Brief
Mutual UFO Network (MUFON)
The claims the writer was given for Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), in the order they were given.
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Raymond Fowler held a state director's position first for the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, and more recently for the Mutual UFO Network.
“I held a state director's position, first for the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, and more recently the Mutual UFO Network”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:43:15.4-00:43:21.8 administrative first hand
2
The Mutual UFO Network supports J. Allen Hynek's Center for UFO Studies by supplying investigative capability for documented reports.
“a group that supports Dr. Hynek's Center for UFO Studies by supplying investigating capability in documented reports.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:43:23.9-00:43:30.6 administrative first hand
3
Raymond Fowler was elevated to Director of Investigations on the Board of Directors for the Mutual UFO Network, coordinating investigations across different states.
“I've been now elevated to Director of Investigations on the Board of Directors for the Mutual UFO Network, and this involves coordination of investigations in different states, sort of overseeing the state director in this particular state”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:43:31.8-00:43:46.7 administrative first hand
4
In 1999 and 2000, John Carpenter, then a Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) consultant, claimed that a security videotape from a Florida factory was the first to show an abduction and the worker's return one hour and 50 minutes later in a laser-like puddle of light.
“in 1999 and 2000 John Carpenter, who was then a MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) consultant, claimed that a security videotape from a Florida factory was the first to show “an abduction … and the worker’s return one hour and 50 minutes later in a laser-like ‘puddle’ of light.””
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch18:16018-16282 opinion second hand
5
The Ambient Monitoring Project (AMP) is the most ambitious and promising step toward controlled studies of physical evidence for alien abductions, begun in 1998 by the UFO Research Coalition, which consists of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), the Fund for UFO Research, and the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS).
“Currently, the most ambitious and promising step in that direction is the Ambient Monitoring Project (AMP), an effort begun in 1998 by the UFO Research Coalition, which consists of MUFON, the Fund for UFO Research, and the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS).”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch18:17731-17978 administrative
6
The Ambient Monitoring Project device records various physical parameters and stores the information, which is downloaded daily to the computer of project engineer Tom Deuley, a longtime Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) official.
“It records various physical parameters and stores the information, which is then downloaded to the computer of our project engineer (Tom Deuley, a longtime MUFON official) every day.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch18:19314-19492 administrative first hand
7
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is a nonprofit organisation with the goal of researching UFO-related events scientifically.
“MUFON is an organization with the goal of researching UFO-related events scientifically.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:42085-42158 administrative
8
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) was founded in 1969 in the midwestern United States.
“The organization was founded in 1969 in the midwestern United States and eventually expanded into a national network of units.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:42174-42294 administrative
9
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) trains field investigators who go on-site to study anomalous reports.
“It is a nonprofit organization that trains “field investigators,” that is, people who go on-site to study anomalous reports.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:42301-42417 administrative
10
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and its chapters host conferences focused on UFO studies and research.
“The organization and its chapters also host conferences that focus on UFO studies and research.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:42426-42512 administrative
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The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) has been criticised for using pseudoscientific methods in investigating sightings, reports, and experiencers.
“MUFON has been criticized for using “pseudoscientific” methods for investigating sightings, reports, and experiencers”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:42522-42627 opinion
12
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) maintains an extensive and public database of UFO reports.
“it has been criticized by experiencers who have input their own reports into its extensive and public database of UFO reports”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:42645-42763 administrative
13
D. W. Pasulka knows the North Carolina state director of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and several field investigators, and considers her associations with them friendly and professional.
“I know the North Carolina state director of MUFON and several field investigators. My associations with them have been friendly and professional.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:42775-42907 opinion first hand
14
D. W. Pasulka considers the research methods of Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) associates she knows to be completely rational and objective, erring on the side of skepticism.
“Their research methods, on my observation, are completely rational and objective, and err on the side of skepticism.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:42921-43026 opinion first hand
15
Experiencers interviewed by D. W. Pasulka report that their experiences with the larger Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) organisation have not gone well.
“Experiencers I’ve interviewed say their experiences with the larger organization have not gone well.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:43117-43212 hearsay second hand
16
Several experiencers reported to D. W. Pasulka that their reports had been made public by the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) in a completely altered form.
“Several have reported that their experiences have been made public in a completely altered form.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:43218-43309 hearsay second hand
17
When a person submits a report to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), the report enters a national database and becomes the property of MUFON, which can use it as it sees fit, including selling it to television production companies.
“When a person reports an experience to MUFON, it goes into a national database of reports, and these reports become the property of MUFON. They can do what they want with them—like sell them to television production companies.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:43315-43531 administrative
18
Rey Hernandez saw his own handwriting displayed on screen in the Hangar 1 episode, including his attorney's letterhead blacked out, which confirmed to him that the footage used his report to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON).
“All the handwriting you saw on the video’s pictures was my handwriting; it even had my attorney letterhead blacked out—that is why I know it was my report to MUFON.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:44148-44306 testimony first hand
19
Rey Hernandez considers the volunteers and field workers associated with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) not at fault for how his story was portrayed on Hangar 1.
“Rey felt betrayed by the larger organization, but he was generous in stating that the volunteers and field workers associated with MUFON were not at fault.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:44701-44850 opinion first hand
20
Rey Hernandez said his field report to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) was not accurately translated into the Hangar 1 production, containing inaccuracies and actual fabrications.
“Somehow my field report was not translated to the video because not only were there inaccuracies but there were actual fabrications.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:45112-45231 testimony first hand
21
Rey Hernandez said his issue was not with the volunteers of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) but with the fabrications in the MUFON Hangar 1 production and the fact that his story was sold.
“MUFON is not the issue—the issue is my shock to find out that my story was sold and the fabrications of the MUFON *Hangar 1* production.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:45411-45536 opinion first hand
22
D. W. Pasulka observes that some researchers who use Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) data are not the original on-site field researchers and so cannot vet the original reports.
“The problem is that a lot of researchers who use it are not the original on-site field researchers. If they were, they could have vetted the original reports.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:47854-48004 opinion first hand
23
The North Carolina state director of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) checks with local police and military to determine whether military exercises or scheduled aerial events occurred in the area of a reported sighting.
“For example, the state director for MUFON in North Carolina rules out all possible explanations. Once she gets a report, she checks with local police and military to ascertain whether there were military exercises or other scheduled aerial events in the area.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:48013-48267 administrative
24
The North Carolina state director of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) scrutinises photographs and physical evidence with the help of trained videographers before ruling on a report.
“She also scrutinizes any photographs and physical evidence with the help of trained videographers.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:48273-48357 administrative
25
If other explanations are ruled out, the North Carolina state director of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) grants a report the status of "UFO," meaning unidentified.
“If other explanations are ruled out, she grants the report the status of “UFO,” that is, “unidentified.””
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:48372-48462 administrative
26
Aerial phenomena such as blimps, drones, and lightning are often misidentified as UFOs and entered into the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database.
“Often, aerial phenomena like blimps, drones, and lightning are misidentified as UFOs. These go into the database, along with other reports.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:48655-48786 observation
27
D. W. Pasulka has observed researchers who indiscriminately lump all reports in the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database under the category of UFO sightings, creating a false impression of the prevalence of truly unknown phenomena.
“Several researchers I have met have blindly taken all of the reports and lumped them under the category of “UFO” sightings. This gives the impression that there are more sightings of truly unknown phenomena than is actually the case.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:48795-49023 opinion first hand
28
UFO disclosure groups such as the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) hoped Jimmy Carter would open decades of still top-secret Project Blue Book files, which were widely known to still be withheld from public release.
“It was hoped by UFO disclosure groups such as MUFON (the Mutual UFO Network) that this most liberal of recent United States presidents would open decades of still top-secret Project Blue Book files, which it was widely known were still being withheld from public release.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:14327-14590 opinion
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Jan Harzan was the executive director of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), a civilian UFO research organisation.
“Harzan was the executive director of civilian UFO research organisation MUFON until his resignation in July 2020”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch34:19761-19869 administrative
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Jan Harzan resigned from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) in 2020-07.
“Harzan was the executive director of civilian UFO research organisation MUFON until his resignation in July 2020”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch34:19761-19869 administrative
31
Jan Harzan resigned from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) following allegations that he solicited sex from a 13-year-old girl.
“after allegations he solicited sex from a 13-year-old girl”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch34:19874-19928 hearsay
32
Erik Nanstiel reported his case to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), became involved with the Illinois MUFON people, attended some of their meetings, went to their symposium the previous year, and plans to attend again.
“ever since I reported my case to MUFON, I've kind of cozied up with the Illinois MUFON people, and I've attended some of their meetings, and I've even been to the symposium last year, and I plan to go this year.”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 01:46:29.3-01:46:45.9 testimony first hand
33
Jason Quitt likens the demand for bodies and craft to the older nuts-and-bolts approach of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), which was interested in the craft and in what powers it in the belief that obtaining that power system could change the world for the better.
“it reminds me of like, kind of like the old MUFON type of nuts and bolts stuff where it's like, they're just interested in the craft. They need to know that technology. They want to know what powers it, because if they can get their hands on that power system, we can change the world for the better.”
Researcher Describes Strange Encounters With Other Beings - Jason Quitt | Ep. 98 2026-08-07 01:58:40.7-01:58:54.7 opinion first hand