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May 2022
UNDERSTANDING THE UFO NARRATIVE IN
2022
Welcome to
BUFORA and a general look back at 2021, as we navigate our lives during these
troubling times from the pandemic to the lifting of all restrictions this year,
followed by the distressing conflict in Ukraine.
2021 was an
interesting year for BUFORA, the total number of sightings decreased again last
year. During 2020, annual sightings were
583 and 2019 produced over 1000 sightings. One of the main reasons for the huge
number of sightings during 2019 were the launches of the Starlink Satellites,
which, unsurprisingly produced huge numbers of reports to BUFORA, as huge
numbers of these satellites moved across the sky. As the public became aware of the Starlink
Satellites, numbers of sighting reports decreased during 2020 with recorded
sightings almost halved from 2019.
Now, returning to 2021, sightings tumbled again during this year. BUFORA received 259 sightings and I have
itemised the categories as below:
General
Sightings .................................................... 100
Sightings
with Photographs/Video Footage ............ 103
Historical
Sightings ................................................. 37
High
Strangeness .................................................... 19
It is
interesting that there were 19 reports of high strangeness experiences, as this
figure means that over 7% of reports to BUFORA last year were those reports
that witnesses felt were incidents that were more curious than an unexplained
light or object in the sky.
However,
some of these reports were requests for hypnosis in order for the witness to understand
the reality of what had occurred. BUFORA
has held a moratorium on the use of hypnosis to elicit an objective
understanding of these perceived high strangeness experiences, since 1982 and
this has become a critical directive within the BUFORA Code of Practice. Therefore, BUFORA always advises extreme
caution towards those requesting regression hypnosis as an investigative method
to discover the reality of a strange experience. However, we are always happy
to email or talk with witnesses, who feel they wish to pursue this avenue of investigation,
to explain the very significant reasons why hypnosis should not be used in
these circumstances and how it can create a false narrative and understanding
of these experiences. Also, why it can
also be dangerous in a percentage of cases.
An extract
from the British Journal of Psychiatry about autobiographical memory states the
following:
Memory is known to be fallible, altered by the passage of time and
subject to error and distortion. Two
interacting components, personal memories and autobiographical facts, are
described. Individual autobiographical
memory is unreliable; people will sometimes have startlingly accurate memories
of some events yet be unable to remember considerable parts of their past
experiences. Newly acquired facts may
alter personal memories through reorganisation, reappraisal and revision. Autobiographical memory develops over the preschool
years and becomes more detailed with age. It becomes enriched through social construction and through active
reinterpretation of experiences while remembering. However, confidence in one’s memory does not
correlate with the accuracy of the memory, nor does the detail involved in the
memory or its emotional strength give any indication of its accuracy.
It
is becoming more apparent that we need to understand the functions of memory
and memory retrieval with more clarity in order to realise the fallibility of
hypnosis and accurate memory retrieval, specifically in relation to close
encounter experiences or perceived ‘abduction events’.
Below is a
link to an article on hypnosis on the BUFORA website addressing the many problems
concerned with this issue, including the ‘abduction’ debates and an in depth
look at memory and beliefs and how these can all come together to play a role
in how people perceive puzzling, extraordinary human experiences. In addition, we look at how these experiences
then go on to be reported to a UFO organisation, often based on beliefs and
imagery downloaded into our consciousness from the huge number of UFO motifs and
information ‘thrown’ at us from the media and thousands of blogs, articles and
internet sites.
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Investigators’
Training Course (ITC):
In addition
to sighting reports, other BUFORA enquiries have been very busy with 100 plus
enquiries for the Investigators’ Training Course (ITC) during 2021, which has
been extremely busy for the last few years. Potential candidates come from very diverse backgrounds, all sharing an
interest in the subject of unidentified aerial phenomena, which we refer to as
unidentified flying objects.
On behalf of
the BUFORA National Investigations Committee (NIC), I would like to offer many
congratulations to four candidates, who have completed and passed the ITC
recently. They have excelled in their
commitment and progress during the course and we welcome Ash Ellis, Jane
Towers, Dylan Edgar and Will Thurbin to the BUFORA NIC and look forward to
working with you all!
There are
two examination papers expected and several more candidates currently enrolled
on the ITC
Enrolment for
the month of May promises to be very busy, as further enquiries continue to
come in. As a voluntary organisation,
BUFORA must limit numbers on each of the enrolment dates in order for our
voluntary tutors to give their time and commitment for tutoring each person
enrolled on to the course, which can take a minimum of ten months to complete.
To enrol on
to the course each potential candidate contacts BUFORA initially to have an
informal chat about their interest in the UFO subject, and their reasons for
wishing to enrol on to the course. This conversation
is followed by more detailed information about the ITC and the diverse landscape
of the UFO field of study. This comes
together to give more clarity, awareness and understanding about the reality of
the UFO narrative, rather than the way it is presented via the media,
publications, blogs, websites and television documentaries. Starting with a ‘blank page’ can be both
revealing and rewarding, when enrolling on to the course, and presents
candidates with a different ‘lens’ and understanding with which they can address
the many questions which surround the subject.
The next
step is the reading preparation prior to enrolling, which gives candidates a fundamental
grounding of how modern-day Ufology is considered and constructed, based on our
interpretations of the witnesses’ sighting reports, photographs, video footage
and reported high strangeness experiences.
We also
require all candidates to read and sign the BUFORA Code of Practice prior to
enrolment and to complete an Investigator’s Questionnaire, which remains confidential.
After this,
the real work begins, and the course does require commitment and dedication as
candidates come to realise that the substance of the course looks at the huge number
of objects and lights that can be observed and misidentified in the sky. This, together with the critical human
component, can influence how we perceive and interpret sightings, based on our
memory, beliefs and perception. These
factors, together with angles of viewing, particularly at night, can have a
major impact on inaccuracies in our reports.
National
Investigations Committee Meeting:
The BUFORA
National Investigations Committee (NIC) are hoping to have a meeting later this
year around October to welcome new investigators and those candidates who are
currently on the ITC. This will give us
all a chance to meet and have some real time social contact with lunch and some
brief talks about investigation, research, photographs and the media.
Plans for
this are in initial stages at the moment, and we will let you know all the
details nearer the time, and hope to choose a venue that will be close to a
main transport hub to accommodate everyone and make it a little easier for us
all travelling to a central location.
There will
be more information on this in the summer.
Behind
the Scenes at BUFORA:
In addition
to sightings, photographs, video footage and high strangeness reports together
with tutoring the BUFORA Investigators’ Training Course, there is much work
going on behind the scenes carried out by my BUFORA colleagues.
BUFORA
receive many general enquiries every month covering questions about local
groups, college and university students who may be considering a thesis on the
UFO subject. There are also writers
wanting information for their books, magazines and articles who contact the
organisation, in addition to many requests from the Media and Press for help with
information about specific areas of the subject. This includes television production companies
making documentaries for selling to various television networks. Sometimes private individuals contact BUFORA
when searching for information about historical UFO cases, which they, or
someone in the family, observed years and years ago, sometimes 50-60 years!
We at BUFORA
do all that we can to assist in any way possible. Therefore, as a voluntary organisation we are
always busy in processing many enquiries, in addition to the many sightings and
photographs being reported on a regular basis.
To
understand the modern-day UFO narrative and how it has evolved over the last 60
plus years, we must take the extraordinary power of the internet into
consideration, as this has been a compelling force in hugely expanding our
limited information in every aspect of our lives.
The UFO
subject now has thousands of websites, forums, blogs and the media, which can
give it a very high profile indeed. This
creates a constant ‘background noise’ of so much information it can be
overwhelming in attempting to understand all the motifs and diverse theories
which surround the subject. Critical
thinking appears to be limited with all manner of extra-terrestrial and varying
theories abounding and setting the pace for how the public absorb UFO
information.
Rigorous
debate is in short supply in embracing a more objective approach to the
subject, so that the essential groundwork can be understood as to the reality
of unidentified aerial phenomena. Numbers
of sightings that remain unexplained are far rarer than promoted in the media
and internet. Sightings and photographic
reports to UFO organisations need to be reported quickly, preferably within 24
hours, as this is important for a clearer memory of the sighting and all the
details that are needed to give a more accurate description. This enables the investigator to follow up
the report and be able to draw together the account to give a probable or
definitive explanation
Reports of
more curious encounters, that are felt to be up close and personal experiences,
have become more prevalent during the last few years with descriptions of
contact with something perceived to be of non-human origin. There has certainly been a higher profile in
the media of accounts of extraordinary human experiences, sometimes believed to
be a brush with an extra-terrestrial presence.
There has
certainly been an increase in documentation of the ‘abduction’ phenomenon in
the media, UFO conferences, publications, and various articles, and
websites. This has set the tempo for a
renewed fascination with the idea of the extra-terrestrial hypothesis (ETH).
What can
this all mean? There have always been
ebbs and flows in ufology, as interest wanes and then renews when UFOs regain a
high profile, as more sightings and high strangeness experiences are reported
and some media focus their attention on the idea that extra-terrestrial
visitation could be a possibility as strange tales of puzzling encounters with
something unknown, missing time, lights in the sky and up close and personal
experiences connected to these episodes that can cause anxiety and an intensity
of feeling that something truly astonishing has happened to a witness, and they have no
idea how to account for the actual nature of what they feel occurred.
What is
interesting is how the high strangeness UFO narrative has transitioned from
mythology and folklore stories of encounters with fairies, to the modern day
‘‘grey aliens’ . Travel back in time a little to the 1970s, onwards and BUFORA
received several reports of encounters with the ‘little people’.
To
illustrate this let us look at a couple of cases, one from 1976 which took place
in the village of Bournmoor near Fencehouses, County
Durham.
Two women, a grandmother and granddaughter, were walking home at around
9pm. in cool dry weather conditions, after visiting a friend's home in
the village, when they noticed a strange object on an area of waste land from a
mine shaft. They walked closer to the object, and saw that it was oval in
shape, about five feet long and three feet high, standing on what looked like
chrome or steel runners. The main part of the object was glass-like with an
orange coloured section on top. The grandmother reported that when they reached
the object, she saw a bus travelling down the road and at the same time, the
wind and nearby traffic noise appeared to cease, and when she touched the side
of the object it felt warm.
Two
strange looking small beings, described as about the size of a large doll, then
appeared inside the object. They had long white hair, large eyes and claw like
hands. The women became frightened and hurried away, and when they moved away
from the object, normal street noise resumed and the bus passed by as it had
been prior to first observing the object. -The object then took off at high
speed and with a humming noise
The
incident lasted about ten minutes, and it was reported that the watches of the
two women had both stopped as they approached the object but worked normally
again afterwards. The older witness also reported that on the following
day she could not plug her vacuum cleaner into the electric socket, because force seemed
to be pushing it out, and that her daughter had needed to plug it in for her.
Diana Logan (pseudonym) – A69 Co Durham:
The next very curious case occurred on 2nd January
1995 on the A69 near Brancepeth. (Photograph above) Diana Logan , a nurse, was driving to work very early in the morning
to a busy medical ward. It was still
rather dark, and she had the lights on, as she travelled along the quiet A69
road. Suddenly, she became aware of a small
figure climbing sideways up the grass verge next to the road. She described a ‘small leprechaun-sized man,
yellow in colour with almond shaped eyes' appearing to climb the grass verge at
the side of the road with a 'puppet like action'. The lady slowed her car to
walking pace where she was only yards away from the figure and observed it
walking sideways up the grass verge for a couple of minutes. She emphasises
that this was not wildlife of any known kind and was stunned for several days
by what she had seen. (See photograph showing the grass verge where Diana observed
this figure).
Diana then
decided to continue her journey to work, as she didn’t want to be late. She made a call to the local police to
describe what she had observed. They
were insistent that she had seen an animal of some kind. She was adamant this was not the case!
Both myself
and a BUFORA colleague, Dave Newton, followed up this report by visiting with
Diana and her family, in addition to visiting the site of her sighting, on the
A69 so Diana could show us, where she had observed the figure.
I managed to
validate her call to the police, which they had logged and talked with
them. Naturally some laughter and
disbelief ensued, so this brought my conversation to a close!
We were
unable to establish whether there were any other sightings of this figure,
because of the added problem that New Year’s Day had fallen on a Sunday and 2nd
January was a bank holiday, therefore many people were doubtless still enjoying
the New Year’s Eve holiday and still asleep.
This case
was documented with Strange Daze Magazine and BUFORA, and interestingly, I was
contacted by a local bus driver in the area, who informed me that there had
been several other sightings of ‘little people’ over the years in the
surrounding area , which had been reported by several other people.
Additionally, there was also an account from a paramedic, who observed a
‘strange small figure’ in the vicinity of the above. Of course, these were all anecdotal narratives,
but nevertheless, of possible significance.
To conclude,
I think it would be intriguing to consider briefly addressing reports of curious
balls of light, which, on the surface appear to be
linked to vehicle electrical failure in some cases (See BUFORA’s Vehicle
Interference Reports compiled by Michael Hudson and Geoff Falla).
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Other
cases of these ‘balls of light’ have been reported where the witness believes
there has been interaction with them creating an altered state where time seems
to stand still.
Below are
some eerie reports from Cumbria during the 1990s that illustrate some
witnesses’ accounts of these balls of light.
Strange Tales from Cumbria:
There are some unusual
reports that reached BUFORA in the early to mid-nineteen nineties from areas in
Cumbria particularly around the Alston region.
The first case involves
a ball of light and vehicle interference, which took place on New Year’s Eve in
a remote area called Hethersgill, near Carlisle in Cumbria
Liz, a taxi driver was driving her father’s taxi. It was 1.30am on New Years Eve 1993 and she
had dropped off some passengers at their home near Hethersgill village. Liz turned the taxi around and was heading
back towards the main road to Brampton, when the Citizens Band (CB) radio in
her car became difficult to hear and she was unable to understand what her
sister ‘Helena’ was saying. The lights
went out and the taxi just came to a standstill. Liz was extremely annoyed that on the busiest
night of the year her car had broken down. She got out to walk back to the house where she had dropped off her
customers to ask to use their telephone, when she became aware of a brilliant
ball of white light that appeared to pop up from the rear of the taxi and just
hovered about six feet in the air. It
then moved to just above the roof of the taxi and hovered there. Liz told me she was not frightened by this
but fascinated and drawn to look at this ball of light. Suddenly it shot away so fast she describes
it as looking like a shooting star (meteor). It moved towards Longtown near the Scottish Border. Amazed by all this, Liz got back in the car
and tried the ignition, but the car suddenly jumped forward and the lights came
back on. She then received a shock as
the CB radio boomed out to her very loudly. She had turned the volume up fully prior to the car losing power, the
car was still in gear causing it to jump forward and this is when she became
scared. Her sister was shouting her name
on the CB and asked where Liz had been for the last half an hour. This came as a shock to Liz as she felt she
had only been out of the car for about 5-10 minutes. She informed her sister that she had just
seen a shooting star, which had hovered over her car. This was the only frame of reference that Liz
could think of for what she had observed. The following day Helena told Liz that there had been a report of a UFO
sighting on the radio that morning. It
was observed near Dumfries.
A colleague and I investigated this case as far as
possible in February 1997, four years after the incident. We talked with Liz and her sister Helena, who
confirmed that she had lost all contact with Liz on that New Year’s Eve. She also confirmed that it was half an hour
before she was able to contact Liz on the CB.
The trigger that led to Liz initially contacting BUFORA
was due to an unusual incident which occurred in November 1996. We visited the
area where this incident occurred. It is
quite an isolated location on a long hill with several bends and surrounded by
fields and farmland. Liz’s father David,
who is also a taxi driver had been ferrying passengers from the ‘Talkin Village
pub to the Hallbankgate area which lies to the southeast of Hethersgill when he
and two passengers had noticed a ball of light that appeared to be hovering in
some trees at nearby farmhouse.
After dropping these passengers off he picked up two
other passengers from the pub. By this
time it was 1.40am and driving up the hill and past the farmhouse again and on
their right hand side they observed a strange figure appearing to come through
the gate from the field to their right onto the road. They describe the figure as appearing to have
some kind of hat or helmet and also in front of the figure there appeared to be
a ‘white sheet’ or something that appeared to be stuck to his outstretched
hands. David swerved to avoid this
figure and cannot understand what he would be doing out here on a bitterly cold
night at 1.40am in this remote area. He
also cannot understand why he did not stop the car and ask if he needed help.
We spoke with David at length at the location where they had observed this
figure. It appears that there has been
anomalous activity around this area particularly around the farmhouse with
unusual light activity being reported. Unfortunately, the people who own the farmhouse and run a bed and
breakfast did not wish to be interviewed as they were concerned it would affect
their business, so we were not able to receive any corroboration for the claims
of other unusual activity that apparently had been occurring in this area.
However, a significant footnote here that may be
relevant is the location of Spadeadam close to this area. This site is an Electronic Warfare Training
Range and used to teach NATO pilots how to avoid/engage/classify potential
enemy electronic threats they might come up against in time of war. It is also a test site for British Gas, to
test their pipes to see how much pressure they will take before exploding. These tests were sometimes conducted at night
and could reach 200 feet into the area causing explosions that could be seen
for mile.
This whole area is interesting and in 1994 BUFORA
received some curious reports from near Alston, Cumbria, detailing unusual
balls of light that seemed to appear from nowhere observed by a family camping
in a remote area a couple of miles from Alston.
Meanwhile in Cross Fell, Cumbria, a shepherd experienced
some kind of very unusual events whilst looking for lost sheep on the summit of
Cross Fell in 1988. She tells the following story in a letter to
BUFORA and talks about ramblers in the area, who have reported unusual
anomalies, which causes them to feel apprehensive and uncomfortable and glad to
return home after dark.
The shepherd concerned had been out with her partner
searching for some sheep that had gone astray. It was winter and there was a great deal of snow. They agreed to separate and go in different
directions to search for the sheep. She
tells the following story.
The dogs and I sat on the summit rocks to eat sandwiches
and have a well-earned rest when suddenly there was violent swishing rumbling
sound. Looking back over the summit ridge itself towards the Dunfell Radar
Beacon was a peculiar cloud or disc, which hovered for a second then
disappeared down Eden Valley. I decided
to retrace my steps down off the summit and continue looking for the sheep at a
lower level, when the second weird event occurred. Not only were there my tracks and those of my
two collies, but two more alongside them of a much larger size and deeper
tread. No one could possibly have made
them in the short time that I turned to observe the strange cloud. My way up was at all other times. Also, one of my collies started to sniff at
the strange tracks, her hair bristling on her back, and then she bolted down
into the valley yelping. I decided to
beat a hasty retreat after her. However,
on reaching the lower slopes and safety, I bravely looked around up the slopes
and saw five black clad figures approximately eight feet tall judging by the
rocks they were standing by. They stood
motionless for about a minute then melted away.
At a later date and again as I walked on the
aforementioned lower fell slopes in search of yet more sheep, I saw what looked
to be a Halifax bomber banking badly between Cross Fell and Dun Fell.
Again it was a very calm day and it made no sound. My first thought was ‘Oh no it’s going to
crash’, but the horrible crunch sound never came, nor was there any sign of the
aircraft either climbing out or gliding away down the valleys in the distance.
Further research has revealed that in August, several
months after this shepherd’s experiences, two tornado jets collided in mid-air
above the nearby village of Blencarn. Four airmen died.
A further irony is that Cross Fell has witnessed at
least four plane crashes. Among them was
a Halifax bomber, which went down in 1943 killing all its crew.
To conclude this article, I would like to extend my
thanks to all my BUFORA colleagues Mark, Easen, Tony Eccles, John Wickham,
Michael Hudson and Dave Newton for all their dedicated work, energy and time on
a day-to-day basis.
I would also like to thank all our visitors to the
BUFORA website with their sighting reports, enquiries, and many questions in
endeavouring to gain more knowledge about the UFO subject.
On behalf of BUFORA we would like to send each of you
our very best wishes.
Gloria Heather Dixon
May 2022
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April 2022 - VERY SAD NEWS:
The BUFORA
team sadly inform you of the very sad news that our dear friend and
colleague Norman Oliver has passed away.
Norman was known
by many of the past and present BUFORA team, for many years he was a very valued
member and a great ambassador not only for BUFORA but for the whole UFO community, his kind contribution
to us all was immense.
His knowledge of our subject was vast, we remember him giving presentations to the public, he was a very
approachable, polite, caring and a genuinely decent kindhearted man who was always happy
to share his time with everyone who was privileged to have met him.
He was a
true gentleman, we wish there were a lot more people like Norman Oliver in this
world, if there were, it certainly would be a much better place.
Rest in peace
our dear friend Norman, you will be sadly missed.
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Dr David Clarke UFO interview - Project Condign, D155 and UFOs in the UK.
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February 2022:
CLARIFICATION FOR FUTURE CANDIDATES TO
THE BUFORA ITC
The
BUFORA Investigators’ Training Course has been very busy during the last few years,
and I would just like to offer some more information about how enrolment to the
ITC works, from initially emailing BUFORA to enrolling on to the course.
After a
potential candidate has contacted BUFORA to express interest in the ITC, I will
invite them to call me at a mutually convenient time, to talk with them about
the course and their knowledge of the UFO subject. This call will usually take
about 30 minutes or more depending upon questions they may have.
I will
then give them the next enrolment date for the course and ask them to email me
and let me know if they are interested in enrolling.
When I
have received their email confirming their interest, I send further information
about the course, which will include a list of credible authors, the BUFORA
Code of Practice for their signature several articles for their preparation prior
to enrolling on to the course, an Investigator’s questionnaire with their
personal details (which will remain totally confidential) and other information
that is relevant to the course
The ITC takes
a minimum of 9-10 months to complete and
requires commitment and suspending various beliefs and familiarity with the
subject from the internet , media and various UFO documentaries , movies and
discussion from UFO forums etc. This
will give a candidate the ability to start from a ‘blank page’, which will
serve them well as they progress through the course of six modules and an
examination paper.
The
standard marking from their BUFORA Tutor will be conducted by extensive
commenting to their responses within each module. This will give them an
in-depth understanding of the reality of the UFO subject and the central
recurring theme of the human condition, our perceptions, our beliefs, our
memories and how these all come together to try to define our interpretation of
a sighting or high strangeness experience.
We have
been very busy with the current influx of candidates enrolled on to the ITC in
addition to numerous new enquiries coming into BUFORA for enrolment on to the
course.
In view
of the huge interest, I would just like to let readers know that the next ITC
enrolment will not be until June/July 2022
On behalf
of the BUFORA NIC, I would like to express how much myself and my colleagues
are enjoying tutoring this course.
It is so
true that we are all students and teachers at the same time learning much from
each other.
With my
best wishes to each of you.
Heather
Dixon
BUFORA
National Investigations Committee Tutor
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18.08.21 THE UFO THAT NEVER WAS?: The Calvine Photographs by Dr David Clarke.
THEUFOTHATNEVERWAS.pdf
13.04.21 The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the
Passion of John Mack by Ralph Blumenthal Reviewed by Neil Nixon
Book Reviews
05.04.21 Notification of Investigators' Training Course Increase in Cost
07.03.21 Tiny Humanoid Captured on Camera
BUFORA Video and Audio Recordings
09.02.21 BUFORA Analysis of sightings reported 2020 and looking ahead to 2021
NEWS
21.08.20 The Rendlesham Forest UFO Conspiracy by Nick Redfern reviewed by Tony Eccles
18.07.20 In Memory of Robert Rosamond
31.05.20 Photographs and Video
Footage Evaluation Delay
01.05.20
Sightings of the Space-X Starlink series updated for Jan-April 2020 see link below
12.02.20
BUFORA Analysis of sightings reported 2019
01.01.20
Recent sightings of the Space-X Starlink series of satellites
21.11.19
The Real X-Files - Archives for the Unexplained (AFU) Sweden
08.11.19
In Memory of Rod Howarth
17.02.19
Strange "Blue Tube" object near Blood Woof Super Moon identified
03.02.19
The Peculiar sighting of the 'Space Skull'
New Investigation Report "An Alien craft sending energy beams to the ground - Or what? by Mark Easen"
10.01.19
New article "Investigating Ufology 2018 by Heather Dixon"
New Vehicle Interference Report available to purchase A4 278 pages 1188 cases
21.01.18
New Article "Reflecting on UFO Images by Mark Easen"
>Reflecting on UFO Images by Mark Easen
30.11.17
BUFORA make available all publications available online free of charge
If you wish to report a sighting or experience, please use our dedicated ‘report a sighting’ page on this site.
it is easy to complete and send to our team of specialists.
All BUFORA investigators are fully accredited and trained with witness confidentiality assured.
We have a dedicated team of specialists covering various kinds of specific case categories,
ranging from high strangeness categories through to photographic analysis.
About BUFORA:
BUFORA is a non-cultist and scientifically evaluative organisation since its formation in 1962 when a number of UFO
research organisations and individuals formed with an inaugural meeting at Kensington, London.
These included societies such as the British Flying Saucer Bureau and the London UFO Research organisation, early magazine producers and individual investigators.
The BUFORA Journal was produced from 1962 and under various titles, was the mainstay of contact for members until the website took over exclusively in 2005. A magazine format may return in the future.
Hundreds of cases have been published in the journal and special study booklets have been produced in over half a
century of ongoing focus on all aspects of the UFO phenomenon.
Conferences have been staged since the 1960s at regular frequencies, with our fiftieth anniversary staged in London in 2012.
BUFORA continues to be a major contributor and consultant to news, documentaries and articles over the decades, with many prominent UFO authors as part of its team throughout its history.
Since the 1970s, the association has run a specialist training course in investigations. BUFORA also formed a code of practice for investigators which continues into the present, with all reports lead by the witness in every case.
Special studies include ongoing data collection, such as the Amnamnesis project and Vehicle Interference Reports.
BUFORA adopts an open and analytical view to all cases and report categories and continues to explore the UFO phenomena with an open mind, with no belief systems or exclusive theories in its continuing investigations.
An excellent introduction to the UFO subject can be found on the tab:
"Guide to UFOs"
If you have any further questions, please
get in touch with the team via our contacts page.
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