SHOW #471 Notes: Barry Greenwood, David Marler & Jan Aldrich

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Tuesday, September 6, @ 6:00-7:00 PM EDT (-4GMT)

 

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” (2012).

He has also published the online “Union Catalog of Periodical UFO Articles” (www.greenwoodufoarchive.com), a massive reference listing of UFO articles published in worldwide periodical literature. His UFO periodical collection is the foundation for a complete reference set of publications in the English language. He is currently an associate of “Project 1947,” and the “Sign Historical Group” (SHG), both historical collection efforts on odd aerial phenomena. Oversees of one of the larger archives of historical UFO materials in existence, encompassing the papers of CAUS as well as numerous record holdings saved from dispersion or destruction, including the Raymond Fowler UFO case files, the records of the Meteor Research Society, the HUMCAT case files of Ted Bloecher, the U.S. Air Force 1952 Project Blue Book clipping service, and a newspaper clipping collection compiled from dozens of sources, now comprising nearly three hundred volumes. He has spent thousands of hours in library and archive research at Harvard, MIT, Boston University, University of Arizona, Boston Public Library, Library of Congress and the National Archives in Washington, D.C. and Suitland, Maryland, and has assisted in research for the two-volume “UFOs and the Extraterrestrial Contact Movement” by George Eberhart, 1986.
He has held memberships in the American Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and as a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.

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.
Evidence of his historical research is his acclaimed book, Triangular UFOs: An Estimate of the Situation. Here, he has provided a comprehensive analysis of triangular UFOs. He has collected, collated, and analyzed hundreds of reports. In the process, he has created a detailed profile of these objects and written a rich narrative of their history.
In November of 2020, he became the recipient of the world’s single-largest historical collection of UFO case files in the world. These files include the historic NICAP and CUFOS case files in addition to Dr. Hynek’s original Project Blue Book files. Due to his role as curator for these files and his track record of credible historical research, he was offered the rare invitation of serving as a full Board Member with Dr. J. Allen Hynek’s Center for UFO Studies (or CUFOS). David willing accepted this invitation and now serves in the role as their official Archivist.
David received his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE). He received his Certification in Hypnotherapy from Mottin and Johnson Institute of Hypnosis in St. Louis, Missouri.
David is a Registered Polysomnographic Technician (RPSGT) and assisted in diagnosing and treating patients that suffered from various sleep disorders for several years at a major St. Louis-based medical facility. He also worked for a global medical equipment company for 13 years. David currently works in the healthcare field for a large New Mexico-based hospital network and resides in the Albuquerque, NM area with his wife and two daughters.

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