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Manhattan Project

A secret United States government programme, begun in August 1942, that developed the first atomic bomb across classified sites including Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and the Manhattan Engineer District in New York City.

United States Department of War · Los Alamos, New Mexico; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; Manhattan, New York City · Leslie R. Groves, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Vannevar Bush · Office of Scientific Research and Development · 1942-08

The Manhattan Project began in August 1942 as the United States’ effort to build an atomic bomb.¹ It succeeded in unlocking the secrets of the atom, with devastating and miraculous effect.² The project took its name from the Manhattan Engineer District, whose initial offices were located at 270 Broadway in New York City Manhattan.³ General Leslie R. Groves, who headed the project, followed the US Army Corps of Engineers’ custom of naming its districts after the city in which they were located.⁴ Vannevar Bush served as director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, which oversaw the project.⁵ J. Robert Oppenheimer was among the physicists who secretly worked together on the bomb.⁶ Podcaster Chris Ramsay has suggested that Albert Einstein’s refusal to join the Manhattan Project probably signalled to the US government that he could not be trusted.⁷

The project operated in secrecy, leading to the establishment of several secret cities across the United States to support development of the bomb.⁸ The United States Department of War hid the project across multiple secret facilities in multiple US locations staffed by thousands of workers, five years before the 1947 Roswell Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) crash.⁹ The project also had enemy spies working inside it.¹⁰ Tim Burchett’s congressional district in Tennessee lay near Oak Ridge, home to the nation’s uranium stockpile, a former Manhattan Project secret city, and the site of numerous UAP sightings.¹¹ The White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico is the same location where the Manhattan Project constructed components of the atomic bomb.¹²

According to the Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, the secrecy surrounding the Manhattan Project, together with the national laboratories that followed it, probably contributed to a rise in reported Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).¹³ In 1949, a classified conference was convened at New Mexico Los Alamos, home of the Manhattan Project, to address a wave of unexplained sightings over America’s nuclear weapon sites - the 1949 Los Alamos classified conference on unexplained sightings over nuclear sites.¹⁴ In 2013, scientists and researchers testing a classified device at the White Sands Missile Range saw several mysterious, luminous orbs moving over a nearby ridge.¹⁵

According to the book Dark Mission, the Federation of American Scientists was a left-wing group of disaffected Manhattan Project veterans dismayed at the military uses of atomic weapons.¹⁶ UAP Gerb, a podcast host, has described the Manhattan Project as having been carried forward into a follow-on effort after the Second World War.¹⁷

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The Manhattan Project began in August 1942 as the US effort to build an atomic bomb
“### Manhattan Project (August 1942) The U.S. effort to build an atomic bomb, the Manhattan Project”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I char:118024-118112 View the source record →
The project unlocked the secrets of the atom, with devastating and miraculous effect
“the Manhattan Project unlocked the secrets of the atom with devastating and miraculous effect”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch24:23287-23374 View the source record →
The project took its name from the Manhattan Engineer District, whose offices were at 270 Broadway, Manhattan
“was named after the location of its initial offices in what became known as the Manhattan Engineer District at 270 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I char:118121-118266 View the source record →
General Leslie R. Groves followed the Army Corps of Engineers' custom of naming districts after their location
“General Leslie R. Groves, head of the project, followed the custom of naming the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' districts after the city in which they were located.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I char:118272-118427 View the source record →
Vannevar Bush was director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, which oversaw the project
“was director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, which oversaw the Manhattan Project”
Dark Mission ch12:66615-66710
J. Robert Oppenheimer was among the physicists who secretly worked on the atomic bomb
“we all know Oppenheimer was part of the Manhattan Project where, you know, secretly the world's best physicists got together to create the atomic bomb.”
Aliens and Albert Einstein - The Secret Document - DEBRIEFED ep. 33 00:10:26.5-00:10:35.0
Chris Ramsay's opinion that Einstein's refusal to join the project signalled distrust
“Albert Einstein's refusal to be part of the Manhattan Project probably signaled to the US government that he could not be trusted.”
Aliens and Albert Einstein - The Secret Document - DEBRIEFED ep. 33 00:36:12.3-00:36:20.5
The project operated in secrecy, leading to secret cities across the US
“This program operated in secrecy and led to the establishment of several "secret cities" across the United States to support the development of the nuclear bomb.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I char:16179-16335 View the source record →
The Department of War hid the project across multiple secret facilities, five years before Roswell
“Five years before Roswell, the US Department of War hid the Manhattan Project—the successful US mission to build the world’s first atomic bomb—utilizing multiple secret facilities in multiple US locations staffed by thousands of patriotic American men and women”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch12:17680-17936 View the source record →
There were enemy spies inside the Manhattan Project
“we did learn that there were enemy spies in the Manhattan Project”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch12:17967-18025 View the source record →
Tim Burchett's district lay near Oak Ridge, a former secret city and site of UAP sightings
“Coincidentally, his district was near Oak Ridge, home to the nation’s uranium stockpile and a former World War II “Secret City” of the Manhattan Project and the site of countless UAP sightings.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch31:12918-13101 View the source record →
White Sands Missile Range is where the project constructed atomic bomb components
“the legendary White Sands missile test range, the same location where the Manhattan Project constructed the components for the atomic bomb during World War II”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch20:161-317 View the source record →
Secrecy around the project probably contributed to the spike in reported UAP
“The secrecy surrounding the Manhattan Project and the establishment of several other national laboratories, such as Los Alamos National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to support this effort probably contributed to the spike in reported UAP.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I char:118704-119066 View the source record →
A 1949 classified conference at Los Alamos addressed unexplained sightings over nuclear sites
“Then in 1949, a classified conference was convened at Los Alamos, home of the Manhattan Project, to address a wave of unexplained sightings over America's nuclear weapon sites.”
Dr. Phil read the UAP files before the public, here's what he found | Reality Check 00:13:17.9-00:13:30.7
In 2013 researchers at White Sands saw luminous orbs over a nearby ridge
“Los Alamos, New Mexico, 2013: Scientists and researchers at the legendary White Sands missile test range, the same location where the Manhattan Project constructed the components for the atomic bomb during World War II, were testing yet another device (whose nature I cannot divulge) when witnesses spotted several mysterious and luminous orbs moving over a nearby ridge.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch20:101-466 View the source record →
The Federation of American Scientists was a group of disaffected Manhattan Project veterans
“a group called the Federation of American Scientists, a left wing group of disaffected Manhattan Project veterans who were dismayed at the military uses of atomic weapons”
Dark Mission ch5:21480-21643
UAP Gerb's view that the project was carried into a follow-on effort after the Second World War
“once the Manhattan Project was kind of translated onto what you could call the Manhattan Project 2.0”
Episode 73: Science vs. Secrecy 00:56:29.6-00:56:33.3

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