Tom VanFlandern

Biography:

Tom Van Flandern received his Ph.D. degree in Astronomy from Yale University. He spent 20 years at the U.S. Naval Observatory, where he became the Chief of the Celestial Mechanics Branch. In 1991, Tom formed Meta Research, to foster research into ideas not otherwise supported solely because they conflict with mainstream theories in Astronomy and he is also the editor of the Meta Research Bulletin.

During the past few years, he has been a Research Associate at the University of Maryland Physics Department and a consultant to the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, MD, working on improving the accuracy of the Global Positioning System (GPS). In addition, Tom organizes the Eclipse Edge Expeditions to optimal solar eclipse viewing sites. He has been honored by a prize from the Gravity Research Foundation; served on the Council of American Astronomical Society's Division on Dynamical Astronomy; taught astronomy at the University of South Florida and to Navy Department employees; and been a consultant to NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.

Past Shows:

	UFO Disclosure & Mars Theories
	Wednesday June 25, 2008

UFO disclosure was addressed by two guests.In the second hour, Disclosure Project witness Dan Willis shared his testimony that he presented at the 2001 conference. In 1969, he was a code operator and translated a coded message from a Navy ship off the coast of Alaska. Sailors reported seeing a bright glowing red elliptical object that shot off at around 7,000 mph, according to radar reports. Activist Stephen Bassett joined the show in third hour, noting that "something is in the works" with Brazil, France, UK, and Mexico, as well as the Vatican, positioning themselves for UFO disclosure. Serious news attention on UFOs is also on the rise-- the Jeff Peckman/Stan Romanek story in particular, received major coverage, he noted. Thelast hour featured 'Sound Off' Open Lines. ... More
Host: George Noory