Case file · Disclosure & CE-5
Peter A. Sturrock
British-American Stanford physicist (1924–2024), an authority on plasma and solar physics, who pushed for scientific study of UFOs.
1975 CE · 37.43, -122.17 · status: account
The account
Sturrock surveyed members of the AIAA (1973) and the American Astronomical Society (1975) about UFOs, finding many open to further study. He helped found the Society for Scientific Exploration in 1982 and in 1998 organised a panel to review physical evidence, published as 'The UFO Enigma' (2000).
The sceptical view
His panel found the evidence for alien visitation inconclusive; the Society for Scientific Exploration's journal has been criticised for promoting fringe science.