Carl Nally and Dermot Butler have been involved in the research and investigation of the paranormal for over two decades. From an early age, they both read extensively on various aspects of the subject, watched countless hours of paranormal-themed documentaries, etc. By the mid-1990s, they found themselves as committee members of a Dublin-based research group, which gave them access to a wealth of information from witnesses coming forward to tell of bizarre encounters they’d had with various unexplained phenomena. Ghosts, poltergeists and religious apparitions were reported to them on a regular basis. They were also aware of the vast amount of UFO incidents being reported globally, and of encounters, specifically, between pilots and unidentified flying objects. They founded their own organization, UPRI (UAP and Paranormal Research Ireland) in 1998.