Place
United States
30.27 N, 97.74 WView on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
3 events here, 1985 to 2025, in date order.
Physicist Harold Puthoff founded the Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin, a lab studying the quantum vacuum, gravity and interstellar flight science in relation to space propulsion and energy. It was incorporated under EarthTech International in 1991.
A daylight fireball with a sonic boom was seen across central Texas days after the Iridium-Cosmos satellite collision. The FAA first suggested space debris, then said it was a natural object, and U.S. Strategic Command said it was unrelated to the collision.
Dan Farah's documentary The Age of Disclosure had its world premiere at SXSW in Austin. It features 34 current and former officials, including Marco Rubio and Luis Elizondo, asserting a hidden government UAP effort; reviewers noted it offers testimony rather than new proof.
