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Are We Alone? – UFOs, UAPs and the “Tic Tac” Incident: The Latest Thinking on the Centuries-Old Perceptions, Experiences, and Beliefs about Extraterrestrials
- 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 12, 2025
- Academy University Hill, 833 10th Street, Boulder
- RSVP: jeff@blumenfeldpr.com by May 10.
A presentation by the Explorers Club – Rocky Mt. Chapter
American academic and author Peter W. Van Arsdale, Ph.D., and Darrell Clulow, MUFON Field Investigator
Join us as we explore early historical accounts since the 17th century of presumed and fantastical other-worldly beings; the 1924 U.S. attempt to receive signals from Mars; the incident at Roswell which shaped modern UFO mythology; the legacy of Dr. J. Allen Hynek (Close Encounters of the Third Kind); the APRO “Clearview” case; the “Snippy the Horse” mutilation case; the U.S. Air Force’s Project Blue Book; and the legacy of Dr. Leo Sprinkle, researcher of UFO contactee experiences.
Speakers (both are members of The Explorers Club):
Peter W. Van Arsdale, Ph.D.
Peter W. Van Arsdale is an American academic who retired as director of African Initiatives at the University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, where he also served as Senior Lecturer. An applied cultural anthropologist, he has worked in E. Africa, S.E. Asia, the Balkans, Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America, emphasizing community water resources, human rights, refugee resettlement, and humanitarian intervention. He has investigated UFOs from an anthropological/psychological perspective as a scientific hobby for nearly 60 years. He is the author of Encounters: 50 Fascinating Strangers from My Life on the Road (Amity Bridge Books, 2022).
Darrell Clulow
Darrell Clulow is Chief Investigator/Nevada of MUFON, the non-profit, volunteer Mutual UFO Network. At an early age growing up in Phoenix, Darrell was fascinated by UFOs, sparked by a personal sighting almost 50 years ago. A member of Dr. J. Allen Hynek’s (USAF Project Blue Book) Ground Saucer Watch organization, today he trains new MUFON Field Investigators in Nevada. With over 150 cases completed and more than 20 trained Field Investigators in the last 12 years, Darrell continues to share his experience seeking the truth, disclosure, and the hope of finding physical evidence. Darrell will dive into MUFON’s field investigation techniques and share some of his favorite cases and stories.
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Dr. Brian Buma – To The Ends of the Earth: Geographic Extremes of the Human Species
- 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Academy University Hill, 833 10th Street, Boulder
- RSVP by April 6, 2025 to jeff@blumenfeldpr.com
- No admission fee, guests welcome
Humans spread out of Africa and then around the world a hundred thousand years ago. How far did we make it? Dr. Brian Buma will share the findings from two expeditions that found the southernmost, and then the northernmost, evidence of pre-Industrial human presence.
The southernmost site hangs on the southernmost valley on Isla Hornos, the famous Cape Horn, under the imposing peak that caps the southern cliff. It was discovered in 2019 when Buma led an expedition to explore the region’s ecology.
The northernmost site was discovered in 2023, on Buma’s expedition to map the ecology of the northernmost terrestrial land on the planet, Inuit Qeqertaat (Kaffeklubben Island).
These sites are the north and south geographic extremes of the human species discovered to date. Buma will outline the story of the expeditions and discuss opportunities for more exploration in the future. (http://www.brianbuma.com)
