Paraufologist

History

The Paraufologist was published during the 1970s by Allen H. Greenfield, one of the most prolific publishers in American ufology. The periodical carried editorials (including "Decline and Fall, Tra-La"), articles on the current status of psychic research, and practical guides such as "A Suggestion for a Crash-Course in the UFO Problem." Greenfield used the publication to bridge ufology with parapsychology and psychic research, reflecting the growing interest in connecting these fields during the 1970s.

Greenfield was based in Atlanta and ran multiple small-press operations simultaneously. His editorial sensibility was combative and literary, more interested in intellectual argument than in cataloguing sighting reports. The title itself declared his position: "paraufologist" signalled that the UFO problem sat within a larger framework of anomalous phenomena, and that separating ufology from psychic research was an arbitrary division that obscured the real questions.