This article lists DG-relevant events of the year 1996.
Previous year: 1995
Following year: 1997
January
The extra-terrestrial parasite the "Traveler" arrives on earth, disguising its arrival in a meteor shower over Tucumseh county, WV.1
February
March
April
May
May 9th Cell M, with assistance from Cell N, while pursing a suspect in Great Neck, NY, are attacked by a team of unidentified special forces assailants. The attackers are equipped with beyond cutting-edge IR googles, and blood recovered from the team indicated that they were biologically augmented for super-human stamina via the addition of bicarbonate ions in their hemoglobin reminiscent of crocodile blood.2
June
July
A series of disappearances in the San Carlos Indian Reservation trigger an investigation by the FBI. The FBI investigators are aided by Delta Green, as the disappearances are the result of an extra-terrestrial entity known as the "Traveler."3
August
September
Delta Green investigates Groversville, TN, discovering that the town has been infected with a living, motile protoplasmic goo, dubbed "protomatter," by the Greys. The agents discover that the Greys are under the control of the Mi-Go, and aided by Majestic-12 NRO section DELTA. Much of Goversville's population is killed when the protomatter experiment is ended, MJ-12 covers it up as an outbreak of hantavirus.4