Mutual UFO Network, Inc. (MUFON)

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Mutual UFO Network, Inc. (MUFON)

One of the largest and most influential UFO investigation organizations. MUFON was founded as the Midwest UFO Network in 1969 at Quincey, Illinois, by Walter H. Andrus, Jr., formerly a member of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization. In 1975 Andrus moved the headquarters to Texas, where it is currently headquartered.

Conceived as a grassroots organization, MUFON currently has over one thousand members and investigators spread over various parts of the world. The organization holds an annual symposium, the papers of which are published in an annual MUFON Proceedings, and publishes the MUFON UFO Journal (formerly Skylook ), a monthly publication. Working with Andrus is a board of directors and a director for investigations. MUFON may be contacted at 103 Oldtown Rd., Seguin, TX 78155-4099. Website: http://mufon.com/.

Sources:

Clark, Jerry. UFOs in the 1980s. Vol. 1 of The UFO Encyclopedia. Detroit: Apogee Books, 1990.

Fowler, Raymond. MUFON Field Investigator's Manual. 3d ed. Seguin, Tex.: Mutual UFO Network, 1983.

. UFOs, Interplanetary Visitors. New York: Exposition, 1974.

MUFON: The Mutual UFO Network. http://mufon.com/. March 8, 2000.

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