David Clarke ---- Extraordinary Experiences with UFOs

Extraordinary Experiences with UFOs

"I Know What I Saw": Extraordinary experiences with UFOs.

A study by folklorist William Dewan suggests that around 25% of the US population report a personal experience with "anomalous lights" or UFOs. A 1998 opinion survey in the UK found 2% reporting direct experience with UFOs/ET life, but little if any research has been conducted into this aspect of anomalous/extraordinary experience. As consultant to The National Archives for the ongoing transfer and public release of UFO files created by the Ministry of Defence, I have had a unique opportunity to sample, collect and study examples of this type of anomalous experience reported by members of the public and the armed forces to official agencies since 1950. My paper will discuss these as examples of "personal experience narratives" and memorates recognised and collected by folklorists. I will also scrutinise official policy towards such reported experiences drawing upon the content of the MoD files released by The National Archives.

Biography:  Dr David Clarke is course leader for Journalism in the Department of Media and Communications, Sheffield Hallam University. His PhD in folklore was completed at The University of Sheffield in 1999 and he is the author of numerous books and journal articles on aspects of supernatural belief and contemporary legend. Since 2008 he has been working with The National Archives on the transfer and public release of the MoD's UFO files and is the author of "The UFO Files: The Inside Story of Real-Life Sightings" (National Archives, 2009)

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Dear Michelle and Lulu,

Here's a link to my personal website which contains a large amount of material, including a biography and examples of published work, media coverage of my activities, etc:

http://drdavidclarke.co.uk/

I don't have any DVD/video material as such, however in my role as consultant for The National Archives UFO project I have been involved in the production of videos and

podcasts for the TNA UFO page, one of which has received 200,000 hits on Facebook.

You can find the most recent podcast on the landing page here:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos/

Previous podcasts & videos, dating back to 2008, can be found here (under the menu title: Multimedia):

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos/existing-files.htm

Bear in mind these are all copyright The National Archives, but as long as Crown Copyright is acknowledged there is no problem in using links etc to this material in your output.

I hope this is helpful,

bests

Dr David Clarke