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Steven M. Greer

2011-04-01T18:47:47Z

75.117.11.157: /* The Disclosure Project */

{{primary sources|date=January 2010}}
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| birth_place = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
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| occupation = [[Physician]]<br>[[Ufologist]]
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'''Steven M. Greer''' (June 28, 1955) is an American [[physician]], [[ufology|ufologist]], author, lecturer and founder of the Orion Project and The Disclosure Project.

==Biography==
Greer has stated that he enrolled in [[Appalachian State University]] in [[Boone, North Carolina]], but in 1974 he "left traditional college at Boone to enter teacher training at [[Maharishi International University]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapters 1 &2|first=Steve|last=Greer|url=http://www.disclosureproject.org/PDF-Documents/chapters_1_&_2.pdf|date=July 23, 2006|accessdate=January 10, 2010|publisher=[[The Disclosure Project]]}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In 1987 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the [[James H. Quillen College of Medicine]] of [[East Tennessee State University]].<ref>[http://www.etsualumni.org ]</ref> As of 2007, Greer was licensed to practice medicine in Virginia and has also been licensed in North Carolina.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/details/StevenM.GreerVirginiaDoctorLicense][http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Steven%20M.%20Greer%22 Internet Archive]</ref> Greer is former chairman of the Department of [[Emergency Medicine]] at [[Caldwell Memorial Hospital]] in [[Lenoir, North Carolina]], and a lifetime member of the [[Alpha Omega Alpha|Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society]].<ref name="ec1">{{cite book | last = Greer | first = Steven | coauthors = | title = Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications | publisher = Cataloging-in-Publication (Quality Books, Inc.) | year= 1999 | location = USA | pages = 525–526 |chapter=About Steven M. Greer, M.D. | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0-96-732380-0}}</ref>

Greer and his wife Emily have four daughters and reside in the [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] area.<ref name="ec1" /> Greer claims that he is a [[contactee]] who has coined the term "[[Close encounter#Fifth kind|close encounter of the fifth kind]]" (a.k.a. CE5) to describe human-initiated contact with extraterrestrials.<ref>{{cite web| last =McCarthy| first =Paul| title =Close encounters of the fifth kind. (communicating with UFOs)| publisher =Omni (magazine)| date= December 1, 1992| url =http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9263395_ITM| accessdate = 2007-05-12|archiveurl=http://nbgoku23.googlepages.com/Closeencountersofthefifthkind.commun.htm|archivedate=2007-05-12}}</ref> CE5 encounters are "characterized by mutual, bilateral communication rather than unilateral contact."<ref>[http://www.cseti.org/ce5.htm CSETI - The CE-5 Initiative]</ref>

In 1990 Greer founded the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and offers how-to training on initiating contact with [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial intelligence]].<ref name="cseti.org">http://www.cseti.org/programs/Trainings2008.htm</ref> Greer also teaches the use of [[meditation]] techniques, that allows attendees to "[[remote view]]" locations and times (past and present), and develop "[[cosmic consciousness]]" and abilities such as [[precognition]]. Three years later, Greer founded the Disclosure Project, claiming evidence of [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] visits to Earth, and believes in a wide-ranging [[conspiracy theory]] that there is a coordinated effort to suppress information on this subject. Greer is also the founder of the Advanced Energy Research Organization (AERO) and The Orion Project.<ref>http://www.theorionproject.org/en/about.html</ref> Both seek funding for research into technologies Greer believes have been subject to [[free energy suppression]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theorionproject.org/en/vision.html |title=Our Vision and Purpose |accessdate=2010-11-28 |work= |publisher= |date= }}</ref>

==The Disclosure Project==
The Disclosure Project is an organization started by Greer in 1992 that alleges the existence of a [[conspiracy theory|US government cover-up]] of information relating to [[unidentified flying objects]] (UFOs). The Project has adopted Greer's contention that UFOs are spacecraft piloted by intelligent [[extraterrestrial life]], and that the [[United States government]] is keeping this secret. Greer also uses the project to disseminate his beliefs that the government has concealed advanced energy technologies obtained from the extraterrestrials by suppressing and hiding them in top secret "[[black projects]]" in order not to upset the global geo-political power and energy-sector financial status-quo and its oil industry "special interests".

Greer and the Disclosure Project call for [[congressional hearing]]s of all data regarding UFOs, including the large amount of information they claim is being hidden, and for release of the technology they claim is being suppressed, particularly [[free energy suppression|free energy]] sources. He uses written statements and accounts from military personnel and defense industry employees as evidence for the various claims associated with the Disclosure Project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disclosureproject.org/aboutexecsumm.htm|title=ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY|publisher=The Disclosure Project Homepage|accessdate=2008-08-13 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080803031940/http://www.disclosureproject.org/aboutexecsumm.htm  |archivedate = 2008-08-03}}</ref>

The Disclosure Project has been well-received by [[ufology|UFO enthusiasts]], with speeches from Greer and various other witnesses being presented at various UFO-themed conferences. Greer has held press conferences and embarked on a continuing series of lectures and television appearances trying to raise popular support.<ref>{{cite web | last =Schmidt | first = Brad | title =Alien theorist offers proof of government coverup | work =[[Oregon Daily Emerald]] | date =April 25, 2002 | url =http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2002/04/25/UndefinedSection/Alien.Theorist.Offers.Proof.Of.Government.Coverup-1976977.shtml | accessdate =2007-04-26 }}</ref> Mainstream media coverage of the group mostly centered around a 2001 conference at the [[National Press Club (USA)|National Press Club]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98572|title=Group Calls for Disclosure of UFO Info|publisher=[[ABC News]]|date=May 10, 2001}}</ref> which was described by an attending BBC reporter as the strangest he had ever seen.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1322432.stm|title=UFO spotters slam 'US cover-up'|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=May 10, 2001}}</ref> Greer convened the conference with more than 100 other contactees offering testimony. Among the contactees were "...about 20 former government workers, many of them military and security officials, who stepped forward...and called for congressional hearings about such sightings."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98572|title=Group Calls for Disclosure of UFO Info|publisher=[[ABC News]]|date=May 10, 2001}}</ref> Such arguments were met with by derision by [[skepticism|skeptics]] and spokespeople for the [[U. S. Airforce]] who maintain that there is no convincing evidence for the [[Extraterrestrial hypothesis|speculation that UFOs are alien spacecraft]].<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 | accessdate = 2007-05-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last =McCullagh | first =Declan | authorlink =Declan McCullagh | title =Ooo-WEE-ooo Fans Come to D.C. |work=Wired News | date =May 10, 2001 | url =http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/05/43526 | accessdate = 2007-05-10 }}</ref>

==Media appearances==
Greer has appeared on ''[[Larry King Live]]'',<ref>{{cite web| last =Mendoza| first =Manuel| title =Alien Obsession Hits Even Larry King| publisher =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
| accessdate =2007-05-12| archiveurl= http://nbgoku23.googlepages.com/ALIENOBSESSIONHITSEVENLARRYKING.htm| archivedate = 2007-05-12}}</ref> [[CBS]], [[BBC]], [[Nippon Television|NTV]] in Japan, ''[[Sightings (TV series)|Sightings]]'', ''[[Encounters (TV series)|Encounters]]'', [[Ancient Aliens]] on the [[History Channel]],<ref>http://www.legendarytimes.com/index.php?op=news&func=news&id=6677&PHPSESSID=154498ddec8bdfea9b4fadce393be523</ref> ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]'',<ref>[http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/greer-steven/6081 Guest: Steven Greer - Coast to Coast AM with George Noory]</ref> the [[Art Bell]] show, and the [[Armstrong Williams]] radio show and hosts an [[Internet]] radio segment called "Conversations with Dr. Steven Greer".<ref name="NEMspeakers">[http://www.newenergymovement.org/speakers.php New Energy Movement]</ref>

==Publications==
*''Contact: Countdown to Transformation'' 2009. ISBN 0967323831.
*''Hidden Truth - Forbidden Knowledge'' 2006. ISBN 0967323827.
*''Disclosure : Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History'' 2001. ISBN 0967323819.
*''Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications'' 1999. ISBN 0967323800.

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

{{UFOs}}

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Steven M. Greer

2011-03-31T21:29:10Z

75.117.11.157: /* The Disclosure Project */

{{primary sources|date=January 2010}}
{{Infobox Person
| name = Steven M. Greer
| image = StevenGreer01.jpg
| image_size = 180px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|06|28}}
| birth_place = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education =
| occupation = [[Physician]]<br>[[Ufologist]]
}}
'''Steven M. Greer''' (June 28, 1955) is an American [[physician]], [[ufology|ufologist]], author, lecturer and founder of the Orion Project and The Disclosure Project.

==Biography==
Greer has stated that he enrolled in [[Appalachian State University]] in [[Boone, North Carolina]], but in 1974 he "left traditional college at Boone to enter teacher training at [[Maharishi International University]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapters 1 &2|first=Steve|last=Greer|url=http://www.disclosureproject.org/PDF-Documents/chapters_1_&_2.pdf|date=July 23, 2006|accessdate=January 10, 2010|publisher=[[The Disclosure Project]]}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In 1987 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the [[James H. Quillen College of Medicine]] of [[East Tennessee State University]].<ref>[http://www.etsualumni.org ]</ref> As of 2007, Greer was licensed to practice medicine in Virginia and has also been licensed in North Carolina.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/details/StevenM.GreerVirginiaDoctorLicense][http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Steven%20M.%20Greer%22 Internet Archive]</ref> Greer is former chairman of the Department of [[Emergency Medicine]] at [[Caldwell Memorial Hospital]] in [[Lenoir, North Carolina]], and a lifetime member of the [[Alpha Omega Alpha|Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society]].<ref name="ec1">{{cite book | last = Greer | first = Steven | coauthors = | title = Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications | publisher = Cataloging-in-Publication (Quality Books, Inc.) | year= 1999 | location = USA | pages = 525–526 |chapter=About Steven M. Greer, M.D. | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0-96-732380-0}}</ref>

Greer and his wife Emily have four daughters and reside in the [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] area.<ref name="ec1" /> Greer claims that he is a [[contactee]] who has coined the term "[[Close encounter#Fifth kind|close encounter of the fifth kind]]" (a.k.a. CE5) to describe human-initiated contact with extraterrestrials.<ref>{{cite web| last =McCarthy| first =Paul| title =Close encounters of the fifth kind. (communicating with UFOs)| publisher =Omni (magazine)| date= December 1, 1992| url =http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9263395_ITM| accessdate = 2007-05-12|archiveurl=http://nbgoku23.googlepages.com/Closeencountersofthefifthkind.commun.htm|archivedate=2007-05-12}}</ref> CE5 encounters are "characterized by mutual, bilateral communication rather than unilateral contact."<ref>[http://www.cseti.org/ce5.htm CSETI - The CE-5 Initiative]</ref>

In 1990 Greer founded the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and offers how-to training on initiating contact with [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial intelligence]].<ref name="cseti.org">http://www.cseti.org/programs/Trainings2008.htm</ref> Greer also teaches the use of [[meditation]] techniques, that allows attendees to "[[remote view]]" locations and times (past and present), and develop "[[cosmic consciousness]]" and abilities such as [[precognition]]. Three years later, Greer founded the Disclosure Project, claiming evidence of [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] visits to Earth, and believes in a wide-ranging [[conspiracy theory]] that there is a coordinated effort to suppress information on this subject. Greer is also the founder of the Advanced Energy Research Organization (AERO) and The Orion Project.<ref>http://www.theorionproject.org/en/about.html</ref> Both seek funding for research into technologies Greer believes have been subject to [[free energy suppression]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theorionproject.org/en/vision.html |title=Our Vision and Purpose |accessdate=2010-11-28 |work= |publisher= |date= }}</ref>

==The Disclosure Project==
The Disclosure Project is an organization started by Greer in 1992 that alleges the existence of a [[conspiracy theory|US government cover-up]] of information relating to [[unidentified flying objects]] (UFOs). The Project has adopted Greer's contention that UFOs are spacecraft piloted by intelligent [[extraterrestrial life]], and that the [[United States government]] is keeping this secret. Greer also uses the project to disseminate his beliefs that the government has concealed advanced energy technologies obtained from the extraterrestrials by suppressing and hiding them in top secret "[[black projects]]" in order not to upset the global geo-political power and energy-sector financial status-quo and its oil industry "special interests".

Greer and the Disclosure Project call for [[congressional hearing]]s of all data regarding UFOs, including the large amount of information they claim is being hidden, and for release of the technology they claim is being suppressed, particularly [[free energy suppression|free energy]] sources. He uses written statements and accounts from military personnel and defense industry employees as evidence for the various claims associated with the Disclosure Project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disclosureproject.org/aboutexecsumm.htm|title=ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY|publisher=The Disclosure Project Homepage|accessdate=2008-08-13 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080803031940/http://www.disclosureproject.org/aboutexecsumm.htm  |archivedate = 2008-08-03}}</ref>

The Disclosure Project has been well-received by [[ufology|UFO enthusiasts]], with speeches from Greer and various other witnesses being presented at various UFO-themed conferences. Greer has held press conferences and embarked on a continuing series of lectures and television appearances trying to raise popular support.<ref>{{cite web | last =Schmidt | first = Brad | title =Alien theorist offers proof of government coverup | work =[[Oregon Daily Emerald]] | date =April 25, 2002 | url =http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2002/04/25/UndefinedSection/Alien.Theorist.Offers.Proof.Of.Government.Coverup-1976977.shtml | accessdate =2007-04-26 }}</ref> Mainstream media coverage of the group mostly centered around a 2001 conference at the [[National Press Club (USA)|National Press Club]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98572|title=Group Calls for Disclosure of UFO Info|publisher=[[ABC News]]|date=May 10, 2001}}</ref> which was described by an attending BBC reporter as the strangest he had ever seen.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1322432.stm|title=UFO spotters slam 'US cover-up'|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=May 10, 2001}}</ref> Greer convened the conference with more than 100 other contactees, mostly comprised of former military personnel and high-ranking government officials, offering testimony and arguing for investigations into a [[UFO conspiracy theory]]. Such arguments were met with by derision by [[skepticism|skeptics]] and spokespeople for the [[U. S. Airforce]] who maintain that there is no convincing evidence for the [[Extraterrestrial hypothesis|speculation that UFOs are alien spacecraft]].<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 | accessdate = 2007-05-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last =McCullagh | first =Declan | authorlink =Declan McCullagh | title =Ooo-WEE-ooo Fans Come to D.C. |work=Wired News | date =May 10, 2001 | url =http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/05/43526 | accessdate = 2007-05-10 }}</ref>

==Media appearances==
Greer has appeared on ''[[Larry King Live]]'',<ref>{{cite web| last =Mendoza| first =Manuel| title =Alien Obsession Hits Even Larry King| publisher =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
| accessdate =2007-05-12| archiveurl= http://nbgoku23.googlepages.com/ALIENOBSESSIONHITSEVENLARRYKING.htm| archivedate = 2007-05-12}}</ref> [[CBS]], [[BBC]], [[Nippon Television|NTV]] in Japan, ''[[Sightings (TV series)|Sightings]]'', ''[[Encounters (TV series)|Encounters]]'', [[Ancient Aliens]] on the [[History Channel]],<ref>http://www.legendarytimes.com/index.php?op=news&func=news&id=6677&PHPSESSID=154498ddec8bdfea9b4fadce393be523</ref> ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]'',<ref>[http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/greer-steven/6081 Guest: Steven Greer - Coast to Coast AM with George Noory]</ref> the [[Art Bell]] show, and the [[Armstrong Williams]] radio show and hosts an [[Internet]] radio segment called "Conversations with Dr. Steven Greer".<ref name="NEMspeakers">[http://www.newenergymovement.org/speakers.php New Energy Movement]</ref>

==Publications==
*''Contact: Countdown to Transformation'' 2009. ISBN 0967323831.
*''Hidden Truth - Forbidden Knowledge'' 2006. ISBN 0967323827.
*''Disclosure : Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History'' 2001. ISBN 0967323819.
*''Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications'' 1999. ISBN 0967323800.

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

{{UFOs}}

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Steven M. Greer

2011-03-31T13:58:24Z

75.117.11.157: /* The Disclosure Project */

{{primary sources|date=January 2010}}
{{Infobox Person
| name = Steven M. Greer
| image = StevenGreer01.jpg
| image_size = 180px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|06|28}}
| birth_place = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education =
| occupation = [[Physician]]<br>[[Ufologist]]
}}
'''Steven M. Greer''' (June 28, 1955) is an American [[physician]], [[ufology|ufologist]], author, lecturer and founder of the Orion Project and The Disclosure Project.

==Biography==
Greer has stated that he enrolled in [[Appalachian State University]] in [[Boone, North Carolina]], but in 1974 he "left traditional college at Boone to enter teacher training at [[Maharishi International University]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapters 1 &2|first=Steve|last=Greer|url=http://www.disclosureproject.org/PDF-Documents/chapters_1_&_2.pdf|date=July 23, 2006|accessdate=January 10, 2010|publisher=[[The Disclosure Project]]}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In 1987 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the [[James H. Quillen College of Medicine]] of [[East Tennessee State University]].<ref>[http://www.etsualumni.org ]</ref> As of 2007, Greer was licensed to practice medicine in Virginia and has also been licensed in North Carolina.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/details/StevenM.GreerVirginiaDoctorLicense][http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Steven%20M.%20Greer%22 Internet Archive]</ref> Greer is former chairman of the Department of [[Emergency Medicine]] at [[Caldwell Memorial Hospital]] in [[Lenoir, North Carolina]], and a lifetime member of the [[Alpha Omega Alpha|Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society]].<ref name="ec1">{{cite book | last = Greer | first = Steven | coauthors = | title = Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications | publisher = Cataloging-in-Publication (Quality Books, Inc.) | year= 1999 | location = USA | pages = 525–526 |chapter=About Steven M. Greer, M.D. | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0-96-732380-0}}</ref>

Greer and his wife Emily have four daughters and reside in the [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] area.<ref name="ec1" /> Greer claims that he is a [[contactee]] who has coined the term "[[Close encounter#Fifth kind|close encounter of the fifth kind]]" (a.k.a. CE5) to describe human-initiated contact with extraterrestrials.<ref>{{cite web| last =McCarthy| first =Paul| title =Close encounters of the fifth kind. (communicating with UFOs)| publisher =Omni (magazine)| date= December 1, 1992| url =http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9263395_ITM| accessdate = 2007-05-12|archiveurl=http://nbgoku23.googlepages.com/Closeencountersofthefifthkind.commun.htm|archivedate=2007-05-12}}</ref> CE5 encounters are "characterized by mutual, bilateral communication rather than unilateral contact."<ref>[http://www.cseti.org/ce5.htm CSETI - The CE-5 Initiative]</ref>

In 1990 Greer founded the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and offers how-to training on initiating contact with [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial intelligence]].<ref name="cseti.org">http://www.cseti.org/programs/Trainings2008.htm</ref> Greer also teaches the use of [[meditation]] techniques, that allows attendees to "[[remote view]]" locations and times (past and present), and develop "[[cosmic consciousness]]" and abilities such as [[precognition]]. Three years later, Greer founded the Disclosure Project, claiming evidence of [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] visits to Earth, and believes in a wide-ranging [[conspiracy theory]] that there is a coordinated effort to suppress information on this subject. Greer is also the founder of the Advanced Energy Research Organization (AERO) and The Orion Project.<ref>http://www.theorionproject.org/en/about.html</ref> Both seek funding for research into technologies Greer believes have been subject to [[free energy suppression]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theorionproject.org/en/vision.html |title=Our Vision and Purpose |accessdate=2010-11-28 |work= |publisher= |date= }}</ref>

==The Disclosure Project==
The Disclosure Project is an organization started by Greer in 1992 that alleges the existence of a [[conspiracy theory|US government cover-up]] of information relating to [[unidentified flying objects]] (UFOs). The Project has adopted Greer's contention that UFOs are spacecraft piloted by intelligent [[extraterrestrial life]], and that the [[United States government]] is keeping this secret. Greer also uses the project to disseminate his beliefs that the government has concealed advanced energy technologies obtained from the extraterrestrials by suppressing and hiding them in top secret "[[black projects]]" in order not to upset the global geo-political power and energy-sector financial status-quo and its oil industry "special interests".

Greer and the Disclosure Project call for [[congressional hearing]]s of all data regarding UFOs, including the large amount of information they claim is being hidden, and for release of the technology they claim is being suppressed, particularly [[free energy suppression|free energy]] sources. He uses written statements and accounts from military personnel and defense industry employees as evidence for the various claims associated with the Disclosure Project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disclosureproject.org/aboutexecsumm.htm|title=ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY|publisher=The Disclosure Project Homepage|accessdate=2008-08-13 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080803031940/http://www.disclosureproject.org/aboutexecsumm.htm  |archivedate = 2008-08-03}}</ref>

The Disclosure Project has been well-received by [[ufology|UFO enthusiasts]], with speeches from Greer and various other witnesses being presented at various UFO-themed conferences. Greer has held press conferences and embarked on a continuing series of lectures and television appearances trying to raise popular support.<ref>{{cite web | last =Schmidt | first = Brad | title =Alien theorist offers proof of government coverup | work =[[Oregon Daily Emerald]] | date =April 25, 2002 | url =http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2002/04/25/UndefinedSection/Alien.Theorist.Offers.Proof.Of.Government.Coverup-1976977.shtml | accessdate =2007-04-26 }}</ref> Mainstream media coverage of the group mostly centered around a 2001 conference at the [[National Press Club (USA)|National Press Club]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98572|title=Group Calls for Disclosure of UFO Info|publisher=[[ABC News]]|date=May 10, 2001}}</ref> which was described by an attending BBC reporter as the strangest he had ever seen.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1322432.stm|title=UFO spotters slam 'US cover-up'|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=May 10, 2001}}</ref> Greer convened the conference with more than 100 other contactees, mostly comprised of former military officers and high-ranking government officials who claimed to have high security clearance (above top secret with "Cosmic" clearance being the highest) offering testimonies of specific engagements with intelligent extraterrestrial species and their technology. All Such arguments were met with by derision by [[skepticism|skeptics]] and spokespeople for the [[U. S. Airforce]] who maintain that there is no convincing evidence for the [[Extraterrestrial hypothesis|speculation that UFOs are alien spacecraft]].<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 | accessdate = 2007-05-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last =McCullagh | first =Declan | authorlink =Declan McCullagh | title =Ooo-WEE-ooo Fans Come to D.C. |work=Wired News | date =May 10, 2001 | url =http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/05/43526 | accessdate = 2007-05-10 }}</ref>

==Media appearances==
Greer has appeared on ''[[Larry King Live]]'',<ref>{{cite web| last =Mendoza| first =Manuel| title =Alien Obsession Hits Even Larry King| publisher =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
| accessdate =2007-05-12| archiveurl= http://nbgoku23.googlepages.com/ALIENOBSESSIONHITSEVENLARRYKING.htm| archivedate = 2007-05-12}}</ref> [[CBS]], [[BBC]], [[Nippon Television|NTV]] in Japan, ''[[Sightings (TV series)|Sightings]]'', ''[[Encounters (TV series)|Encounters]]'', [[Ancient Aliens]] on the [[History Channel]],<ref>http://www.legendarytimes.com/index.php?op=news&func=news&id=6677&PHPSESSID=154498ddec8bdfea9b4fadce393be523</ref> ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]'',<ref>[http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/greer-steven/6081 Guest: Steven Greer - Coast to Coast AM with George Noory]</ref> the [[Art Bell]] show, and the [[Armstrong Williams]] radio show and hosts an [[Internet]] radio segment called "Conversations with Dr. Steven Greer".<ref name="NEMspeakers">[http://www.newenergymovement.org/speakers.php New Energy Movement]</ref>

==Publications==
*''Contact: Countdown to Transformation'' 2009. ISBN 0967323831.
*''Hidden Truth - Forbidden Knowledge'' 2006. ISBN 0967323827.
*''Disclosure : Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History'' 2001. ISBN 0967323819.
*''Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications'' 1999. ISBN 0967323800.

==References==
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