International UFO Congress

Brazil made headlines recently when their government announced that it will begin collecting UFO reports. Gevaerd has been behind the scenes in Brazil speaking with government officials and officers in the military regarding this issue. He will share Brazil's incredible UFO history and his revealing conversations with Brazilian government officials.

A.J. Gevaerd studied chemistry in Brazil. In 1986 he left his career as a chemistry teacher to devote his time to the research of UFOs. A.J. is the founder and editor of the Brazilian UFO Magazine, the only one existing in his country for 18 years and one of the longest-lasting magazines about ufology in the world today. A.J. is also the founder and director of the Brazilian Center for Flying Saucer Research (CBPDV), the largest UFO organization in South America. He has been a UFO field investigator for 28 years. As a national and international lecturer, A.J. has spoken in dozens of cities in Brazil as well as 29 other countries. In 1983 he was appointed by Dr. J. Allen Hynek to be the representative of the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) in Brazil. He is one of the International Advisors of the International UFO Congress and Brazilian Director for MUFON. www.ufo.com.br

Long time UFO researcher Antonio Huneeus will cover various historical, political, military and scientific UFO issues. These include the discussion of extraterrestrial life by astronomers from the Vatican Observatory and UFO sightings in Rome; the history of the UFO issue at the United Nations; the Laurance Rockefeller UFO Initiative in the 1990s; the UFO sighting and power blackout in Argentina, in November 2009; and more.

Antonio Huneeus has covered the UFO field from an international perspective for over 30 years. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Japan. He was also the co-author of the Laurance Rockefeller-funded "UFO Briefing Document – The Best Available Evidence" and edited "A Study Guide to UFOs, Psychic & Paranormal Phenomena in the USSR." Huneeus studied French at the Sorbonne University in Paris and Journalism at the University of Chile in Santiago in the 1970s. He has lectured at dozens of UFO Conferences all over the world and been interviewed by many media outlets including the Washington Post, SyFy and History Channels, Nippon-TV, etc. He received the "Ufologist of the Year" award at the National UFO Conference in Miami Beach in 1990 and the "Courage in Journalism" award at the X-Conference in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in 2007.
http://www.openminds.tv/antonio-huneeus

Carol Rosin will speak on her personal journey and how it relates to the UFO issue; personal experiences stretching from the classroom to the belly of the military industrial complex. Dr. Rosin will discuss her life's work leading up to an association with Wernher von Braun and other amazing people.

Carol Rosin is an award-winning educator, author, space and missile defense consultant, and was the first female corporate manager of an aerospace company, Fairchild Industries, where, among her other responsibilities, she was a spokesperson for "the father of rocketry," Dr. Wernher von Braun. Dr. von Braun revealed information to her about conspiracies to keep the existence of ETs secret. She has testified before both the U.S. House and Senate, and has traveled worldwide to consult with companies, organizations, governments, the intelligence community, candidates, leaders, and grass roots associations. She founded the original DC-based Institute for Security and Cooperation in Outer Space (ISC0S). Rosin is regarded to be the original political architect of the movement to stop the SDI and ASATs.

Alexander's presentation will include an insider's view of how the U.S. government deals with UFOs and other phenomena with detailed explanation about specific events. While supporting the physical reality of UFOs, he will discuss some of the myths that have been built up over time. Noting that real disclosure has happened yet gone unnoticed, Alexander will examine disclosure and address its actual confirmation.

John Alexander is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and a leading advocate for the development of non-lethal weapons. For the first time anywhere his new book, UFOs: Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities, which provides a government insider's look at the UFO phenomena, will be available. In his book, Alexander discusses the organization he created while on active duty to explore this topic. Comprised of members across the Department of Defense and aerospace industries, Alexander was surprised at what he learned when he briefed the leaders of many of these agencies. A very important aspect of this book is a description of how government agencies really work, and how an individual's belief system impacts the organization's operations.
www.johnbalexander.com

Former Phoenix City Councilwoman Frances Barwood will discuss her unexpected role in the startling mass sighting that occurred over Arizona in 1997, commonly referred to as the "Phoenix Lights." She will tell the story of her desire to uncover the truth behind these lights and the unsettling experiences that resulted from her attempt to provide public disclosure for her constituents.

Frances Barwood was on the Phoenix city council when the famous mass UFO sighting on March 13, 1997 occurred. When the media questioned her about it, she asked the rest of the council, because she had not heard about it. They ignored her, and her request to look into the incident. So on her own she spoke with over 700 witnesses. Facing ridicule and stonewalling, she continued to champion the witnesses and their cause.

Jim Marrs has written about government projects to establish remote viewing groups. An interesting side note to this psychic spying project is that many remote viewers have made discoveries regarding UFOs and extraterrestrials. Marrs will show us some of the amazing findings that top remote viewers have recovered.

Jim Marrs is a former journalist and a bestselling author. He primarily focuses on government cover-ups and conspiracies. His book Crossfire, an investigation into the death of John F. Kennedy, was turned into the movie JFK by Oliver stone. While researching the power elite, he also discovered the reality of the UFO cover up and has written extensively on his findings on this matter. www.jimmarrs.com

Debunkers have had a field day with the Betty and Barney Hill UFO experience, disseminating so much false and misleading information over the past 45 years that most people have difficulty differentiating fact from fiction in this first publicized UFO close encounter and alien abduction. In her totally new PowerPoint Presentation, Kathleen Marden, their niece, takes on the pseudo-skeptics' false claims and sets the record straight time and time again by presenting true verifiable evidence that proves the debunkers are wrong. Kathleen Marden earned her B.A. in social work at the University of New Hampshire in 1971. Thereafter, she entered into graduate studies in Education at the University of Cincinnati. She began her professional career as a social worker and eventually entered the field of education as a teacher. Later, she was promoted to a supervisory position, coordinating education programs and supervising education staff. She left her job in 1990 to pursue a career as a UFO investigator, researcher and writer. She taught adult education classes on UFO and abduction history, and for 10 years volunteered as MUFON's Director of Field Investigator Training. In 2003, MUFON publicly recognized Kathleen for her most outstanding contribution of advancing the scientific study of the UFO phenomenon by dedicating the MUFON UFO proceedings to her. Kathleen is currently a full time writer and lecturer. Her 2007 book Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience, with coauthor Stanton T. Friedman, is a case study of Betty and Barney Hills' 1961 UFO close encounter and abduction. Her new and exciting book with coauthor Stanton T. Friedman, Science Was Wrong is now available. www.kathleen-marden.com

Leslie Kean is a widely published investigative journalist and author of the book UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go On the Record, a New York Times best seller. With a foreword by former Clinton chief-of-staff John Podesta, the book includes exclusive contributions from generals, a former governor of Arizona, and other high level officials from nine countries. These sources have agreed to write their own detailed, personal stories about UFO encounters and investigations, for the first time. Leslie Kean is an independent investigative journalist who has been published nationally and internationally. She is coauthor of Burma's Revolution of the Spirit. Kean began publishing on the UFO subject in 2000, when her feature story about the French COMETA Report appeared in the Boston Globe. In 2002, she co-founded the Coalition for Freedom of Information (CFI), an independent alliance advocating for greater government openness on information about UFOs and for responsible coverage by the media based on a rational and credible approach. As director of the CFI, she began working on the Kecksburg UFO case in 2002, with the cooperation of Stan Gordon. Kean was the plaintiff in a successful, four-year Freedom of Information Act federal lawsuit against NASA, in which the agency was required to release hundreds of documents under court supervision.

Linda Moulton Howe will be presenting exciting new developments about the mysterious unidentified lights, beams and craft seen by at least 30 military men the last week of December 1980 and afterward in Rendlesham Forest, the area between RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge, England. Accompanying her will be two of the major witnesses to the event, John Burroughs and James Penniston. Linda Moulton Howe is an Emmy Award-winning TV producer, investigative reporter and author who goes directly to the men and women at the forefront of science and environmental challenges and to firsthand eyewitnesses of high strangeness. www.earthfiles.com James Penniston was an Air Force Staff Sergeant at a joint U.S. Air Force and Royal Air Force base at Bentwaters. On December 26, 1980, he was sent to investigate strange lights on the forest. In the forest he came up to a triangular craft that was able to examine up close.

The Starchild Skull is a unique 900-year-old bone skull found in Mexico in the 1930s. Lloyd Pye was asked to head a team to research the cause of the unusual shape and properties of the skull. The results uncovered by Pye's team ruled out all known deformities, and presented the scientific community with a genetic and physiological profile never before seen on Earth. Pye will share his latest discoveries on the ongoing research of this unusual artifact. Lloyd Pye is an author and researcher widely known for his work with the Starchild Skull and for his best selling nonfiction book, Everything You Know Is Wrong. Pye began writing fiction with a hard-hitting novel about college football based on his college career, followed by a hi-tech Cold War spy thriller, and then he became a screenwriter in Hollywood before finding his truest passion in writing alternative nonfiction. www.lloydpye.com

Retired Air Force intelligence officer George Filer will discuss his experiences onboard an aircraft tanker over the UK when he and his crew were asked to check out a UFO on radar. Later, while serving at Ft. Dix, he was asked to brief generals on an incident involving the shooting of an alien that had landed its craft on their runway. George Filer is a retired U.S. Air Force intelligence officer. He is now a MUFON regional director and produces a weekly UFO newsletter called Filer's Files. www.nationalufocenter.com

In this fully illustrated one hour PowerPoint presentation, Michael Schratt will provide specifics regarding Dr. Dan Burisch's alleged interaction with an extraterrestrial known as "J-Rod." This historically significant account of human/ET contact allegedly took place at the super-secret S4 facility located 12 miles south of Area 51. A fully illustrated floor-by-floor breakdown of the facility will be highlighted, covering what was contained in each of the nine hangar bays on level one. Also included are detailed drawings of the flight simulator on level 1B, along with a very accurate schematic layout of the cafeteria, file department, communications, and transportation logistics to the facility. Dan and Marcia Burisch will be present after Michael's talk to answer questions. Michael Schratt (military aerospace historian) has lectured across the country on the subject of "Mystery Aircraft" and classified propulsion systems buried deep within the military industrial complex. A guest speaker at the "OSHKOSH" AirVenture 2006/2007 event, (the world's largest air show), Michael has developed a number of contacts who have had firsthand experience dealing with classified black programs, including former U.S. Air Force pilots, retired Naval personnel and aerospace engineers who have maintained a TOP SECRET Q "MAJIC" clearance. A private pilot and military aerospace historian, he currently works as an aerospace draftsman/researcher.

Nancy will discuss reports of bizarre manifestations observed as crop circles form in Holland, including a thorough scientific analysis of white powder deposits repeatedly discovered, not only in crop formations, but in other events occurring around the Dutch medium Robbert van den Broeke. There is evidence of deliberate interaction between an unknown "cosmic consciousness" and Robbert. Ms. Talbott will follow with many anomalous photos. Nancy Talbott is the President of the BLT Research Team, Inc., a non-profit organization that for 20 years has been on the leading edge of scientific research into the crop circle phenomenon. BLT has documented multiple abnormalities found in crop circle plants and soils, including massive alteration of germination and growth-habit in seedlings grown from crop circle seeds and significant alteration of the crystallization structure of specific clay minerals in crop circle soils. Three BLT papers have been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Recent work includes analyses of a very fine white powder found in crop circles near the Dutch medium Robbert van den Broeke as well as documentation of a wide range of very bizarre events directly related to this young man and the appearance of crop circles in his area. www.bltresearch.com

In 2010, the Royal Society held two discussion meetings on extraterrestrial life. The first meeting considered some of the societal consequences of discovering alien life, addressing issues such as whether people would panic and what the implications might be for religious belief. The second meeting debated whether—if an alien signal was detected—we should reply and if we do, what we should say, and who should send the message. In his presentation, Nick Pope will give us the inside story of these fascinating and controversial discussions. Nick Pope was Britain's Fox Mulder. He ran the Ministry of Defence's UFO desk, investigating UFO sightings. Although he was skeptical at first, he soon found this to be a real and alarming phenomenon. Today he writes as a freelance defense journalist and lectures on UFOs. He was a consultant to the UK's National Archives during their recent release of UFO files.

Beginning in 1963, Hellyer served as the Minister of National Defence for Canada. After his retirement, influenced by a Peter Jennings special on UFOs, Hellyer read Col. Corso's book, The Day After Roswell, in which Corso claims to have handled material from the Roswell craft. Hellyer confirmed Corso's story with an U.S. General. Hellyer has been outspoken on the U.S. government's withholding of UFO information as well as its aggressive stance on the extraterrestrial presence, which is further discussed in his book Light At The End Of The Tunnel.

Paul Hellyer was Canada's youngest Member of Parliament when he was first elected in 1949 and the youngest cabinent minister appointed to Louis S. St. Laurent's government eight years later. After a stint in opposition he subsequently held senior posts in the governments of Lester B. Pearson and Pierre E. Trudeau, who defeated him for the Liberal Party leadership in 1968. The following year, after achieving the rank of senior minister, which

Rainbow Eagle (Rolland J. Williston) is an Okla-Choctaw American Indian who has been honored with the responsibility of teaching about an ancient drawing called the Peace Shield (from the Anishinabe/Ojibwe tradition). This is part of the fulfillment of the Seventh Fire Prophecy which says that Native teachings are to help bring "the human family back together again." Many indigenous elders have shared teachings with him about what can be called "Natural Spirituality" in the hope that we can begin to become "related" with all life, including the Cosmos once again.

Rainbow Eagle has spent most of his life traveling and living among traditional Native Americans, both on and off reservations in the U.S. and Canada, sharing stories with traditional people, and learning from their most respected elders. He is a revered storyteller and teacher, and includes in his teachings the Native American Star Stories\u2014interactions between Native Americans and Star People. He holds a master's degree in e

Many researchers have described the UFO reality and cover-up, while others still have pressed for responsible government officials to disclose the truth. Richard Dolan goes beyond this, to the study of what the world will actually be like when the UFO cover-up ends. Dolan will discuss how deep the structure of secrecy has pervaded our society, what factors are most likely to trigger the end of secrecy, and how severe the societal repercussions will be.

Richard Dolan is an acclaimed UFO historian, author of the definitive multi-volume UFOs and the National Security State, and A.D. After Disclosure, co-written with Bryce Zabel. Dolan has spoken about UFOs for audiences around the world. He has appeared on many specials for The History Channel, SyFy Channel, BBC, and elsewhere. In 2006, he was host for the TV series SciFi Investigates. http://keyholepublishing.com

Robert Dean will discuss a few factual and heartbreaking reasons why full disclosure will not happen in our time and why the cover-up will continue. Come listen as Dean discusses: the true story of "Billy do"; face to face and psychic shock; the Anakim return; the admiral fainted; Charles Fort was right; and a few painful personal disclosures.

Robert Dean is a retired Command Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army and claims to have viewed "Cosmic Top Secret" documents detailing alien activity on Earth. He says that in 1964, U.S. Air Force colonel Frank Collins gave him access to a copy of a document called "An Assessment: An Evaluation of a Possible Threat to Allied Forces in Europe." He was surprised to discover that the document was a secret NATO report on UFOs. He now lectures on UFOs around the world and has been described as an elder statesman of the UFO community.

Stan Romanek claims to have been abducted more than any other American in history, and he has the evidence to prove it! Some of his paranormal experiences have been witnessed by others, and/or caught on camera, including the video of what appears to be an alien looking into his window. Come listen as Romanek provides the chilling details of his truly unique life experiences with extraterrestrial beings, UFOs, and the government.

Stan Romanek was born in Colorado in the early 1960s. He is the youngest of four and was born into an Air Force family migrating to and from various military bases throughout the Midwest and Western United States through 1972. Now married, Stan has a daughter, and lives with his wife, two stepdaughters and a stepson in a peaceful midsized community in Colorado. Even though Stan grew up with severe dyslexia, making school a challenge, his high IQ and artistic abilities made up for his scholastic inabilities. Now he is the bestselling author of Messages and is c

Dr. John Alexander, a retired U.S. Army Colonel and a leading advocate for the development of non-lethal weapons faces Stanton Friedman, the original civilian investigator of the Roswell incident in this heated debate. Moderated by Danny Sheehan, this deliberation quickly became a hot ticket during the 2011 International UFO Congress.

Travis Walton claims that in 1975, while working as a logger in Arizona, he and several co-workers came across a UFO in the forest which shot a beam of light at Travis. Frightened, his friends fled the scene. When they returned Walton was gone. Walton recalled waking up on the side of the road; he thought only a few hours had past, but he had actually been missing for 5 days. He later recalled being on the craft and the strange creatures that were there with him.

Travis Walton is the subject of the Paramount Studios movie, Fire in the Sky, based on his book of the same name. His close encounter has become recognized as the best documented case of alien abduction ever recorded. Mr. Walton speaks to audiences and media around the world to share what it has been like living through the ordeal of the experience and its aftermath.