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Fund for UFO Research founded

Name: Fund for UFO Research founded
Start: 1979
Location: Washington, D.C.

When: 1979
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 2 public sources

Physicist Bruce Maccabee, chair of the Fund for UFO Research from its start Jacques Poulet ( Jacquespoulet at en.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Fund for UFO Research was founded in 1979 to give grants for UFO research and public education rather than investigate cases itself. Physicist Bruce Maccabee chaired it from the start; it was later led by Richard Hall and Don Berliner.

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OtherFund for UFO Research (Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology entry) (opens in a new tab)Gale, via Encyclopedia.com
OtherFUFOR - Fund for UFO Research (collection file) (opens in a new tab)Anomaly Archives

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