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A Witness Strikeout.

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Greetings. In UFO circles, the belief that witnesses are always reliable is forceful, with laypeople and researchers alike. Terms like "trained observer" and "credible witness" are thrown around like baseballs on opening day, but reality is something quite different altogether. A recent event places witness testimonials, and their overall reliability, on full display.  A few days ago, on June 26th, over the southeastern United States, a meteor entered the Earth's atmosphere and detonated before making landfall. A small piece is alleged to have impacted into a residential house located in Henry County, Georgia, but a firm determination has yet to be made by qualified individuals. The incoming meteor detonated over the Atlanta metropolitan area at an altitude of approximately 32.6 kilometers, a safe distance to be sure.  A daylight meteor sighting is not an overly commonplace occurrence, but despite their overall rarity, such events are relatively consistent. To p...
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Coral & Jim Lorenzen: Setting the Standard for Today's UFO Researchers.

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Greetings. Coral and Jim Lorenzen, the co-founders and driving force behind the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization.  The Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, or APRO, was formed in January of 1952 by Leslie James and Coral Lorenzen. At the time of the organization's founding the Lorenzens resided in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. By June of 1952, the A.P.R.O. Bulletin began to be published on a regular basis. By early 1954, the Lorenzens had relocated to Alamogordo, New Mexico, and both took positions at Holloman Air Force Base. As an organization, APRO took a position which was less certain of a government/military cover-up of the UFO problem as opposed to NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena,) that consistently pushed for Congressional hearings on the UFO problem. APRO also put more emphasis on occupant cases and far less on contactee cases, feeling that the contactee cases were hurting the credibility of the UFO research community as a whole.  In 19...
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UFO Organizations in 2025: Do They Actually Exist?

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Greetings. UFO organizations. That particular title is used often in UFO circles, especially on social media, but what does that actually mean, and what does the public receive? Social media has allowed people to portray themselves as they see fit, accurately and/or otherwise. Individuals can assign themselves educational degrees and investigative experience that may not be warranted, which is fraud by definition. People can, and often do, create platforms that claim to be investigative organizations, complete with claims of additional members, chapters and subcommittees, and highly trained field investigators.   Is this all a reality, or just a sham? Let's take a look. In what seems like the distant past, when the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP,) the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO,) and the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) were all in simultaneous existence, the situation seemed on the surface to be completely different as opposed to the ...
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