 hours of testimony from various government officials on the topic of UFOs, including astronaut [[Gordon Cooper]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Alien theorist offers proof of government coverup |first=Brad |last=Schmidt |url=http://dailyemerald.com/2002/04/25/alien-theorist-offers-proof-of-government-coverup/ |newspaper=[[Daily Emerald|Oregon Daily Emerald]] |location=Eugene, OR |date=April 25, 2002 |access-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814040025/http://dailyemerald.com/2002/04/25/alien-theorist-offers-proof-of-government-coverup/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2007, the German UFO conspiracy forum [[Disclose.tv]] was created. The website's name references the concept of disclosure.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=W. F. |date=12 January 2022 |title=Disclose.tv: Conspiracy Forum Turned Disinformation Factory |url=https://www.logically.ai/articles/disclose.tv-conspiracy-forum-turned-disinformation-factory |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112153617/https://www.logically.ai/articles/disclose.tv-conspiracy-forum-turned-disinformation-factory |archive-date=12 January 2022 |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=[[Logically (company)|Logically]] |language=en |quote=The name "Disclose" references the concept within UFO enthusiast circles of "disclosure," the time when the government will confirm the existence of aliens and release information regarding them.}}</ref>

On September 27, 2010, a group of six former USAF officers and one former enlisted Air Force man held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on the theme "U.S. Nuclear Weapons Have Been Compromised by Unidentified Aerial Objects"<ref>{{cite press release |last1=Salas |first1=Robert |last2=Hastings |first2=Robert |title=U.S. Nuclear Weapons Have Been Compromised by Unidentified Aerial Objects |date=September 15, 2010 |publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS166901+15-Sep-2010+PRN20100915 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127022656/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS166901+15-Sep-2010+PRN20100915 |archive-date=January 27, 2011  }} {{YouTube|id=lR3Fhyi14Pw|title="National Press Club: UFOs Tampering with Nukes – Part 1/7"|link=no}}</ref> in which they claimed they had witnessed UFOs hovering near missile sites and even disarming the missiles.

From April 29 to May 3, 2013, the Paradigm Research Group held the "Citizen Hearing on Disclosure" at the National Press Club. The group paid former U.S. Senator [[Mike Gravel]] and former Representatives [[Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick]], [[Roscoe Bartlett]], [[Merrill Cook]], [[Darlene Hooley]], and [[Lynn Woolsey]] $20,000 each to hear testimony from a panel of researchers which included witnesses from military, agency, and political backgrounds.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Rep. Kilpatrick 'waiting to hear' evidence of space aliens |first=Marisa |last=Schultz |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130429/POLITICS03/304290397 |work=[[The Detroit News]] |publisher=[[Digital First Media|MediaNews Group]] |date=April 29, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531170741/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130429/POLITICS03/304290397 |archive-date=May 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citizenhearing.org/ |title=Citizen Hearing on Disclosure |website=Citizen Hearing on Disclosure |publisher=Paradigm Research Group |location=Bethesda, MD |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=September 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915073916/http://www.citizenhearing.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>