Updated research on Jacques Vallee's 1945 "Trinity" alien-crash story

[Dean]

In 2021-2023, ufological icon Jacques Vallee carried the Trinity 1945 alien-crash story to a big international audience. Recently Vallee made some concessions to my earlier investigative reporting on the story, but at the same time he doubled down on the core claims. My latest report on the state of the controversy, thoroughly documented and up to date, is found at the link.

Crash Story File: "Witness" credibility implodes for Jacques Vallee's Trinity UFO crash tale

By Douglas Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson on X/Twitter January 25, 2024. Updated March 12, 2025. "Jose Padilla was an officer with the Highway Patrol in California for many years, and fought in Korea– had two bullets in his body. I mean, this is the best witness you could have, because

douglasjohnson.ghost.io

 

[Dean]

 

[J Randall Murphy]

In 2021-2023, ufological icon Jacques Vallee carried the Trinity 1945 alien-crash story to a big international audience. Recently Vallee made some concessions to my earlier investigative reporting on the story, but at the same time he doubled down on the core claims. My latest report on the state of the controversy, thoroughly documented and up to date, is found at the link.

Crash Story File: "Witness" credibility implodes for Jacques Vallee's Trinity UFO crash tale

By Douglas Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson on X/Twitter January 25, 2024. Updated March 12, 2025. "Jose Padilla was an officer with the Highway Patrol in California for many years, and fought in Korea– had two bullets in his body. I mean, this is the best witness you could have, because

douglasjohnson.ghost.io

Excellent article.

 

[Rick Hunter]

Yikes! I have a ton of respect for Vallee and still believe he is one of the best Ufologists ever. I guess no one is immune to being hoodwinked.

 

[J Randall Murphy]

Yikes! I have a ton of respect for Vallee and still believe he is one of the best Ufologists ever. I guess no one is immune to being hoodwinked.

As well — The unidentified object he reported while working at the observatory in France turned out to be a classified russian missile/satellite launch. But that doesn't take away from any of his contributions. You can still have a ton of respect for Vallée. He was also a contemporary of Hykek's - who is also very interesting and made significant contributions to the field.

 

[nivek]

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