reporting center nuforc founded 1974 headquarters davenport washington key people peter b. davenport director website national ufo reporting center the national ufo reporting center nuforc is an organization in the united states that investigates ufo sightings and or alien contacts . nuforc has been in continuous operation since 1974 . it was founded in 1974 by robert j. gribble . 1 it has catalogued almost 90 000 reported ufo sightings over its history most of which were in the united states . 2 in addition to record keeping the center has provided statistics and graphs to assist others looking for information . slate published an interactive graph published by davenport which showed the density of sightings relative to an area . 3 the current director peter davenport has not claimed that any two phenomena are identical but has catalogued flying saucers coloured lights and triangles throughout the years . 4 davenport describes himself as a ufo believer but skeptic and has been praised by james oberg as providing a valuable service in the field . 5 the work has been described as secretarial rather than fun as the years have progressed . 5 contents 1 history 2 operation 3 publicity 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit since its establishment in 1974 the center has provided a 24 hour hotline phone number for people to report ufo activity that is currently going on in their area . 6 peter davenport a businessman holding degrees from stanford university and the university of washington at seattle who became involved soon after hearing about the kelly hopkinsville encounter 4 has served as director of the organization since 1994 . 6 the organisation has been used by the stamford police department in prior years though events have always had a perfectly reasonable explanation . 7 police officers from lebanon missouri as well as various arizona law enforcement officials frequently refer ufo sightings to the organisation with no explanations forthcoming for some instances . 8 9 arizona relied on the organisation specifically in response to the phoenix lights incident which was one of the few sightings davenport has been on record as proclaiming to be genuine . 10 operation edit since its establishment in 1974 the center has provided a 24 hour hotline phone number for people to report ufo activity that is currently going on in their area . 6 as of 2005 the operation has been expanded using one fax machine one telephone and a single web master . 4 the organisation is almost entirely funded by davenport himself which is estimated to cost 500 a month . 4 5 11 until 2006 the center was based in seattle washington but that year it relocated to a bunker in a former nuclear missile site about 50 miles west of spokane washington . 5 12 publicity edit the national ufo reporting center has been discussed on the radio show coast to coast am 13 and on jeff rense s radio show . in 2014 the economist used the statistics compiled by the organisation to analyse peak times for ufo reports drawing the conclusion that most reports came during the hours during which people were most likely to be intoxicated . 2 mufon the most prominent ufo data collectors in the us have also worked with the national ufo reporting centre to publicise trends in public sightings reporting . 14 see also edit list of ufo organizations references edit the national ufo reporting center information general no page title at top . retrieved 4 february 2013 . a b everything you need to know about ufos . the economist . 28 june 2014 . retrieved 9 november 2014 . tchou angela january 11 2011 . i saw four green objects in a formation . slate magazine . archived from the original on september 15 2012 . retrieved november 9 2014 . cs1 maint unfit url link a b c d researcher feels certain ufos exist . associated press online . august 21 2005 . missing or empty url help ; access date requires url help a b c d geranios nicholas k. october 28 2007 . ufo reporting center moves from seattle to old missile site . the associated press state & local wire . missing or empty url help ; access date requires url help a b c tizon tomas alex 28 march 2008 . seeking ufos deep underground . los angeles times . retrieved 9 november 2014 . landis david april 30 1992 . celestial arches . usa today . pp . life 1d . access date requires url help geller uri january 24 2000 . lawmen encounter the space patrol . the times . london uk . access date requires url help stevens officer craig a. january 5 2000 . police report . millstadt police department . archived from the original on february 4 2001 . retrieved november 9 2014 . cs1 maint unfit url link price richard june 18 1997 . arizonans say the truth about ufo is out there . usa today . pp. 4a . access date requires url help conklin ellis e. 8 february 2011 . peter davenport believes in ufos . seattle weekly . retrieved 9 november 2014 . geranios nicholas k. 28 october 2007 . ufo reporting center operates out of former missile site . seattle post intelligencer . retrieved 9 november 2014 . interview with peter davenport coast to coast am with george noory . american ufo reports down 36 percent after 2012 spike blog format requires url help . the huffington post . march 31 2013 . missing or empty url help ; access date requires url help external links edit the ufo center home page 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 144210385 lccn n00069292 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title national ufo reporting center & oldid 727835637 categories ufo organizationsscientific organizations based in the united stateslincoln county washington1974 establishments in washington state ufo culture in the united stateshidden categories cs1 maint unfit urlpages using web citations with no urlpages using citations with accessdate and no urlpages using citations with format and no urlwikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with lccn identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 july 2016 at 14 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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