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From: Tim Mathews <TMMatthews99@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 18:13:33 -0500 (EST)
Fwd Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 07:18:02 -0500
Subject: The British National UFO Research Association


Dear UpDates,

Although the rebirth of objective British Ufology has been
delayed for a week things are now back on schedule.

A group of us have formed the National UFO Research Association
(NUFORA) and the launch takes place on Saturday 4th March at the
Patten Arms Hotel, Parker Street, Warrington, Cheshire (UK) -
opposite Bank Quay railway station - from 11am to 8pm approx.

The launch forms part of a wide ranging event featuring
information on paranormal, psychic and UFO activity featuring a
host of speakers.

Tickets cost just £5.

A mass mailing of some 2,000 people is planned and will take
place over the next few months as funds allow.

NUFORA is a membership organisation. For just £10 a year a
member receives six informative bi-monthly newsletters and
membership is given on the understanding that the fee supports
UFO research and investigation. Members do not have voting
rights, cannot sit on committees and cannot, by right, affect
NUFORA policy. Nevertheless, an AGM will be held whereby members
are invited to attend in order to express their opinions. Our
success is dependent upon their continued support.

Members may also apply to join our new Members Only Forum on
onelist.com. There are two other NUFORA lists - for
investigators and for the organiser's group.

These are already in operation.

You are encouraged to participate and NUFORA General Secretary
Carolyn Buckley awaits your enquiry;

cosmiccarrie@hotmail.com

NUFORA is an objective research association dedicated to the
highest standards of investigation; investigators will be
required to attend an initial training day in mid-May, will be
required to attend subsequent follow-up days, to sit a simple
initial examination and to read books from the NUFORA list. They
will be issued with a yearly "license" which can be withdrawn
should he/she not comply fully with the NUFORA Code of Conduct.

NUFORA aims to train a new generation of UFO researchers...

The Director of Training is Steve Mera - whose work is both
well-known and well-respected in the UK. His British
Investigators Training Course (BITC) is the foundation for
NUFORA R+I activities and is based upon an earlier course
designed in 1976.

Gloria Dixon has very kindly agreed to assist us in training NUFORA
investigators and will speak at the May event.

Research into the Paranormal will also be encouraged and similar
standards will be put in place. (In any case, the parallels
between UFO and Paranormal cases are very blurred.)

Despite the fact that these are early days, many of us feel that
the time has come to strike out and work on our own in
cooperation with other objective researchers. We all believe
that we have what it takes to revolutionise the way in which
Ufology is practised both here and abroad.

These are _not_ the usual empty promises and rhetoric to which
many of us have become accustomed - we are known for our ability
to carry things through, to produce the best work and to
generate vital public interest in the subject.

You may be interested to know who is already on board:

President - Philip Mantle
General Secretary - Carolyn Buckley
Press and Media Liaison - Tim Matthews
Collator - Eric Morris
Director of Training - Steve Mera and team
Director of Investigations - TBA (watch this space!)
Educational Outreach - Lynda Matthews
Newsletter - Brenda and Heather Wilkinson

A list of consultants will be released soon but for now, the
names of local investigators.

Cheshire/N. Wales - Carolyn Buckley, Dave Kelly and Eric Morris
Lancashire - Lynda Matthews, Jason Carradus
Greater Manchester - Steve Mera and team
Cumbria - Chris Parr
North Midlands - Roy Bennett
Yorkshire - Philip Mantle

There are several more in the pipeline!

Elements of the media are onto the story already and we look
forward to working with them. Several TV companies will be
attending the Warrington event and Tim Matthews is working with
another on a documentary about Real UFO Researchers.

NUFORA has the full support of 'Quest and Astronomer' magazine -
the revamped UK monthly -  and intends to engage with the
scientific community whenever possible. We are already aware of
several academics interested in privately assisting us.

A major "earth lights" research project is scheduled for this
Summer and will be undertaken in conjunction with Roger Markman
of the Bacup UFO Centre.

NUFORA will, of course, be a politics free association and we
encourage you to help us push back the boundaries of knowledge
and to fight for a New Ufology in the New Millennium.

Our time has come....

Please feel free to contact us;

National UFO Research Association,
c/o/ Eric Morris,
78 Greenall Road,
NORTHWICH
Cheshire UK,
CW9 5RN.

Thank you,

Tim Matthews - Press Officer, National UFO Research Association.

see our temporary website at;

www.angelfire.com/sd/NUFORA/index.html


(NUFORA will not discriminate against people on the basis of religion, race
or political belief. NUFORA will not allow political/racial/religious
extremists of any sort to join or to attend meetings.)