Stanton T. Friedman received BS and MS degrees in Physics from University of Chicago in 1955 and 1956, where Carl Sagan was a classmate. He worked for fourteen years as a nuclear physicist for such companies as General Electric, General Motors, Westinghouse, TRW, Aerojet General Nucleonics, and McDonnell Doulglas on such advanced, highly classified, eventually canceled projects as nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets, and nuclear power plants for space.
Since 1967, Friedman has lectured on the topic of UFOs at more than 600 colleges and over 100 professional groups in 50 states, 9 Provinces,England, Italy, Germany, Holland, France, Finland, Brazil, Australia, Korea,Mexico, Turkey, Argentina, and Israel. Often referred to as the “Father of Roswell”, Stan was the first to investigate the incident beginning in 1978. He has been investigating UFO incidents since the mid 1950′s.
Kathleen Marden is a full time researcher, writer and lecturer. She is the author of two books (with Stanton T. Friedman), Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience and Science Was Wrong. Individually, she has written numerous magazine articles and professional papers and a chapter in the recently published book Exposed, Uncovered & Declassified: UFOs and Aliens. Her newest release Betty and Barney Hill: In Their Own Words (DVD) is available at her website.
As the niece of Betty and Barney Hill, the first documented alien abductees who stirred worldwide interest, Kathy has unique insight into not only the Hills’ close encounter and abduction, but also alien abduction in general.
Kathy has appeared on dozens of television and radio programs in the US, Canada and Europe, including the History Channel’s “UFO Hunters” and the Discovery channel, NH Chronicle, FOX News and Coast to Coast AM. Additionally, she has lectured at major UFO conferences throughout the United States and will appear in England this fall. Visit Kathy’s website for additional information at www.kathleen-marden.com
Richard Dolan is among the world’s most prominent UFO researchers, and is considered by many to be the world’s pre-eminent historian of the subject.
He is the author of two volumes of history, UFOs and the National Security State, as well as an analysis of the future, A.D. After Disclosure: The People’s Guide to Life After Contact. He has also appeared on many specials for The History Channel, SyFy, BBC, and elsewhere. In 2006, he was host for the TV series SciFi Investigates.
Richard’s writing is widely seen as ufology’s gold standard.
Jeff and Jess Finn are proud to premiere their flagship documentary feature, Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & The Exeter Encounter, at the 2011 Exeter UFO Festival.
The Finns’ production company, Z-Machine, was born of a shared passion for life’s mysteries and the gray areas of information that comprise those mysteries. Jeff is a writer and editor, Jess is a new media specialist and writer, and together, they are independent filmmakers.
Steve Firmani is founder and Director of MUFON New England, a joint effort to organize and merge the Mutual UFO Network’s New England state chapters in CT/RI/MA/NH/ME, and VT. Steve’s interest in ufology began at the age of 20 in the late 1960s as a passing hobby, and expanded into a 36-year relationship with the UFO Phenomena.
Over his career, Steve has investigated the full spectrum of case types as well as several abduction cases, including the Maryanne Schennefield case in Western Massachusetts. Steve has also worked closely with friend, Barry Greenwood, former MUFON colleague, and co-author of the book, Clear Intent, and editor of the UFO Historical Review. Steve has also served as New England SIP Coordinator for the MUFON project with Bigelow Aerospace Corporation, and was honored as Co-State Director of the Year at MUFON’s 2009 Symposium in Denver.
Master of Ceremonies
Tim Binnall is the host and producer of the critically acclaimed Binnall of America:Audio, one of the premiere podcasts in the paranormal genre.
Over the last five years, Binnall has interviewed a vast number of researchers, spanning a wide spectrum of disciplines and ranging from bonafide esoteric icons to up-and-coming future players in the paranormal milieu. A graduate of Syracuse University, he has written for Coast to Coast AM’s After Dark magazine, explored the Bridgewater Triangle, Nova Scotia’s infamous Oak Island, and San Diego’s haunted Whaley House.
Exeter UFO Festival’s Ambassador & Emissary of Goodwill
Peter Robbins has been involved in UFO studies for more than thirty years, as a researcher, investigator, writer, lecturer, activist and author. A regular fixture on radio shows throughout the country, he has also appeared as a guest on and been consultant to numerous television shows and documentaries. He is co-author – along with Larry Warren, of the British best-seller, Left at East Gate: A First-Hand Account of the Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident, Its Cover-Up and Investigation.
