Course Description:
This semester the course will cover most of the era between 1967 and 2011. The three sessions will include:
1967 - 1976 -
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Condon Report - Scientific Study of UFOs (Government funded project to study these phenomena)
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Delphos, KS - one of the best physical trace landing cases
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Alleged alien/human abduction cases: Pascagoula, MS 1973, Travis Walton 1975, Kentucky 1976, Allagash River, ME 1976
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Canary Island high strangeness sighting
1976 - 1990 -
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Tehran, Iran - one of the best radar/visual/CEII events
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Peru - first recorded event in which a jet fighter fired on a UFO
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England's Roswell - Rendlesham Forest
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Crop Circles - are aliens leaving messages?
1994 - 2011 -
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Ruwa, S. Africa school children sighting - 62 children had a closeup encounter
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Varginha, Brazil alien encounter - hundreds of witnesses
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Mass witness sightings - Phoenix Lights and the Stephenville, TX encounters
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Yukon, CN giant saucer close encounter
Facilitator Biography:
Barry Roth serves as the Chief Archivist and Historian at the National UFO Historical Records Center (NUFOHRC), based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. NUFOHRC, a non-profit organization, maintains the nation’s largest civilian collection of UFO records. Its mission is to digitize paper files, newspaper clippings, audio recordings, and video materials, providing open-source access for dedicated UFO and UAP researchers.
Barry’s fascination with unidentified flying objects began at the age of 15. Since then, he has pursued the subject with passion—reading hundreds of books and examining unclassified documents related to unexplained aerial phenomena and associated topics.
In 1999, Barry joined the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). By 2001, he was serving on the board of the Colorado chapter (COMUFON) as Treasurer, Education Specialist, and Speaker Coordinator. From 2009 to 2012, he held the role of MUFON’s Public Information Officer, where he developed educational programs highlighting the history of UFOs.
Barry is also the author of A Brief History of Ufology, 1941–2011: Significant UFO Events Throughout the Modern Era. His research spans military involvement, law enforcement and pilot encounters, multi-witness sightings, and physical trace evidence.
He has shared his expertise as a guest speaker at numerous events, including programs for the Rio Rancho Public School system, aiming to deepen public understanding of historical UFO phenomena.
Currently residing in Placitas, New Mexico, with his wife Dale, Barry enjoys skiing, camping, and hiking when he’s not immersed in archival work and research. Please check out his Amazon book link.
