Francis L. Ridge
NICAP Site Coord.
DOB: 10/13/42
Mr. Ridge is an experienced and respected researcher and investigator involved in serious study of the UFO phenomena officially since 1960. Starting out as head of the seven- man NICAP Subcommittee (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena) in Indiana in 1960 (which was one of the rapid response teams used by the University of Colorado UFO Project in 1968) , he became Indiana's MUFON State Director and FI for the Center for UFO Studies in 1989. Ridge has investigated hundreds of cases. His computer database lists over 4,000 entries for the region covering Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky & Tennessee. He operated and directed the MADAR Project (UFO detection) from 1970 to 1995. As head of The Indiana Group he also was in charge of Indiana's Rapid Deployment Team of over 30 FIs. In 1994 he wrote a book describing his efforts, "Regional Encounters: The FC Files".
Statement of Position on UFOs:
"There is no doubt that most UFOs are actually IFOs. For the subset
of events that cannot be explained, there is a group of sightings that
demonstrates solid objects under intelligent control. I am
convinced that these objects are somebody else's craft. Although I
cannot prove that the intelligence behind the phenomena is ET in
nature, I consider the ETH to be the least unlikely. I also feel that
there is a nuclear connection (or one that indicates a cause and effect
relationship with serious world events that could lead to a nuclear
threat) and that the evidence in the form of military sightings
indicates an overt military-type operation in the first phase, followed
by a covert abduction phase."
Always very interested in Astronomy, he began a serious study of the Moon and LTPs with The Lunascan Project (TLP) in September, 1995. The Lunascan Project is an EBTI (Earth-Based Telescopic Imaging) program using live and recorded CCD technology to document LTPs (Lunar Transient Phenomena). The Project now lists hundreds of members, has a Mailing List, and a web site at:
Mr. Ridge is also the Site Coordinator for the NICAP web site. On January 1, 1998 he began official work on InterLink:UFO, which a month later became the NICAP InterLink:UFO web site, a major special evidence cataloging project for internet use.
Mr. Ridge and his wife, Carolyn, live near Evansville, Indiana, in a little town called Mt. Vernon. They have three sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
Mailing Address:
Francis Ridge
618 Davis Drive
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
Email:
nicap@insightbb.com
Phone:
(812) 838-3120
UFOlogical Resume:
1958-1960 - Director, CRUFO (Civilian Research: Unidentified Flying
Objects)
1960-1972 - Subcommittee Chairman, Indiana Unit #1, NICAP (National
Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena)
1970-1995 - Director, UFO Filter Center, MADAR research project
(Multiple
Anomaly Detection & Recording)
1972-1986 - State Section Director, MUFON (Mutual UFO Network)
1986-1995 - State Director, MUFON, The Indiana Group
1989-Pres - Field Investigator, CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies)
1995-Pres - Coordinator, The Lunascan Project
1998 -
Coordinator, NICAP InterLink:UFO
Publications:
1973-1986 - Monthly Status Report - Sent to law enforcement
officers, news media and
airport control tower in tri-county region
1986-1996 - Monthly, Newsletter, MUFON Indiana
Monthly, UFO Intelligence Newsletter
1994 -
Book, "Regional Encounters: The FC Files"