UFO Encounter

History

UFO Research Queensland (UFORQ) was established in 1956, making it one of the oldest continuously operating civilian UFO research organisations in the Southern Hemisphere. By its 42nd year (2006/2007), the organisation published UFO Encounter as a bimonthly journal from PO Box 15222, City East, QLD 4002, with a website at www.uforq.asn.au. The committee comprised Sheryl Gottschall (Chairperson and Public Relations, phone 07 3376 1780), Gale King (Vice-Chairperson and Membership), Clinton Dodge (Secretary, Treasurer, and Book Sales), Patricia McDougall (Librarian), and committee members Tino Pezzimenti, Roy Kalecinski, and Glennys Mackay. Martin Gottschall handled sightings reports.

Issue 233 (December/January 2007) celebrated the organisation's 50th anniversary (1956 to 2006) and featured articles on Fatima, Blue Mountains sightings, and saucer nests. The publication maintained an open copyright policy: original articles could be reproduced with source and author acknowledgment, while external material required permission from the original author. Contributions went to the editor at the City East address or via email at info@uforq.asn.au.

The archive holds two issues (Numbers 233 and 237, from December/January and August/September 2007 respectively), representing only a tiny fraction of the journal's full run. Given fifty-one years of bimonthly publication, the complete run would number over 300 issues, making this one of the archive's most underrepresented collections relative to the publication's actual output.