List of ufologists

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The following is a worldwide list of ufologists (UFO researchers).

Asia

Indonesia

• J. Salatun, pioneer of UFO research in Indonesia.^[1]

Europe

Estonia

• Hans Raudsik^[2][3]
• Igor Volke^[4][5]

Finland

• Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, (b. 1939), has spoken openly about the hiding of UFO evidence.^[6]
• Juhan af Grann, (b. 1948), is a Finnish film director and producer known of his UFO documentaries.^{[7][unreliable source?]}

France

• Jacques Bergier (1912 - 1978), writer. He co-wrote the best-seller The Morning of the Magicians.
• Robert Charroux (1909 - 1978), writer. Promoted the Ancient astronauts theory.
• Rémy Chauvin (1913 - 2009), biologist and entomologist.
• Aimé Michel (1919 - 1992), writer and ufologist.
• Jean-Pierre Petit (b. 1937), scientist, senior researcher at National Center for Scientific Research CNRS as an astrophysicist. Promoted the Ummo theory. Created the Ufo-Science Association.
• Jacques Vallée (b. 1939) Computer scientist. Important figure in the UFO studies in France and in the United States. Promoted the extraterrestrial hypothesis and later the interdimensional hypothesis.
• Claude Poher (b. 1936), member of the French space agency, CNES, a precursor of GEIPAN, the official French service dedicated to the analysis of the UFO observation reports from the population.

Italy

• Monsignor Corrado Balducci, (1923–2008), a Roman Catholic theologian of the Vatican Curia long time exorcist for the Archdiocese of Rome.^{[8][verification needed]}

Spain

• Iker Jiménez Elizari (b. 1973) is a 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.^{[9][10][verification needed]}

Switzerland

• Erich von Däniken, (b. 1935), is a controversial Swiss author best known for his books which examine possible evidence for extraterrestrial influences on early human culture.^[11]

United Kingdom

• George King, (1919–1997) regarded himself as "Primary Terrestrial Mental Channel" for great and evolved extraterrestrial Intelligences.^{[12][verification needed]}
• Elizabeth Klarer, (1910–1984), South African contactee and UFO photographer.^{[13][verification needed]}
• Nick Pope, Former head of the UFO desk, Ministry of Defence; author of Operation Thunder Child.^[14]
• Jenny Randles, (b. 1951), is a British author and former director of investigations with the British UFO Research Association (BUFORA).^{[15][unreliable source?]}
• Brinsley Le Poer Trench, (1911–1995), a ufologist and a firm believer in flying saucers, and in particular, the Hollow Earth theory.^{[16][unreliable source?]}

Ukraine

• Artem Bilyk, head of the Center for Abnormal Space Phenomena Studies at the National Technical University of Ukraine (KPI).^[17][18][19] Author of over 30 publications, numerous publications in the media and the Internet.^[which?] Inherited^{[clarification needed]} a lot of public material on UFO activity in sections of the Academy of Sciences.^{[citation needed]} Upstream developer of several innovative methods of identification of atmospheric phenomena, mathematical processing, automatic process of peer review.^[which?]

North America

Canada

• Stanton Friedman, (b. 1934), U.S. born Canadian professional ufologist, former nuclear physicist, did early research on Roswell and also MJ-12 documents.^{[20][verification needed]}
• Paul Hellyer, (b. 1923) a Canadian politician. Officially inaugurated a UFO landing pad in St. Paul, Alberta; the first in the world.^{[21][verification needed]}
• Wilbert Brockhouse Smith (1910–1962) was a Canadian electrical engineer, radio engineer, ufologist and contactee.^[22]

Mexico

• Jaime Maussan, (b. 1953), is a Mexican journalist and ufologist.^{[23][verification needed]}

United States

• George Adamski (April 17, 1891 – April 23, 1965) - Controversial UFO contactee of the 1950s, wrote several bestselling books about his encounters with friendly "space brothers" from other planets.^[24]
• Orfeo Angelucci (aka Orville Angelucci) (June 25, 1912 – July 24, 1993) - One of the most unusual of the mid-1950s UFO contactees.^{[25][verification needed]}
• Art Bell (birth name: Arthur William Bell, III) (b. 1945) - US radio broadcaster and author, known primarily as the founder and longtime host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM.^[26]
• Paul Bennewitz (September 29, 1927 – June 23, 2003) - US businessman who played a major role in shaping the development of UFO conspiracy theories since the 1980s.^{[27][verification needed]}
• Greg Bishop - Author of Project Beta and co-founder of the magazine The Excluded Middle. Also, hosts a weekly radio program, Radio Misterioso, and co-writes the blog UFO Mystic with Nick Redfern.^{[28][verification needed]}
• Jerome Clark (b. 1946) - UFO historian, author of the UFO Encyclopedia^[29]
• Philip J. Corso (1915–1998) - Army Intel officer, wrote highly-disputed book on Roswell UFO incident.^{[30][verification needed]}
• Robert Dean (b. 1929) 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.^[31]
• Glenn Dennis (b. 1925) - A 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 UFO incident (1947).^[32]
• Richard M. Dolan (b.1962) - Author of UFOs and the National Security State, Vol. I: Chronology of a Cover-Up 1941–1973, and a frequent speaker at UFO conferences. Also, a co-host of the television series Sci-Fi Investigates.^{[33][unreliable source?]}
• Danielle Egnew (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.^{[34][34][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.^[35][36]
• Daniel Fry (July 19, 1908 – December 20, 1992) was an 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.^{[37][verification needed]}
• Allen H. Greenfield (b. 1946), is an American occultist, Ufologist, writer, editor.^{[38][verification needed]}
• Steven M. Greer (b. 1955), is an 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.^{[39][verification needed]}
• 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.^[40]
• Charles I. Halt, retired USAF Colonel who was a key figure in the Rendlesham UFO incident in 1980.^[41]
• Allan Hendry (b. 1950), astronomer, full-time UFO investigator for the Center for UFO Studies in the late 1970s and early 1980s.^{[42][verification needed]}
• Budd Hopkins (b. 1931), alien abduction researcher.^{[43][verification needed]}
• Linda Moulton Howe (b. 1942), journalist known for cattle mutilation investigations.^{[44][verification needed]}
• J. Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910 – April 27, 1986) - Astronomer, consultant to Project Blue Book (USAF). Founded CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies).^{[45][verification needed]}
• Morris K. Jessup (March 2 or 20, 1900 – April 20, 1959), a photographer, is probably best remembered for his pioneering ufological writings and his role in uncovering the so-called Philadelphia Experiment.^{[46][verification needed]}
• 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.^{[45][unreliable source?][verification needed]}
• Donald Keyhoe (June 20, 1897 – Nov. 29, 1988), aviator and Marine Corps officer, was the leader of NICAP, the largest civilian UFO research group in the US, in the 1950s and 1960s.^{[47][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.^[48]
• Bob Lazar (b. 1959) is a physicist and 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).^[49]
• Bruce Maccabee (b. 1942), retired US Navy optical physicist, has analyzed numerous UFO videos and photos.^{[50][non-primary source needed][verification needed]}
• Jim Marrs (b. 1943), is a conspiracy theorist, news reporter, college professor, and author of books and articles on a wide range of assorted conspiracy theories.^{[51][verification needed]}
• Riley Martin (b. 1946), is a self-described alien contactee, author, and radio host.^[52]
• John Edward Mack (1929–2004), Harvard psychiatrist/professor, alien abduction researcher.^[53]
• Donald Howard Menzel (1901–1976), professor of astronomy at Harvard University, leading UFO skeptic of the 1950s and 1960s.^[54]
• James W. Moseley (b. 1931), editor of Saucer Smear, longtime observer and commentator of the UFO field.^[55]
• George Noory (b. 1950), broadcaster of the popular "Coast to Coast" radio broadcast; the program discusses paranormal events.^[56]
• Curtis Peebles, aerospace historian for the Smithsonian Institution, also a leading UFO skeptic.^{[57][verification needed]}
• Kevin D. Randle (b. 1949), Captain in the US Air Force Reserves; also a leading investigator of the Roswell UFO Incident in 1947.^{[58][verification needed]}
• Nick Redfern (b. 1964), is a British ufologist/Cryptozoologist now living in Dallas, Texas, US.^{[59][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.^{[60][verification needed]}
• Harley Rutledge (1926–2006), solid-state physicist, Southeast Missouri State University.^{[61][non-primary source needed][verification needed]}
• Michael Salla (b. 1958) is an international politics scholar who in 2001 became interested in the study of exopolitics.^[62]
• Robert Sheaffer (b. 1949), member of CSICOP's UFO subcommittee, a leading UFO skeptic/debunker.^[63]
• Rob Simone Author of "UFOs In The Headlines" and "UFOs Crop Circles and the Mayan Calendar" The Rob Simone Talk Show.
• Whitley Strieber (b. 1946), author of Communion, UFO researcher and paranormal phenomena expert.^[64]
• Leonard H. Stringfield, (1920–1994) was an 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.^[65]
• Jacques Fabrice Vallée (b. 1939), scientist, author.^[66]
• Alfred Webre (b. 1942), is an author, lawyer (member of the District of Columbia Bar), futurist, peace activist, environmental activist, and a space activist who promotes the ban of space weapons.^[67]
• Jason Murphy (b.1970), is writer and 25 year ufo researcher living in Connecticut.^[68]
• Steve Hopkins (b.1978), is a full-time ufologist, Cryptozoologist, North Carolina, U.S.A.^[69]

South America & Oceania

Brazil

• Ademar José Gevaerd (b. 1962)

Argentina

• Fabio Zerpa, (b. 1928), is a parapsychologist and UFO researcher.^[70]

See also

• Hermann Oberth (Physicist, rocketry pioneer)
• Wernher von Braun

References

External links

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