research association bufora founded 1964 headquarters united kingdom key people jenny randles director 1982 1994 1 philip mantle director 1995 2 website bufora.org.uk the british ufo research association or bufora is a uk organisation formerly registered as bufora ltd ; dedicated to investigating ufo phenomena in the british isles . the organisation has around 1 000 members . 3 contents 1 history 2 status 3 controversy 4 see also 5 references history edit in 1991 the book ufo encyclopedia was compiled for the group by major sir patrick wall . 4 status edit bufora investigates over 400 cases a year with the organisation reporting 95 % of them as hoaxes . 5 they run witness support groups for those who believe they have encountered extra terrestrials . 5 the organisation has held an annual conference at sheffield hallam university since 1987 2 and hold meetings across the country ; with rendlesham forest being a frequent spot for gatherings . 6 they have been outspoken critics of the uk government s freedom of information act as it relates to ufos . 7 controversy edit an entry in the ufo encyclopedia which was a sighting confirmed as genuine by bufora was later found to be a hoax . the supposed contactee who claimed to have seen a ufo hovering over the town of warminster admitted to the hoax in 1994 . 8 in 1995 the group were the only official ufo organisation to endorse a film purportedly by the us government showing an alien autopsy at roswell . 9 see also edit list of ufo organizations references edit wavell stuart 13 july 1985 . week end people goodbye to little green men jenny randles national director of investigations at the british ufo research association . the guardian . access date requires url help a b martin andy 22 august 1995 . ufo buffs star in off the planet convergence . the australian . access date requires url help ellis mark 25 june 1997 . ufo fans spot pentagon s 4th alien cover up ; pentagon accused of new roswell aliens cover up . the mirror . access date requires url help roberts paul william 13 july 1991 . of humanoid ants and white balls of light . the toronto star . access date requires url help a b simon jane 9 may 1998 . the creatures were green with glowing eyes and were hovering above the ground ; interview with british ufo research association investigator judith jaafar . the mirror . access date requires url help group sects ; after dark secrets you d be surprised who meets up after dark . time out . 3 december 2003 . p. 13 . access date requires url help stanistreet michelle 30 january 2005 . ufos don t exist ... until you bump into one review . sunday express . access date requires url help mouland bill 15 april 1994 . why they never cottoned on to the thing . daily mail . access date requires url help film of alien corpse gives ufo fans a boost . the vancouver sun . 8 april 1995 . pp . b52 . access date requires url help v t e ufos and ufology index of ufology articles incidents general list of reported ufo sightings sightings in outer space pre 20th century tulli papyrus possibly 15th century b.c. ezekiel s wheel circa 622 570 b.c. 1561 celestial phenomenon over nuremberg jos bonilla observation 1883 aurora 1897 20th century los angeles 1942 kenneth arnold 1947 maury island 1947 roswell 1947 aztec new mexico 1948 mantell 1948 chiles whitted 1948 gorman dogfight 1948 mariana 1950 mcminnville photographs 1950 sperry 1950 lubbock lights 1951 carson sink 1952 nash fortenberry 1952 washington d.c. 1952 flatwoods monster 1952 ellsworth 1953 kelly hopkinsville 1955 lakenheath bentwaters 1956 ant nio vilas boas 1957 levelland 1957 trindade island 1958 barney and betty hill abduction 1961 lonnie zamora incident 1964 solway firth spaceman 1964 exeter 1965 kecksburg 1965 westall 1966 shag harbour 1967 pascagoula abduction 1973 travis walton incident 1975 allagash 1976 tehran 1976 petrozavodsk phenomenon 1977 opera o prato 1977 valentich disappearance 1978 robert taylor incident 1979 val johnson incident 1979 cash landrum incident 1980 rendlesham forest 1980 trans en provence 1981 japan air lines 1986 voronezh ufo incident 1989 belgian ufo wave 1990 varginha 1996 phoenix lights 1997 21st century mexico 2004 o hare airport 2006 alderney 2007 norway 2009 morristown new jersey 2009 sightings by country argentina australia belarus belgium brazil canada china france india indonesia iran italy mexico new zealand norway philippines portugal russia south africa spain canary islands sweden united kingdom united states types of ufos black triangle flying saucer foo fighter ghost rockets green fireballs mystery airship types of alleged extraterrestrial beings alleged ufo related entities energy beings grey aliens insectoids little green men nordic aliens reptilians studies the flying saucers are real 1947 1950 project sign 1948 estimate of the situation project grudge 1949 flying saucer working party 1950 project magnet 1950 1962 project blue book 1952 1970 robertson panel 1953 condon report 1966 1968 institute 22 1978 project condign 1997 2000 identification studies of ufos hypotheses ancient astronaut cryptoterrestrial extraterrestrial interdimensional psychosocial nazi ufos conspiracy theories area 51 bob lazar dulce base majestic 12 men in black project serpo involvement abduction history entities claimants narrative missing time perspectives insurance other implants close encounter contactee declassification of documents government responses geipan organizations ufologists topics culture conventions fiction religions list skepticism list of scientific skeptics committee for skeptical inquiry authority control worldcat identities viaf 168515603 lccn n84099310 isni 0000 0001 2228 214 x gnd 5252448 6 nla 35491940 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title british ufo research association & oldid 727835532 categories ufo organizationsforteanaparanormal investigators1962 establishments in the united kingdomorganizations established in 1962hidden 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