From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable people who are
ufologists
(people who believe
UFOs
are linked to extraterrestrial aliens)
Argentina
[
edit
]
Australia
[
edit
]
Brazil
[
edit
]
Canada
[
edit
]
- Paul Hellyer
(1923?2021), Canadian Defense Minister.
[4]
[5]
- Stanton Friedman
(1934?2019), U.S. born Canadian ufologist, former nuclear physicist, did early research on Roswell and also MJ-12 documents.
[6]
[7]
- Marke A. Norman (1899-1961) founder of Universal Fellowship. British Canadian Ufologist. Contactee. Prolific author and lecturer on the subject.
Estonia
[
edit
]
- Igor Volke
[8]
[9]
(b. 1950), ufologist and researcher of environmental anomalies
France
[
edit
]
Indonesia
[
edit
]
Italy
[
edit
]
Mexico
[
edit
]
Romania
[
edit
]
- Dan Apostol
, (1957?2013), writer and researcher specialized in several domains.
[13]
- Doru Davidovici
, (1945?1989), fighter pilot and writer. Author of the best-seller
Lumi Galactice ? colegii mei din ne?tiut
("Galactic worlds ? my colleagues from the unknown")
[14]
[15]
- Ion Hobana
(1931?2011), science fiction writer, literary critic and ufologist.
[16]
[17]
Spain
[
edit
]
- Iker Jimenez Elizari
(b. 1973), journalist born in the
Basque
city of
Vitoria
. He's licensed in Sciences of the Information by the Complutensian University of Madrid and the European University of Madrid. His wife, Carmen Porter, is also a journalist and investigator on paranormal activity; both work together in the show
Cuarto Milenio
, in the TV network
Cuatro
, and its radio version
Milenio 3
in
Cadena SER
, about paranormal activity, Ufology and other mysteries.
[18]
[19]
[
verification needed
]
Switzerland
[
edit
]
United Kingdom
[
edit
]
- Brinsley Le Poer Trench
, (1911?1995),
ufologist
and a believer in
flying saucers
, and in particular, the
Hollow Earth
theory.
[23]
[
unreliable source?
]
- Timothy Good
(b. 1942), British researcher and author.
- Graham Hancock
(b. 1950), British writer and journalist. He is known for his pseudoscientific theories involving ancient civilisations, Earth changes, stone monuments or megaliths, altered states of consciousness, ancient myths, and astronomical or astrological data from the past.
- George King
, (1919?1997) regarded himself as "Primary Terrestrial Mental Channel" for great and evolved extraterrestrial Intelligences.
[24]
[
verification needed
]
- Elizabeth Klarer
(1910?1984), South African contactee and UFO photographer.
[25]
[
verification needed
]
- Nick Pope
, (b. 1965), Former head of the UFO desk,
Ministry of Defence
; author of
Operation Thunder Child
.
[26]
- Jenny Randles
(b. 1951), British author and former director of investigations with the
British UFO Research Association
(BUFORA).
[27]
[
unreliable source?
]
- Nick Redfern
(b. 1964), British
ufologist
/
Cryptozoologist
now living in
Dallas
, Texas, US.
[28]
[
verification needed
]
- Peter A. Sturrock
(b. 1924), British scientist.
[29]
An
emeritus professor
of
applied physics
at
Stanford University
,
[30]
much of Sturrock's career has been devoted to
astrophysics
,
plasma physics
, and
solar physics
, but Sturrock is interested in other fields, including
ufology
, scientific
inference
, the
history of science
, and the
philosophy of science
.
- Colin Wilson
(1931?2013), English philosopher and author of
Alien Dawn
(1999).
United States
[
edit
]
- George Adamski
(April 17, 1891 ? April 23, 1965), controversial UFO contactee and known hoaxer of the 1950s, wrote several bestselling books about his encounters with friendly "space brothers" from other planets.
[31]
- Orfeo Angelucci
(aka Orville Angelucci) (June 25, 1912 ? July 24, 1993), one of the most unusual of the mid-1950s UFO contactees.
[32]
[
verification needed
]
- Art Bell
(birth name: Arthur William Bell, III) (June 17, 1945 ? April 13, 2018), U.S. radio broadcaster and author, known primarily as the founder and longtime host of the paranormal-themed radio program
Coast to Coast AM
.
[33]
- William J. Birnes
, American writer, editor, book publisher and literary rights agent. He is best known as an active publisher of UFO literature (UFO Magazine) and is a New York Times bestselling author.
- Jerome Clark
(b. 1946), UFO historian, author of the
UFO Encyclopedia
[34]
- Philip J. Corso
(1915?1998), Army Military Intelligence officer, wrote highly disputed book on
Roswell incident
.
[35]
- Robert Dean
(March 2, 1929 ? October 11, 2018), ufologist, reportedly read a document called
An Assessment
(1964), a NATO report on UFOs prompted by an incident on February 2, 1961, during which 50 UFOs allegedly appeared over Europe.
[36]
- Tom DeLonge
(b. 1975), current singer and guitarist of
blink-182
and founder of To the Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences
[37]
- Glenn Dennis
(March 24, 1925 ? April 28, 2015), founder of the
International UFO Museum and Research Center
in Roswell, New Mexico, which opened in September 1991. Dennis is a self-professed witness to the Roswell incident (1947).
[38]
- Danielle Egnew
(b. February 28, 1969), American
Psychic
/
Medium
and Paranormal Radio, TV and Film host. Contactee who regularly reports on first-hand communication with extraterrestrial species along with detailed physics / design of extraterrestrial propulsion systems.
[39]
[40]
[
verification needed
]
- Raymond E. Fowler
(b. 1934), long-time UFO investigator, details one of the best multiple witness alien abduction cases on record, author of
The Andreasson Affair
and
The Allagash Abductions
.
[41]
[42]
- Daniel Fry
(July 19, 1908 ? December 20, 1992), American
contactee
who claimed he had multiple contacts with
an alien
and took a ride in a remotely piloted alien spacecraft on July 4, 1949.
[43]
[
verification needed
]
- Steven M. Greer
(b. 1955), American physician known as a proponent of
openness
in government, media and corporations when it comes to advanced technologies that he and others believe to have been shelved and hidden from public awareness for reasons of
profit
and
influence
.
[44]
[
verification needed
]
[45]
- Richard H. Hall
(December 25, 1930 ? July 17, 2009), former assistant Director of
NICAP
in the 1960s, former director of the
Fund for UFO Research
in the 1980s.
[46]
- Charles I. Halt
(b. 1939), retired USAF Colonel who was a key figure in the
Rendlesham UFO incident
in 1980.
[47]
- Robert L. Hastings
(b. 1950), author and photographer, investigator of UFOs appearances around nuclear facilities.
[48]
- Allan Hendry
(b. 1950), astronomer, full-time UFO investigator for the
Center for UFO Studies
in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
[49]
[
verification needed
]
- Budd Hopkins
(1931?2011),
alien abduction
researcher.
[50]
[
verification needed
]
- J. Allen Hynek
(May 1, 1910 ? April 27, 1986), astronomer, consultant to
Project Blue Book
(USAF). Founded CUFOS (
Center for UFO Studies
).
[51]
[
verification needed
]
- David M. Jacobs
(b. 1942),
alien abduction
researcher.
- Morris K. Jessup
(March 2 or 20, 1900 ? April 20, 1959), photographer, probably best remembered for his pioneering ufological writings and his role in uncovering the so-called
Philadelphia Experiment
.
[52]
[
verification needed
]
- Leslie Kean
, investigative journalist and author who is most notable for books about
UFOs
and the
afterlife
.
[53]
[54]
- John Keel
(birth name: Alva John Kiehle) (March 25, 1930 ? July 3, 2009), journalist, investigated the famous
Mothman
Sightings in West Virginia in 1966 and 1967.
[55]
[
unreliable source?
]
[
verification needed
]
- Donald Keyhoe
(June 20, 1897 ? November 29, 1988), aviator and Marine Corps officer, was the leader of
NICAP
, the largest civilian UFO research group in the U.S., in the 1950s and 1960s.
[56]
[
verification needed
]
- Philip J. Klass
(November 8, 1919 ? August 9, 2005), senior editor of
Aviation Week and Space Technology
, leading UFO skeptic/debunker from mid-1960s until his death in 2005.
[
citation needed
]
- George Knapp
(b. 1952), American
investigative journalist
.
[57]
- Kevin H. Knuth
, associate professor of physics at University at Albany, editor-in-chief of
Entropy
scientific journal, author of
"Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles"
- scientific paper based on US Navy personnel UFO observations
[58]
[59]
[60]
[61]
[62]
[63]
- Bob Lazar
(b. 1959), owner of a mail-order scientific supply company who claims to have worked from 1988 until 1989 at an area called
S-4
(Sector Four).
[64]
- Avi Loeb
(b. 1962),
Israeli
-American
theoretical physicist
who works on
astrophysics
and
cosmology
, Professor of Science at
Harvard University
. In 2018, he attracted media attention for suggesting that alien space craft may be in our solar system, using the anomalous behavior of
?Oumuamua
as an example.
[65]
He also claims that
UFO
needs serious scientific study, as part of
SETI
research
[66]
- Bruce Maccabee
(b. 1942), retired US Navy optical physicist, has analyzed numerous UFO videos and photos.
[67]
[
non-primary source needed
]
[
verification needed
]
- John E. Mack
(1929?2004),
Harvard
psychiatrist/professor, alien abduction researcher.
[68]
- James E. McDonald
(1920?1971), physicist and professor of meteorology at the
University of Arizona
. Noted critic of the
Condon Report
.
[69]
- Jim Marrs
(December 5, 1943 ? August 2, 2017), conspiracy theorist, news reporter, college professor, and author of books and articles on a wide range of assorted
conspiracy theories
.
[70]
[
verification needed
]
- Riley Martin
(May 9, 1946 ? December 2015), self-described alien contactee, author, and radio host.
[71]
- Donald Howard Menzel
(1901?1976), professor of astronomy at
Harvard University
, leading UFO skeptic of the 1950s and 1960s.
[72]
- James W. Moseley
(1931?2012), editor of
Saucer Smear
, long-time observer, author and commentator of the UFO phenomena.
[73]
- Linda Moulton Howe
(b. 1942), journalist known for investigating
cattle mutilations
.
[74]
[
verification needed
]
- George Noory
(b. 1950), broadcaster of the popular "Coast to Coast" radio broadcast; the program discusses paranormal events.
[75]
- Curtis Peebles
(1955?2017), aerospace historian for the
Smithsonian Institution
, also a leading UFO skeptic.
[76]
[
verification needed
]
- Kevin D. Randle
(b. 1949), captain in the US Air Force Reserves; also a leading investigator of the
Roswell incident
in 1947.
[77]
[
verification needed
]
- Edward J. Ruppelt
(July 17, 1923 ? September 15, 1960), Air Force captain who supervised
Project Blue Book
, the Air Force's official study of the UFO phenomenon in the 1950s and 1960s.
[78]
[
verification needed
]
- Harley Rutledge
(1926?2006), solid-state physicist,
Southeast Missouri State University
.
[79]
[
non-primary source needed
]
[
verification needed
]
- Robert Sheaffer
(b. 1949), member of
CSICOP
's UFO subcommittee, a leading UFO skeptic/debunker.
[80]
- Whitley Strieber
(b. 1946), author of
Communion
,
UFO researcher, paranormal phenomena expert, and alleged abductee.
[81]
- Leonard H. Stringfield
(1920?1994), American ufologist who took particular interest in crashed flying saucer stories.
- Michael D. Swords
, biophysicist at
Western Michigan University
, prominent ufologist for the
Center for UFO Studies
.
[82]
- Chan Thomas
, author on ancient cataclysms who researched purported UFO technology for
McDonnell Douglas
in the 1960s, and whose ideas went on to influence conspiracy theorists in the 2020s.
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
"J. Posadas: Flying saucers ... and the socialist future of mankind (26 June 1968)"
.
www.marxists.org
. Retrieved
September 13,
2019
.
- ^
"UFO INFO: "Argentina: Ufologist to Visit Policeman in Disappearance Case." (Fabio Zerpa)"
. Archived from
the original
on March 6, 2008
. Retrieved
February 5,
2008
.
- ^
"Ross Coulthart"
.
Coast to Coast AM
. Retrieved
December 27,
2023
.
- ^
"Former Canadian Minister of Defence Asks Canadian Parliament Asked To Hold Hearings on Relations With Alien "Et" Civilizations"
. UFO Digest. November 24, 2005
. Retrieved
January 19,
2008
.
- ^
"Aliens miffed at Earth's warmongering ways, former Canadian defence minister says"
. January 7, 2014
. Retrieved
August 12,
2015
.
- ^
"Statement by Stanton T. Friedman"
. National Capital Area Skeptics. January 2001. Archived from
the original
on July 6, 2008
. Retrieved
September 27,
2011
.
- ^
Pacholik, Barb (April 23, 2007).
"UFO expert has little patience for 'nasty, noisy negativists'
"
.
The Star Phoenix
. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Archived from
the original
on September 24, 2015
. Retrieved
September 22,
2015
.
- ^
Leivak, Verni (July 13, 2013).
"Igor Volke ja avanev maailm"
.
Postimees
(in Estonian).
- ^
Bowman, Marion; Valk, Ulo (2014).
Vernacular Religion in Everyday Life: Expressions of Belief
.
Routledge
.
ISBN
978-1-317-54353-4
.
- ^
"Skeptic Report/ UFO Bibliography: Salatun, J"
. Archived from
the original
on December 22, 2007
. Retrieved
February 5,
2008
.
- ^
"Monsignor Corrado Balducci"
. Paradigm Research Group
. Retrieved
January 1,
2008
.
- ^
"Jaime Maussan: 2005 PRG Courage in Journalism"
.
www.paradigmresearchgroup.org
. Retrieved
February 5,
2008
.
- ^
"Biblioteca OZN in casa lui Iorga"
.
jurnalul.ro
. Archived from
the original
on April 16, 2013
. Retrieved
April 13,
2016
.
- ^
Doru Davidovici as SF writer & UFO researcher
(in Romanian)
- ^
Mihnea-Petru Parvu (May 2, 2015).
"Povestea pilotului roman care a intalnit un OZN"
.
evz.ro
(in Romanian).
- ^
"Ufologi, rapiti, si mediumi de contact cu extraterestrii - I"
. Archived from
the original
on November 8, 2004
. Retrieved
July 4,
2012
.
- ^
"Revista Magazin - Ion Hobana la optzeci de ani"
. Archived from
the original
on September 17, 2016
. Retrieved
July 4,
2012
.
- ^
":: Ikerjimenez.com :: Periodismo de lo desconocido :: Descubre Milenio3 y Cuarto Milenio ::"
.
ikerjimenez.com
. Retrieved
April 13,
2016
.
- ^
"TELEVISION ? Programas de Television en Cuatro.com TV"
.
cuatro.com
. Archived from
the original
on February 28, 2009
. Retrieved
April 13,
2016
.
- ^
James R. Lewis (2002).
The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions
. Prometheus Books, Publishers. pp. 653?.
ISBN
978-1-61592-738-8
.
- ^
"Official Site: Erich von Daniken"
. Retrieved
January 1,
2008
.
- ^
"Short Biographical Sketch"
. Archived from
the original
on December 20, 2018
. Retrieved
November 8,
2019
.
- ^
"Brinsley Le Poer Trench: "Legends and the case for Hollow Earth."
"
. Retrieved
February 5,
2008
.
- ^
"The Aetherius Society: Dr. George King, Our Founder"
. Retrieved
February 5,
2008
.
- ^
"Galactic Diplomacy: Elizabeth Klarer ? Contactee with extraterrestrials from Alpha Centauri"
. Archived from
the original
on February 22, 2008
. Retrieved
February 5,
2008
.
- ^
"Official site: Nick Pope"
. Retrieved
February 5,
2008
.
- ^
"UFO Evidence: UFO Researchers & People ? Jenny Randles"
. Retrieved
February 5,
2008
.
- ^
"Nick Redfern Official site"
. Archived from
the original
on October 1, 2008
. Retrieved
August 24,
2008
.
- ^
American Men & Women of Science: Q-S
. Thomson Gale. 2003. p.
1057
.
ISBN
978-0787665296
.
- ^
"Peter Sturrock: Emeritus Professor of Applied Physics"
. Stanford, CA:
Stanford University
. Archived from
the original
on December 23, 2016
. Retrieved
May 20,
2013
.
- ^
"The Queen & the Saucers"
.
Time magazine
. June 1, 1959. Archived from
the original
on July 13, 2007
. Retrieved
January 1,
2008
.
- ^
"(galactic2.net) "He experienced a cosmic glimpse in the spaceship."- Orfeo Angelucci"
. Retrieved
February 5,
2008
.
- ^
"SPACE.COM: "Legal Web Heats Up Around Art Bell."
"
.
Space.com
. Archived from
the original
on March 24, 2010
. Retrieved
February 5,
2008
.
- ^
Clark, Jerome (1998).
The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning, Volume 2, A-K Detroit: Omnigraphics
. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics.
ISBN
0-7808-0097-4
.
- ^
"Philip J. Corso's Department of the Army Form 66, Officer Qualification Record"
. Retrieved
January 1,
2008
.
- ^
"Own site (Robert Dean): Beyond Zebra"
. Archived from
the original
on December 12, 2007
. Retrieved
January 1,
2008
.
- ^
"Tom DeLonge's UFO Organization Says It's Obtained 'Exotic' Metals Unknown to Science - VICE"
.
www.vice.com
. July 26, 2019.
- ^
"Roswell Files: Glenn Dennis"
. Retrieved
February 6,
2008
.
- ^
"Haunted Playground on LA Talk Radio"
. Archived from
the original
on March 12, 2010
. Retrieved
September 12,
2011
.
- ^
"Call To Light Press"
.
- ^
"Ray Fowler's Home Page"
.
nicap.org
. Retrieved
April 13,
2016
.
- ^
CUFOS.
"Center for UFO Studies"
.
cufos.org
. Archived from
the original
on April 15, 2016
. Retrieved
April 13,
2016
.
- ^
"My Experience With the Lie Detector"
, Daniel Fry, September 1954, "Saucers", Vol. ii, No. 3, pages 6?8.
- ^
Greer, Steven (1999). "About Steven M. Greer, M.D.".
Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications
. Afton, Virginia: Crossing Point. pp. 525?526.
ISBN
978-0-9673238-0-0
.
- ^
McCarthy, Paul (December 1, 1992).
"Close encounters of the fifth kind. (communicating with UFOs)"
.
Omni
. Retrieved
May 12,
2007
.
Greer claims that he is a
contactee
who has coined the term "
close encounter of the fifth kind
" to describe human-initiated contact with extraterrestrials.
- ^
"Official site: Richard H. Hall"
. Retrieved
February 6,
2008
.
- ^
"UFO Evidence, Rendlesham case report by L.Col. Charles Halt"
.
- ^
"Robert Hastings"
.
Coast to Coast AM
. Retrieved
December 27,
2023
.
- ^
Clark, Jerome
(1998).
The UFO Encyclopedia: 2nd Edition; Volume 1, A-K
. Omnigraphics, Inc.
ISBN
0-7808-0097-4
.
page 481
- ^
"Inruders Foundation: Budd Hopkins UFO Abduction Research Foundation"
. Archived from
the original
on January 8, 2008
. Retrieved
February 10,
2008
.
- ^
"The J. Allen Hynek for UFO Studies"
. Archived from
the original
on October 21, 1997
. Retrieved
February 10,
2008
.
- ^
Ronald Story, ed.,
The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters
, (New York: New American Library, 2001), s.v. "Morris K. Jessup," pp. 276.
- ^
"Leslie Kean Penguin Random House"
.
Penguin Random House
. Retrieved
October 1,
2018
.
- ^
"Leslie Kean HuffPost"
.
Huffington Post
. Retrieved
October 1,
2018
.
- ^
"Classic UFO Cases, by: John A. Keel"
. Archived from
the original
on October 29, 2007
. Retrieved
February 10,
2008
.
- ^
Jerome Clark
,
The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial
. Visible Ink, 1998.
ISBN
1-57859-029-9
- ^
"UFORC.com NEWS SERVICE: KLAS-TV Reporter ? George Knapp to Give Keynote Banquet Speech at 4th UFO Crash Retrieval Conference"
. Archived from
the original
on March 7, 2008
. Retrieved
January 1,
2008
.
- ^
"Kevin Knuth | University at Albany"
.
www.albany.edu
.
- ^
Knuth, Kevin H.; Powell, Robert M.; Reali, Peter A. (October 5, 2019).
"Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles"
.
Entropy
.
21
(10): 939.
Bibcode
:
2019Entrp..21..939K
.
doi
:
10.3390/e21100939
.
PMC
7514271
.
- ^
"Ex-Military, NASA Veterans Form UFO Research Group"
.
Popular Mechanics
. October 30, 2019.
- ^
"
'The research is really only just starting,' UAlbany prof says of UFOs"
.
The Altamont Enterprise
. Archived from
the original
on September 20, 2022
. Retrieved
September 19,
2022
.
- ^
Herbert, Tom (June 30, 2018).
"Ex-NASA scientist says aliens exist but encounters are covered up by governments"
.
- ^
updated, Leonard David last (October 12, 2020).
"Scientists call for serious study of 'unidentified aerial phenomena'
"
.
Space.com
.
- ^
"Official web site: Bob Lazar"
. Retrieved
February 10,
2008
.
- ^
Groll, Johan (January 7, 2019).
"Thinking About Distant Civilizations Isn't Speculative"
.
Der Spiegel
. Retrieved
January 7,
2019
.
- ^
"Harvard's Avi Loeb Thinks We Should Study UFOs?and He's Not Wrong"
.
Scientific American
.
- ^
"Dr. Bruce Maaccabee Research Website"
. Archived from
the original
on November 8, 2008
. Retrieved
August 24,
2008
.
- ^
"The John E Mack Institute"
. Retrieved
August 24,
2008
.
- ^
"James E. McDonald Papers | Special Collections"
.
speccoll.library.arizona.edu
.
- ^
"The truth is way out there"
.
Dallas Observer
. July 6, 2000. Archived from
the original
on August 23, 2000.
- ^
Martin, Riley
; Tan.
The Coming of Tan
. Historicity Productions. Archived from
the original
on December 11, 2007
. Retrieved
January 1,
2008
.
- ^
Greenwell, J. Richard, "Menzel, Donald H[oward]" pp. 229?230 in
The Encyclopedia of UFOs,
Ronald Story, editor; Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980,
ISBN
0-385-13677-3
- ^
Moseley, James W.
;
Pflock, Karl T.
(2002).
Shockingly Close to the Truth!: Confessions of a Grave-Robbing Ufologist
.
Prometheus Books
.
ISBN
1-57392-991-3
.
- ^
"Bio: Linda Moulton Howe"
.
Nexus Magazine
. Archived from
the original
on March 7, 2008
. Retrieved
February 10,
2008
.
- ^
Noory; Birnes (2006).
Worker in the Light
: Unlock Your Five Senses And Liberate Your Limitless Potential
. New York: Forge.
ISBN
0-7653-1087-2
.
- ^
Watch the Skies! A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth
, 1994. Smithsonian Institution Press.
ISBN
1-56098-343-4
- ^
The Roswell Encyclopedia
, 2000, Collins Press,
ISBN
0-380-79853-0
- ^
Diana Palmer Hoyt, "UFOCRITIQUE: UFOs, Social Intelligence and the Condon Committee"; Master's Thesis,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
, 2000
read it online
- ^
Rutledge, Harley D.
Project Identification: The first Scientific Study of UFO Phenomena
. Prentice-Hall 1981
ISBN
0-13-730713-6
- ^
"The Debunker's Domain: Robert Sheaffer- Skeptical to the Max"
. Retrieved
August 24,
2008
.
- ^
"Whitley Strieber's "Unknown Country"
"
. Retrieved
January 1,
2008
.
- ^
"The CUFON Inteerview of Michael D. Swords, PhD"
. Retrieved
August 24,
2008
.
External links
[
edit
]