Brief
Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI)
The claims the writer was given for Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI), in the order they were given.
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Project BEAR was an informal name given by Edward J. Ruppelt, Chief of Project GRUDGE, to a contract he created with the Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI) to provide scientific support to the reestablished Project GRUDGE.
“Project BEAR was an informal name given by Capt Ruppelt, Chief of Project GRUDGE, to a contract he created with the Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI) to provide scientific support to the new Project GRUDGE.”
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Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI) provided technical support, studied the reliability of interviewee information recall from UFO sightings, and created an improved debriefing questionnaire for observers.
“BMI provided technical support, studied the reliability of interviewee information recall from UFO sightings, created an improved debriefing questionnaire for observers, and developed a computer punch-card system.”
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Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI) developed a computer punch-card system that helped automate the statistical study of all the UFO reports in Project GRUDGE's holdings and those in Project BLUE BOOK.
“developed a computer punch-card system. This system helped automate the statistical study of all the UFO reports in Project GRUDGE's holdings and those in Project BLUE BOOK.”
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Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI) released a report under the cover of the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) to maintain its anonymity.
“BMI released a report under the cover of ATIC to maintain its anonymity.”
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Battelle Memorial Institute's report, titled Special Report No. 14, was completed in late 1954.
“Completed in late 1954, the report was titled "Special Report No. 14."”
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Ross Coulthart considers members of the control group overseeing the legacy UFO retrieval programme to be present in the well-known aerospace companies Battelle, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Raytheon.
“they're in all of the well-known aerospace companies. Battelle, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Raytheon.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:37:44.8-00:37:51.3 opinion first hand
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The Battelle Memorial Institute was where biological experiments and autopsies on non-human beings were housed, according to the account given in The Fourth Mind.
“Exactly, was where they were housing these, you know, biological experiments that they were doing and these autopsies.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:05:33.2-00:05:38.2 hearsay second hand
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An anonymous caller to Chris Ramsay's podcast telephone line, claiming to be a molecular biologist who worked at the Battelle Memorial Institute for a short period during his training for the United States Navy, said the scientists there had to sign non-disclosure agreements.
“someone reached out and said i'm a scientist a molecular biologist that worked at battell for a small period of time during my training for the navy and he said that at one point we were joking with each other because we had to sign ndas”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:05:39.9-00:05:54.5 hearsay second hand
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An anonymous caller to Chris Ramsay's podcast telephone line, claiming to be a molecular biologist who worked at the Battelle Memorial Institute, said he and fellow scientists there made a pact that if any of them ever ended up working with anything non-human they would send each other a text message saying 'sorry, wrong number'.
“we were joking with each other among the other scientists about oh what if we see aliens and he said we made a pact that day, that if ever we did end up working with anything non-human, that we would send a text to each other and say, sorry, wrong number.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:05:55.6-00:06:18.7 hearsay second hand
10
An anonymous caller to Chris Ramsay's podcast telephone line, claiming to be a molecular biologist formerly at the Battelle Memorial Institute, said that two or three years after the group made its pact, and with no communication between them in the interim, he received an unexpected text message from one of the other scientists saying 'sorry, wrong number'.
“fast forward, I think two or three years down the line, they had not communicated after that... And sure enough, he received a text out of the blue by one of these people... That told him, yeah, sorry, wrong number.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:06:21.0-00:06:35.0 hearsay second hand
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Chris Ramsay suggests the Battelle Memorial Institute scientists probably conceived their 'sorry, wrong number' pact after hearing a workplace rumour.
“Yeah, they probably had to have heard some type of water cooler rumor.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:06:57.9-00:07:01.3 opinion first hand
12
Robert Sarbacher told Whitley Strieber that he had worked at the Battelle Memorial Institute.
“but he told me that he worked at Battelle.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:07:27.9-00:07:31.8 hearsay second hand
13
Whitley Strieber argues that because both biology and metallurgy connect back to the Battelle Memorial Institute, investigators need to examine what is going on there.
“So you got biology, you got metallurgy, we need to go to Battelle. We need to see what's going on there.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:07:44.2-00:07:52.2 opinion first hand
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Chris Ramsay considers the Battelle Memorial Institute and the MITRE Corporation to be key corporations in the UFO subject.
“Battelle, MITRE, uh, all of these corporations seem to be the key to,”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:07:52.9-00:07:57.4 opinion first hand
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The Battelle Memorial Institute has publicly stated that it has not done any of the work on non-human biological material attributed to it.
“Battelle has stated publicly that they have not done any of this.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:07:59.7-00:08:04.4 administrative second hand
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The Battelle Memorial Institute is a private, non-profit research organisation based in Ohio that played a central role in the scientific analysis of UFOs during the 1950s.
“[note: The Battelle Memorial Institute is a privae, non-profit research organization based in Ohio that played a central role in the scientific analysis of UFOs during the 1950s.]”
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