Leo Sprinkle starts the Rocky Mountain UFO conference in Laramie

Name: Leo Sprinkle starts the Rocky Mountain UFO conference in Laramie
Start: 1980
Location: Laramie, WY

When: 1980
Where: Laramie, WY
Sources: 2 public sources

The University of Wyoming in Laramie, where Leo Sprinkle taught and held the conference Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

University of Wyoming psychologist R. Leo Sprinkle founded the Rocky Mountain Conference on UFO Investigation, held in Laramie each June, where people reporting contact experiences met. His papers on the psychology of UFO witnesses are held at the university's American Heritage Center.

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OtherWhen UFOs Met Earth (Maybe?) (opens in a new tab)American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming (blog) / 2013-07-08
OtherSprinkle, Leo (collection biography) (opens in a new tab)Anomaly Archives

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