New Jan Aldrich Interview - UFO Research.

Jan Aldrich is a bit of a legend within UFO research and there's a good interview below with Martin Willis about his sixty years of investigation into the UFO subject, specific UFO case histories and government documentation.

Dedicated longtime UFO researcher, Jan Aldrich joins the show to discuss Project 1947, which is a world-wide effort to document the origins of the modern UFO phenomenon. Research for the project has yielded many early-era UFO reports via the FOIA, newspaper articles and contemporary accounts. DAVID MARLER joins us for 15 minutes in the second hour.

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PROJECT 1947 is a world-wide effort to document the origins of the modern UFO phenomenon. Research for the project has yielded many early-era UFO reports via the FOIA, newspaper articles and contemporary accounts. Some of the material gathered by PROJECT 1947 is on display here.

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Lots of topics being discussed including the importance of UFO history, archive preservation and active research - the ongoing digitization of UFO files by Jan Aldrich, Barry Greenwood and Michael Swords is also brought up as is their coauthored book which took five years to write and covers the reaction to the UFO subject by the world's military and intelligence communities.

The story, which is unmasked by the governments’ own documents, explains much that is new, or at least not commonly known, about the seriousness with which the military and intelligence communities approached the UFO problem internally.

UFOs And Government

Did enjoy the interview segment covering the 1968 Minot AFB case and if anyone hasn't seen it then Tom Tulien's website linked below is an excellent one.

See 36:10

A NARRATIVE OF UFO EVENTS AT MINOT AIR FORCE BASE

a reply to: karl 12

Good stuff, thanks for sharing. I remember having come across the Project 1947 site a couple of times when looking for sources and background information for some of my threads.

Flagging this post in order to catch up later. I look forward to checking out the interview and all the extra material you referenced. S&F!

originally posted by: jeep3r
a reply to: karl 12

Good stuff, thanks for sharing. I remember having come across the Project 1947 site a couple of times when looking for sources and background information for some of my threads.

Flagging this post in order to catch up later. I look forward to checking out the interview and all the extra material you referenced. S&F!

a reply to: jeep3r

Hola Jeep3r thought you might like this one and some good nuggets of info in the interview - the Project 1947 website contains some great UFO research and have been having a good rummage around the catalogues of Keith Basterfield, Ted Phillips etc.. - that 68 Minot AFB case is also an extremely strange one and turns out the base also experienced very strange UFO activity there in 66 and 67.

Quite a bit of ground covered in the discussion from Ruppelt's attitude (five boxes of his personal notes) and the early computerized Batelle UFO study right through to foo fighters, the Robertson Panel and the NICAP Evidence report.

Top UNICAT cases selected by Dr Hynek and Dr Willie Smith also get talked about and Isaac once posted a free download of Willie's book "On Pilots and UFOs” here in case you missed it.

Cheers.

Other commentary from Jan on early official US UFO studies and the newsclipping research of Ted Bloecher.

Jan Aldrich and Paul Dean join us to discuss Project 1947, air intelligence service squadrons, NORAD, unit and base histories and what's going on with UFOs today.

Some pretty good UFO discussion concerning government UFO documentation with Jan Aldrich, David Marler and Barry Greenwood all together at David Marler's UFO Archives.

• BARRY GREENWOOD has pursued UFO and other aerial phenomena topics since 1964. Served as an investigator and state section director for Massachusetts MUFON for ten years. Specialized in researching government documents in the late 1970s, leading to co-authoring the book "Clear Intent" (with Larry Fawcett) in 1984. Also edited the newsletter "Just Cause" for "Citizens Against UFO Secrecy" (CAUS) from 1984 to 1998. Other research has been published in the "MUFON Journal," "Flying Saucer Review," “International UFO Reporter,” “Stendek,” “Lumieres dans la Nuit” and a variety of other national and international publications since the mid-1970s. In more recent years, he has specialized in UFO history, compiling "The New England Airship Wave of 1909" and editing "U.F.O. Historical Revue," a newsletter issued from 1998 to date. Also contributed to the history book "UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry".



• DAVID MARLER has had a lifelong interest in the UFO subject and has actively investigated and researched the subject for 31 years. He joined The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) in 1990 as a Field Investigator Trainee. Since then, he has served as Field Investigator, State Section Director, as well as Illinois State Director. During his tenure with MUFON, he had conducted numerous investigations into alleged UFO sightings and related experiences. He has discussed the subject of UFOs on numerous radio and television news programs over the years. He has also lectured on the subject to numerous school and adult audiences including at the university level. David has assisted the History, Learning, Discovery, Science, and Smithsonian Channel as well as numerous independent UFO documentary productions from various countries over the years. He was seen in the Australian 7 News Spotlight show, The Phenomenon, with mainstream journalist, Ross Coulthart. He also has appeared on live Russian TV news, RTVI, to discuss the UFO subject. He has established himself as an internationally-recognized UFO researcher. David has one of the largest personal libraries of UFO books, journals, magazines, newspapers, microfilms, audio recordings, and case files from around the world that covers the last 75+ years. With this he has been examining the detailed history of UFO sighting reports and related patterns.



• JAN ALDRICH resides in Canterbury, Connecticut, USA. Education BA History from University of Maryland, Retired US Army Master Sergeant with assignments in meteorology, intelligence, personnel, and safety. Assignment locations include four in Korea, two in Germany, one in Italy, two at the Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and others in the US. Also, retired from the US Postal Service. Studied UFOs for over 55 years. Contributing author of the book “UFOs and Government”, also author of reports on Ghost Rockets, the 1947 UFO Wave. Currently working on digitizing project of the Center for UFO Studies UFO report files. Correspondent for overseas UFO magazines. Website www.project1947.com