NASA: Robert Bigelow (3rd from left) with
Ames Mars rover
The reach of Robert Bigelow space enterprises
into the FAA UFO reporting structure is official. A February 11, 2010 directive
issued by the Federal Aviation Administration to the FAA Air Traffic
Organization setting out how pilots and all individuals should report
sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) sightings and appearing
now on the FAA
website specifically mentions an organization controlled by Las
Vegas real estate and aerospace entrepreneur Robert Bigelow,
stating in
part that “Persons wanting to report UFO/unexplained phenomena activity
should contact a UFO/ unexplained phenomena reporting data collection
center, such as Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS)…, the
National UFO Reporting Center, etc..”
Other UFO reporting
organizations not mentioned by the FAA include the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON)
and UFOs
Northwest.
Reached by this reporter at his office in Las
Vegas, Dr. Colm A. Kelleher, BAASS Deputy Administrator confirmed that
BAASS has an office established to receive UFO reports. He stated that
the monthly volume of UFO reports received by BAASS is “infrequent.”
Dr. Kelleher stated that BAASS received no FAA funds for receiving UFO
reports. This reporter verified that BAASS UFO hotline staff was on
duty to receive UFO reports.
Dr. Kelleher and Mark Easter, public
relations director for Colorado-based MUFON, gave Examiner.com
an exclusive insight into the state of relations between the for-profit
BAASS organization, and MUFON, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization
that with approximately 2500 members in 50 states remains one of the
largest UFO organizations in the world. In the article below,
Examiner.com evaluates the future of this hybrid partnership for leading
edge UFO research into “cases
where physical effects of a UFO are reported or where ‘living beings’
are allegedly sighted or where ‘reality transformation’ is said to
occur.”
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