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
Is this really London, this clear city, sunny, warm and cheerful? Many countries, from Poland to Spain and Italy, are represented at the Financial Times investment conference I am attending here, all worried about the same things: jobs and technology. (1991)
October 3, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Is this really London, this clear city, sunny, warm and cheerful? Many countries, from Poland to Spain and Italy, are represented at the Financial Times investment conference I am attending here, all worried about the same things: jobs and technology. (1991)
Dan Tolkowsky kindly took us to Jaffa for a fish dinner on the edge of an ancient pier. One of the world's oldest cities, an Egyptian harbor, later used by Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans, Crusaders and pilgrims, Jaffa is filled with the memories of a hundred wars. (1992)
October 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Dan Tolkowsky kindly took us to Jaffa for a fish dinner on the edge of an ancient pier. One of the world's oldest cities, an Egyptian harbor, later used by Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans, Crusaders and pilgrims, Jaffa is filled with the memories of a hundred wars. (1992)
I am flooded with interesting mail from readers of Invisible College. What comes out most clearly is the deep emotion among the American public regarding the future of man, our sacred nature, the preservation of freedom. This gives me a renewed sense of confidence. (1975)
October 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I am flooded with interesting mail from readers of Invisible College. What comes out most clearly is the deep emotion among the American public regarding the future of man, our sacred nature, the preservation of freedom. This gives me a renewed sense of confidence. (1975)
First light at the new observatory: I setup my old uncle’s telescope on its elegant hardwood tripod on top of the tower. We had a moonless sky, millions of lights spread on both sides of the Milky Way.
October 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
First light at the new observatory: I setup my old uncle’s telescope on its elegant hardwood tripod on top of the tower. We had a moonless sky, millions of lights spread on both sides of the Milky Way.
Larry King sat at an incongruous desk in the desert with an expert on Roswell (who isn't?) and a few others. The big mystery was never elucidated. Interspersed with the proceedings were sound bites from skeptics. Carl Sagan appeared sick and drawn. Even the debunking case was poorly stated. (1994)
October 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Larry King sat at an incongruous desk in the desert with an expert on Roswell (who isn't?) and a few others. The big mystery was never elucidated. Interspersed with the proceedings were sound bites from skeptics. Carl Sagan appeared sick and drawn. Even the debunking case was poorly stated. (1994)
It turns out De Gaulle has finally discovered the importance of computers and has launched a great new project he calls the Plan CalcuL He is bitter at Johnson's refusal to sell him a CDC 6600 with which to compute his H bomb. (1966)
October 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
It turns out De Gaulle has finally discovered the importance of computers and has launched a great new project he calls the Plan CalcuL He is bitter at Johnson's refusal to sell him a CDC 6600 with which to compute his H bomb. (1966)
We began the trip with breakfast on the Mediterranean shore at the Dan Accadia, just North of Tel Aviv. Janine has bought me Tom Robbins’ Skinny Legs and All, about the silliness of religious fanaticism, Jews and Arabs, Jezebel, and the sexy rites of Astarte. (1992)
October 2, 2026 at 3:30 AM
We began the trip with breakfast on the Mediterranean shore at the Dan Accadia, just North of Tel Aviv. Janine has bought me Tom Robbins’ Skinny Legs and All, about the silliness of religious fanaticism, Jews and Arabs, Jezebel, and the sexy rites of Astarte. (1992)
This afternoon I met again with my French publisher, Mr. Robert Laffont. He was seated in a recliner, looking weak and tired. He invited me to pull up a chair next to him as we discussed Revelations and my Russian book.
October 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
This afternoon I met again with my French publisher, Mr. Robert Laffont. He was seated in a recliner, looking weak and tired. He invited me to pull up a chair next to him as we discussed Revelations and my Russian book.
Bob has just come back from Saskatchewan where a man, his wife, and their three sons had reported seeing a craft and short beings. It hovered for 20 minutes above the treeline.
October 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Bob has just come back from Saskatchewan where a man, his wife, and their three sons had reported seeing a craft and short beings. It hovered for 20 minutes above the treeline.
Yesterday morning I was alone in the forest at Spring Hill, sitting on a carpet of dead leaves, thinking of the flow of time, the frail substrate of human agitation.
October 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Yesterday morning I was alone in the forest at Spring Hill, sitting on a carpet of dead leaves, thinking of the flow of time, the frail substrate of human agitation.
Today I drove lazily through Noe Valley and Castro Street, visiting bookstores. There was a marvellous sweetness in the air of San Francisco, bits of idle time and sparkling azure sky dropping around like tinsel. It was an afternoon stolen from the world. (1988)
October 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Today I drove lazily through Noe Valley and Castro Street, visiting bookstores. There was a marvellous sweetness in the air of San Francisco, bits of idle time and sparkling azure sky dropping around like tinsel. It was an afternoon stolen from the world. (1988)
Later I had a phone conversation with Hal, who was returning from Palo Alto where he had met with Lockheed physicists, including Blackburn. He told me his super-electron project was “ready to go big time.”
October 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Later I had a phone conversation with Hal, who was returning from Palo Alto where he had met with Lockheed physicists, including Blackburn. He told me his super-electron project was “ready to go big time.”
Old Mr. Hopkins has given us precious details about his life as a proper Contactee: he always sleeps naked, with all the lights on.
September 30, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Old Mr. Hopkins has given us precious details about his life as a proper Contactee: he always sleeps naked, with all the lights on.
Another sign of changing times is the strange wind that destabilizes the denizens of New Age research. Janine is sad to witness the desertion of many friends as fine people with good minds spin away from reality. It’s a general phenomenon...
September 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Another sign of changing times is the strange wind that destabilizes the denizens of New Age research. Janine is sad to witness the desertion of many friends as fine people with good minds spin away from reality. It’s a general phenomenon...
My thesis committee met today to hear my defense of my dissertation project. They gave me the green light. Mittman said I had attacked a very tough problem but he felt my approach was correct.
September 30, 2026 at 3:31 PM
My thesis committee met today to hear my defense of my dissertation project. They gave me the green light. Mittman said I had attacked a very tough problem but he felt my approach was correct.
This trip to the redwoods was perfect. Tonight, by fair seeing, I was able to observe Saturn’s rings (on edge at the moment, only a thin line), the Pleiades, and the Andromeda nebula.
September 30, 2026 at 11:30 AM
This trip to the redwoods was perfect. Tonight, by fair seeing, I was able to observe Saturn’s rings (on edge at the moment, only a thin line), the Pleiades, and the Andromeda nebula.
Now Hal’s friend is panicking. His house has been burglarized several times. He was studying an alleged energy machine, “Johnson’s motor.” All his models have been taken apart by visitors who made no effort to be discreet. Neighbors have seen the men driving away. (1982)
September 30, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Now Hal’s friend is panicking. His house has been burglarized several times. He was studying an alleged energy machine, “Johnson’s motor.” All his models have been taken apart by visitors who made no effort to be discreet. Neighbors have seen the men driving away. (1982)
We walked back to his apartment and watched the new Twilight Zone. I expressed my dismay at the Jack Anderson article that exposed Grill Flame. Ingo told me the leak came from a member of the National Security Council.
September 29, 2026 at 11:30 PM
We walked back to his apartment and watched the new Twilight Zone. I expressed my dismay at the Jack Anderson article that exposed Grill Flame. Ingo told me the leak came from a member of the National Security Council.
As the laughter subsided Art asked Anton how sales of his book were doing. “Splendid,” he answered. “Nice Christian kids have been caught sneaking into a church to burn copies of my Satanic Bible, hoping to exorcize me. Think of the publicity!” (1970)
September 29, 2026 at 7:40 PM
As the laughter subsided Art asked Anton how sales of his book were doing. “Splendid,” he answered. “Nice Christian kids have been caught sneaking into a church to burn copies of my Satanic Bible, hoping to exorcize me. Think of the publicity!” (1970)
The larger world, too, has suddenly swiveled into an uncertain future. The crisis with Iraq spells war before Christmas. The Soviet empire has caved in, Germany is reuniting.
History is gathering a funeral wreath for the grave of the Millennium. (1990)
History is gathering a funeral wreath for the grave of the Millennium. (1990)
September 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The larger world, too, has suddenly swiveled into an uncertain future. The crisis with Iraq spells war before Christmas. The Soviet empire has caved in, Germany is reuniting.
History is gathering a funeral wreath for the grave of the Millennium. (1990)
History is gathering a funeral wreath for the grave of the Millennium. (1990)
"Ah merde, I expected this from the beginning, that you would split again! This country, which is the smartest in the world at the basic level of the average plumber, the farmer, the mailman, has managed to acquire the most pretentious, cynical and rotten elite one can imagine." (1968)
September 29, 2026 at 11:30 AM
"Ah merde, I expected this from the beginning, that you would split again! This country, which is the smartest in the world at the basic level of the average plumber, the farmer, the mailman, has managed to acquire the most pretentious, cynical and rotten elite one can imagine." (1968)
A French newspaper someone had left in the plane that brought us home contained a very curious report: two young electronic technicians have died on a hilltop near Rio de Janeiro while waiting for a flying saucer they claimed to have contacted.
September 29, 2026 at 3:30 AM
A French newspaper someone had left in the plane that brought us home contained a very curious report: two young electronic technicians have died on a hilltop near Rio de Janeiro while waiting for a flying saucer they claimed to have contacted.
Maman had valiantly organized a dinner at La Hucherie last night. Gabriel came over with Jeannine. Our mother gave us her recollections from the opening days of the Second World War: I was 8 months old when we left Pontoise.
September 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Maman had valiantly organized a dinner at La Hucherie last night. Gabriel came over with Jeannine. Our mother gave us her recollections from the opening days of the Second World War: I was 8 months old when we left Pontoise.
Our sheet metal contractor came over to look at our plans. When he found out we were building an observatory he asked, “You believe there’s life up there? I’ve seen strange things… I’ve spent several years in the Forest Service. And my dad has seen a saucer that had landed next to a road.” (1987)
September 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Our sheet metal contractor came over to look at our plans. When he found out we were building an observatory he asked, “You believe there’s life up there? I’ve seen strange things… I’ve spent several years in the Forest Service. And my dad has seen a saucer that had landed next to a road.” (1987)
We visited the real estate lady. Her husband told us about his psychic experiences in bilocation and clairvoyance. He's had visions of a place where he believes Patty Hearst is sequestered.
September 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We visited the real estate lady. Her husband told us about his psychic experiences in bilocation and clairvoyance. He's had visions of a place where he believes Patty Hearst is sequestered.