Forbidden Science
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Random excerpts from Jacques Vallée's journals: Forbidden Science, Vols. 1-4 (1957-1999). Some excerpts lightly edited to fit character limit. Not affiliated with the man himself or Anomalist Books. 🛸👽🔭💾🕴️ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SNYT3CQ
An interesting letter has arrived from Hynek. He is trying to find out what happened to the Drury film after all. He also tells me that John Fuller is about to publish an article in Look to expose the Condon committee as a major scandal. Anything can happen now. (16 Apr 1968)
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
An interesting letter has arrived from Hynek. He is trying to find out what happened to the Drury film after all. He also tells me that John Fuller is about to publish an article in Look to expose the Condon committee as a major scandal. Anything can happen now. (16 Apr 1968)
An ashen sun sets behind blurry hills, the valley is full of smoke; fire trucks fill motel parking lots. High columns of gray-white smoke rise and open up like atomic mushrooms. (5 Sep 1987)
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
An ashen sun sets behind blurry hills, the valley is full of smoke; fire trucks fill motel parking lots. High columns of gray-white smoke rise and open up like atomic mushrooms. (5 Sep 1987)
“In the information-rich world you've shown me, the only people who will survive will be the invisibles, the very poor, and those who cannot or will not communicate.” (21 May 1972)
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“In the information-rich world you've shown me, the only people who will survive will be the invisibles, the very poor, and those who cannot or will not communicate.” (21 May 1972)
Today I had lunch with Hal Puthoff again, at my request. I had many things to discuss with him. The outcome was unexpected.
We had decided to have a sandwich at the Perfect Recipe, a coffee shop in the Stanford Shopping center where we could talk quietly. (16 Oct 1973)
We had decided to have a sandwich at the Perfect Recipe, a coffee shop in the Stanford Shopping center where we could talk quietly. (16 Oct 1973)
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today I had lunch with Hal Puthoff again, at my request. I had many things to discuss with him. The outcome was unexpected.
We had decided to have a sandwich at the Perfect Recipe, a coffee shop in the Stanford Shopping center where we could talk quietly. (16 Oct 1973)
We had decided to have a sandwich at the Perfect Recipe, a coffee shop in the Stanford Shopping center where we could talk quietly. (16 Oct 1973)
"Flying saucers so far 'exist only as reports," he said. Some of these reports have substance, 'but there is no hardware,' Hynek said—no tangible evidence of saucer visits. (14 Nov 1966)
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Flying saucers so far 'exist only as reports," he said. Some of these reports have substance, 'but there is no hardware,' Hynek said—no tangible evidence of saucer visits. (14 Nov 1966)
We went on to discuss other forms of collaboration, if they made a movie for instance. He asked if I knew people who might invest in such a movie... some people from Hollywood have already been approached... vague projects... more golden expectations... nothing concrete. (17 Feb 1985)
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
We went on to discuss other forms of collaboration, if they made a movie for instance. He asked if I knew people who might invest in such a movie... some people from Hollywood have already been approached... vague projects... more golden expectations... nothing concrete. (17 Feb 1985)
In 1910 there was a disastrous flood in Paris, everything got spoiled, the family ruined. Monsieur Passavant, in haughty protestant contempt, refused any financial compensation. (7 Dec 1985)
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
In 1910 there was a disastrous flood in Paris, everything got spoiled, the family ruined. Monsieur Passavant, in haughty protestant contempt, refused any financial compensation. (7 Dec 1985)
Books and letters accumulate, including another batch of notes by Peter Rogerson about the links between contactee groups and Nazi philosophy, as expressed by the I-AM movement of Guy Ballard and William Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts. Why isn’t anybody studying these groups? (26 Sep 1976)
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Books and letters accumulate, including another batch of notes by Peter Rogerson about the links between contactee groups and Nazi philosophy, as expressed by the I-AM movement of Guy Ballard and William Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts. Why isn’t anybody studying these groups? (26 Sep 1976)
We have spent a quiet Halloween weekend, the ranch nestled in Autumn-golden foliage. I measured, surveyed and mapped in anticipation of great projects in my head. (30 Oct 1983)
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We have spent a quiet Halloween weekend, the ranch nestled in Autumn-golden foliage. I measured, surveyed and mapped in anticipation of great projects in my head. (30 Oct 1983)
As soon as he arrived a couple of abduction cases were referred to him, he tells me, the first one a man who remembers a blue beam cutting him on board a craft, and indeed he has a scar across his chest that cannot be explained as a surgery scar. (27 Feb 1994)
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
As soon as he arrived a couple of abduction cases were referred to him, he tells me, the first one a man who remembers a blue beam cutting him on board a craft, and indeed he has a scar across his chest that cannot be explained as a surgery scar. (27 Feb 1994)
The good news is that Ed will be able to restart the project with an $8M budget for three years at Science Applications, Inc. This came about because Senator Cohen (Republican from Maine) instructed Jack Vorona and Dale Graff to find a way to continue the research. (18 Sep 1990)
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The good news is that Ed will be able to restart the project with an $8M budget for three years at Science Applications, Inc. This came about because Senator Cohen (Republican from Maine) instructed Jack Vorona and Dale Graff to find a way to continue the research. (18 Sep 1990)
What about all the forgotten accounts of Little People, of Elementals, of Leprechauns? If these beings are part of the same phenomenon we see now, what does that mean for their nature? Are we necessarily dealing with extraterrestrials? (29 Oct 1967)
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
What about all the forgotten accounts of Little People, of Elementals, of Leprechauns? If these beings are part of the same phenomenon we see now, what does that mean for their nature? Are we necessarily dealing with extraterrestrials? (29 Oct 1967)
Catherine is with us here in Bayeux, my son and his wife arrived by the night train; this cool summer gives us a rare chance to pause in the chaotic closing of the twentieth century. (21 Aug 1999)
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Catherine is with us here in Bayeux, my son and his wife arrived by the night train; this cool summer gives us a rare chance to pause in the chaotic closing of the twentieth century. (21 Aug 1999)
"To me, it seems ridiculous that super intelligence would travel great distances to do relatively stupid things like stop cars, collect soil samples, and frighten people. I think we must begin to re-examine the evidence. We must begin to look closer to home." (Epilogue, Vol. 1)
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"To me, it seems ridiculous that super intelligence would travel great distances to do relatively stupid things like stop cars, collect soil samples, and frighten people. I think we must begin to re-examine the evidence. We must begin to look closer to home." (Epilogue, Vol. 1)
A kind of quiet harmony is spreading around me. Perhaps it comes with the fog over Paris, which drowns the trees and car headlights; or with the emotion in a friend's handshake in a Paris cafe, or the fall of dead leaves swinging all the way down to the wet pavement like a jazz melody. (13 Nov 1958)
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A kind of quiet harmony is spreading around me. Perhaps it comes with the fog over Paris, which drowns the trees and car headlights; or with the emotion in a friend's handshake in a Paris cafe, or the fall of dead leaves swinging all the way down to the wet pavement like a jazz melody. (13 Nov 1958)
He showed us the time service, the solar department and the computing section where we saw our first Soviet electronic machines. They look absolutely identical to IBM hardware of ten years ago. (15 Aug 1966)
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 AM
He showed us the time service, the solar department and the computing section where we saw our first Soviet electronic machines. They look absolutely identical to IBM hardware of ten years ago. (15 Aug 1966)
A leisurely excursion took us to the Moskova-Volga canal today. The boat stopped at the edge of a forest. We ate bread and cheese, and we walked happily through the woods. This was a welcome change of pace. (21 Aug 1966)
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A leisurely excursion took us to the Moskova-Volga canal today. The boat stopped at the edge of a forest. We ate bread and cheese, and we walked happily through the woods. This was a welcome change of pace. (21 Aug 1966)
When I spoke to him today Hal Puthoff was calm, friendly and informative as usual. I trust him and admire his equanimity in the face of decades of hard, misunderstood work. I told him of my concern with the latest rumors. (4 Aug 1994)
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
When I spoke to him today Hal Puthoff was calm, friendly and informative as usual. I trust him and admire his equanimity in the face of decades of hard, misunderstood work. I told him of my concern with the latest rumors. (4 Aug 1994)
She runs through the streets and the shops, full of energy, wondering if she’s really 81 years old. In her building people call her la Dame aux Fleurs, the lady with the flowers. (3 May 1981)
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
She runs through the streets and the shops, full of energy, wondering if she’s really 81 years old. In her building people call her la Dame aux Fleurs, the lady with the flowers. (3 May 1981)
Now I’ve just spoken to Hal Puthoff, one of the few stable points of reference. He’d heard about the BSW project through Ingo Swann, who knows the two ladies socially and “is mystified about the situation.” I laughed. I've never known Ingo to be mystified about anything. (4 Dec 1994)
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Now I’ve just spoken to Hal Puthoff, one of the few stable points of reference. He’d heard about the BSW project through Ingo Swann, who knows the two ladies socially and “is mystified about the situation.” I laughed. I've never known Ingo to be mystified about anything. (4 Dec 1994)
We also had an interesting call from a witness named Brian Scott, who was plagued with strange balls of light. I put him in touch with “Jim Irish” who may be able to document any physical effects that take place. (23 Feb 1976)
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
We also had an interesting call from a witness named Brian Scott, who was plagued with strange balls of light. I put him in touch with “Jim Irish” who may be able to document any physical effects that take place. (23 Feb 1976)
This evening I went and saw Spellbinder at the urging of Bob Weiss. It was a disappointment. There were only three spectators in the large theater. The plot is a flat, uninteresting story, a caricature of Satanism. On the big screen, even the witches looked bored. (6 Oct 1988)
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This evening I went and saw Spellbinder at the urging of Bob Weiss. It was a disappointment. There were only three spectators in the large theater. The plot is a flat, uninteresting story, a caricature of Satanism. On the big screen, even the witches looked bored. (6 Oct 1988)
A young writer named Arthur Lyons has driven up from Palm Springs in a white Porsche to see Don and me. He researches a book entitled The Second Coming. We ate a pizza with him on El Camino while discussing esoteric subjects. (29 Sep 1970)
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A young writer named Arthur Lyons has driven up from Palm Springs in a white Porsche to see Don and me. He researches a book entitled The Second Coming. We ate a pizza with him on El Camino while discussing esoteric subjects. (29 Sep 1970)
He was tall, six foot four and perfectly built, with short length, wavy blond hair, steel-blue eyes, and a strong jaw. His skin was very soft and even by the end of the trip he had no sign of hair on his face. He was “breathtakingly handsome.” (9 Sep 1989)
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
He was tall, six foot four and perfectly built, with short length, wavy blond hair, steel-blue eyes, and a strong jaw. His skin was very soft and even by the end of the trip he had no sign of hair on his face. He was “breathtakingly handsome.” (9 Sep 1989)
The latest book by Serge Hutin, Journeys to Elsewhere, does not fulfill any high expectations of occult revelations. In fact I am fairly disgusted by all the esoteric apostles he quotes, along with mystics of the left-hand, right-hand or middle path. (1 Jan 1964)
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The latest book by Serge Hutin, Journeys to Elsewhere, does not fulfill any high expectations of occult revelations. In fact I am fairly disgusted by all the esoteric apostles he quotes, along with mystics of the left-hand, right-hand or middle path. (1 Jan 1964)