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Center for UFO Studies

Also known as: CUFOS

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Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 9 facts

claimLimited institutional or scientific study of UFOs led to the formation of independent researchers and organizations such as APRO, NICAP, CUFOS, and MUFON starting from the mid-20th century.

claimThe Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is a U.S.-based non-profit volunteer organization formed on May 31, 1969, to study UFO sightings, and it later provided field investigators to support the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS).

accountA 1979 study by CUFOS researcher Allan Hendry found that fewer than one percent of the cases he investigated were hoaxes, and that most sightings were honest misidentifications of prosaic phenomena caused by inexperience or misperception.

claimThe Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) is an organization established to study unidentified flying objects.

measurementThe USAF's Project Blue Book concluded that less than 2% of reported UFOs were 'psychological' or hoaxes, while a study conducted by Allan Hendry for the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) found that less than 1% were hoaxes or psychological in nature.

referenceJ. Allen Hynek's book 'The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry' (1972) provides a skeptical but balanced analysis of 1,300 UFO cases investigated by the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS).

claimThe Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) is a privately funded UFO research group that was established in 1973 and remains active.

claimThe Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) volunteered field investigators to support the work of J. Allen Hynek and the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS).

accountAfter leaving government work, J. Allen Hynek founded the privately funded Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) and dedicated the remainder of his life to its research.

Alien abduction - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 1 fact

referenceThe Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) defines an abductee as a person who has been taken against their will by apparent non-human beings to a location perceived as extraterrestrial or a spaceship, where they are subjected to an examination or engage in communication with the beings.