# Secret space program

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The **secret space program** and **20 and back** are fictional stories presented as fact and associated with [ufology](/source/Ufology). They present that some people are recruited into secret military programs that involve a period of service — often 20 years — on planets other than [Earth](/source/Earth), after which they are returned to the point in time at which they were recruited, usually through application of some advanced [time travel](/source/Time_travel) or age regression technology.[1][2][3]

According to the *[Washington Spectator](/source/Washington_Spectator)*, the origins of the secret space program story "grew out of a 1970s spoof documentary televised in Britain called '[Alternative 3](/source/Alternative_3)' meant as an April Fool’s joke ... but then grew into a worldwide mythmaking cult".[1] It was popularized by Corey Goode — a popular personality in the [disclosure movement](/source/Disclosure_movement)[2][4] — in the [Gaia](/source/Gaia,_Inc.) program *Cosmic Disclosures*, which he co-hosted with [David Wilcock](/source/David_Wilcock) beginning in 2015.[4] According to Goode, who is described by some UFO believers as a [whistleblower](/source/Whistleblower) and government insider, he was "age regressed" after many years fighting as a warrior with alien species as part of an interplanetary federation.[5]

While persons other than Goode have claimed to be part of a secret space program, the terms "Secret Space Program" and "20 and Back" are trademarks owned by Goode.[4][6]

## See also

- *[Above Majestic](/source/Above_Majestic)*
- [Shared world fiction](/source/Shared_universe)
- [UFO conspiracy theories](/source/UFO_conspiracy_theories)

## References

1. Levine, Art (May 29, 2024). ["Pentagon Strikes Back Against Claims of Alien Invaders"](https://washingtonspectator.org/pentagon-strikes-back-against-claims-of-alien-invaders/). *[Washington Spectator](/source/Washington_Spectator)*. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

1. Merlan, Anna (April 11, 2019). ["The Politics of UFOs"](https://longreads.com/2019/04/11/the-politics-of-ufos/). *Longreads*. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

1. Webb, Jeffrey B. (2019). [*Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in American History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=QRjOEAAAQBAJ). [Bloomsbury](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing). pp. 253–254. ISBN 9781440858116.

1. Sommer, Will (May 27, 2025). ["Inside the War Between a UFO Influencer and Alien-Friendly Streaming Company"](https://www.thedailybeast.com/ufo-community-explodes-in-lawsuit-drama-accusations-of-luciferianism/). *[The Daily Beast](/source/The_Daily_Beast)*. [Archived](https://archive.today/20241026194052/https://www.thedailybeast.com/ufo-community-explodes-in-lawsuit-drama-accusations-of-luciferianism/) October 26, 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 16, 2021.

1. Banias, MJ (May 27, 2025). ["UFO Conspiracy Theorists Offer ‘Ascension’ From Our Hell World for $333"](https://www.vice.com/en/article/david-wilcock-ufo-conspiracy-theorist-covid-19-deep-state-ascension/). *[Vice](/source/Vice_(magazine))*. Retrieved May 13, 2020.

1. ["Sanctions for Attorney Misconduct at a Dep: Fact or Fiction?"](https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/sanctions-for-attorney-misconduct-at-a-9258986/). *JDSupra*. June 1, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

## External links

- [Corey Goode discussing the secret space program and 20 and back initiative in a deposition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlerdqejqaY&t=1315s)

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