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Ted Bloecher
317 East 83rd St., #5D New York, N.Y.
10028 (212) 879-3099
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Expertise:
Wave
of 1947, and Cat 7 (Humanoid Reports)
List of 11 Categories
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Brief Biography
Updated: 2005
Born: 1929. Ted Bloecher is best known in UFO
circles for his thorough compendium of
early-modern UFO cases, the Report on the UFO
Wave of 1947, and his investigations of
HUMANOID reports.
Bloecher
was born in 1929 in Summit, New Jersey, and
attended Columbia University, where he majored
in drama literature, with a minor in music. He
worked as a professional singer and theater
actor from the late 1950s to 1973. He has been
employed since 1975 as a computer data
processor for a retail store in New York City.
Bloecher
became actively interested in UFOs during the
summer of 1952. He was a founding member of
Civilian Saucer Intelligence, in New York
City, in January 1954, and served in the
research section of CSI with Isabel Davis and
Lex Mebane through the 1950s.
In the1960's, CSI became more directly
involved with NICAP, in Washington, D.C. In
1966 Isabel Davis joined the NICAP staff, and
in 1968, Bloecher also became a NICAP staff
member. That associated ended in 1969
with the gradual and unfortunate dissolution
of NICAP.
In the
1970's Bloecher continued his focus on
Humanoid reports, working closely with David
Webb. In 1975 he began an association in New
York with Budd Hopkins, and gradually became
involved with the abduction phenmomenon,
working closely with Hopkins and Dr. Aphrodite
Clamar, who conducted hypnotic regression
with various subjects.
Bloecher
retired from active UFO research and
investigation in the mid-1980's, and returned
once again to music, joining a New York men's
chorus with whom he sang for the next fifteen
years, appearing in such venues as Carnegie
Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and on other notable
New York concert stages. He worked at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1994 intil
he retired at the beginning of this year.
Bloecher's
publication credits include: coeditor and
writer (with Isabel Davis and Lex Mebane) of
the CSI Newsletter, from 1956 through 1959;
coeditor (with Davis and Mebane) of the
American editions of Aime MICHEL's books, The
Truth About Flying Saucers and Flying Saucers
and the Straight-Line Mystery (1956 and 1958
respectively); coauthor (with Davis and
Mebane) of the UFO series, "Shapes in
the Sky," published in Fantastic Universe,
bimonthly, between 1957 and 1959; author of
the Report on the UFO Wave of 1947 (privately
published in 1967); editor of the U. S. Air
Force Project Grudge and Blue Book Reports,
1951-1953 (NICAP, 1968); Close-Encounter at
Kelly, and Others of 1955 (coauthored with
Isabel Davis CUFOS, 1978), and The Humanoid
Catalog (with David Webb and Lex Mebane, 1979,
CENTER FOR UFO STUDIES.
POSITION
STATEMENT: There is presently, and has been
for some time past, a phenomenon occurring (or
perhaps several interrelated phenomena),
commonly referred to as the UFO phenomenon. It
operates on a level of near invisibility,
whereas those of us who have systematically
investigated and researched the case material
know it to be far more pervasive and complex
than is generally acknowledged.
What is
actually going on is still not clear to me,
but I am unwavering in my conviction that it
is important enough for us to press our
inquiries into the matter with dedication,
objectivity, and a certain degree of
skepticism. Whatever it is that is happening
shows no sign of going away and, indeed, may
even have significant implications for the
future of the human race.
Is
currently working with Francis Ridge, Site
Coordinator for the NICAP Web Site, on the
updated chronology for 1947, "The 1947 UFO
Sighting Wave".
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Sample of papers published
Report
on the UFO Wave of 1947 (1967)
Editor, USAF Project Grudge and Blue Book Reports,
1951-1953 (NICAP, 1968)
Close-Encounter at Kelly (coauthored with Isabel Davis
CUFOS, 1978)
The Humanoid Catalog (with David Webb and Lex Mebane,
1979, CENTER FOR UFO STUDIES
Bloecher, Hopkins and Clamar: Final Report on the
Psychological Testing of UFO 'Abductees,'(Fund for UFO
Research, 1985)
Email
Address & Web Site Information
The 1947 Sighting
Wave
Email Address:
TedBloecher@aol.com
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