About this user
BUFORA is a non-cultist, scientifically-oriented organisation dedicated to the investigation and research of the UFO enigma and related anomalies. The UFO phenomenon is wide-ranging and diverse in its characteristics and manifestations and can no longer be approached as a single phenomenon with a possible single solution.
In an effort to gain greater understanding of the complexities of the UFO question, BUFORA employs the skills and services of field investigators, researchers and consultants, many of whom work directly with witnesses to collate the necessary data.
Aims and Objectives
1. To encourage, promote and conduct unbiased, scientific research and investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFO) and related paranormal/parapsychological phenomena throughout the UK.
2. To collect and disseminate evidence and data relating to the aforesaid
3. To co-ordinate UFO and related investigation/research throughout the UK and to co-operate with others engaged in such activities world-wide.
A Brief History
The modern era of the flying saucer kicked off in 1947 with businessman Kenneth Arnolds famous sighting of nine flying discs over the Cascade Mountains of Washington state, USA. Up until this time, relatively few people had taken an interest in unknown aerial phenomena, but as public interest was piqued and the press capitalised on the new phenomenon which seemed to coincide with the advent of the atomic/space age, researchers started to find many historical similarities which suggested that the UFO was indeed a very old enigma which had either been overlooked or explained away as divine portents and interventions.
BUFORA traces its origins back to the London UFO Research Association, founded in 1959, one of eight British UFO societies that amalgamated in 1962 as BUFOA (British UFO Association). A key function of BUFOA was to provide a national network of UFO investigators linked by latterly eleven regional groups, and the first BUFOA Journal was produced in 1963. LUFORO and BUFOA merged in January 1964 to form BUFORA, now one of the oldest, continually active UFO research groups in the world.
Publications
Throughout its long history, BUFORA has continued to publish its research and investigations in its magazines, although the names and formats of these magazines have changed several times over the years.
· 1965-1982 BUFORA Journal
· 1979-1989 Journal of Transient Aerial Phenomena (JTAP), a referred research journal
· 1982-1989 BUFORA Bulletin
· 1989-1998 Bulletin and JTAP combined and relaunched as UFO Times
· 1998- 2002 BUFORA Bulletin
· 2002-2005 New BUFORA Journal
In addition to its magazines, BUFORA has published a number of booklets and papers on specific aspects of research and investigation, e.g. the Vehicle Interference Report (first draft published 1979, currently being updated for second print), the Investigators Handbook, the NIC (National Investigations Committee) Guide, the Investigators Code of Practice, Men in Black, UFOs and the Psi Interface and the Guide to UFOs (the latter can be downloaded from this site). Other BUFORA publications include:
· UFOs 1947-1987 (Fortean Times, 1987)
· Phenomenon, John Spencer, (Macdonald Futura, 1988 Avon, USA)
· Fire in the Sky (BUFORA, 1989)
· Controversy of the Circles (BUFORA, 1989)
· The UFO Encyclopaedia, John Spencer (Headline, 1991)
· The Proceedings of the 8th BUFORA International UFO Congress (BUFORA, 1995)
· The UFO Lexicon (an international glossary of UFO-related terms in ten languages)
· BUFORA also contributed to the making of the video, UFO Review The Researchers, produced by D.M.P. (1992)
Country
United Kingdom
Schools
BUFORA runs an Invesitgators Training Course
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