---- ## Basic Information ![[Jacques-Vallee-descubrimiento-ovnis-historia-extraterrestres-A.jpg|inlR|300]] - **Name**: Jacques Fabrice Vallée - **Aliases**: N/A - **Date of Birth**: September 24th, 1939 - **Nationality**: France - **Occupation**: Computer Scientist, Venture Capitalist, Author, Ufologist ## Background - **Biography**: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Vall%C3%A9e) Jacques is an [Internet pioneer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_pioneer "Internet pioneer"), [computer scientist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_scientist "Computer scientist"), [venture capitalist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capitalist "Venture capitalist"), author, [ufologist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufology "Ufology") and [astronomer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer "Astronomer") currently residing in [San Francisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco "San Francisco"), [California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California "California") and [Paris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris "Paris"), [France](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France "France"). His scientific career began as a professional astronomer at the Paris Observatory. Vallée co-developed the first computerized map of [Mars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars "Mars") for [NASA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA "NASA") in 1963. He later worked on the network information center for the [ARPANET](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET "ARPANET"), a precursor to the modern [Internet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet "Internet"), as a staff engineer of [SRI International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRI_International "SRI International")'s [Augmentation Research Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmentation_Research_Center "Augmentation Research Center") under [Douglas Engelbart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart "Douglas Engelbart"). Vallée is also an important figure in the study of [unidentified flying objects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object "Unidentified flying object") (UFOs), first noted for a defense of the scientific legitimacy of the [[🎓 Extraterrestrial Hypothesis]]and later for promoting the [[🎓 Interdimensional Hypothesis]]. - **Education**: - B.S. Mathematics, University of Paris 1959 - M.S. Astrophysics, University of Lille Nord de France 1961 - **Employment History**: See [Wikipedia Article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Vall%C3%A9e)