UFO Sighter

History

Allen H. Greenfield published UFO Sighter quarterly from Atlanta, Georgia, beginning in 1965 and continuing through at least May 1970. The staff comprised Greenfield as editor, with Tadd Jach, Steve Erdmann, Michael Dillon, Rick Hilberg, and Dale Rettig. Cover art came from Glen Brock. The magazine quoted Senator Stuart Symington (Democrat, Missouri) on its masthead: "The public has sound reason for being confused about this. The public should be given all information which would not adversely affect our national security."

The content mixed sighting reports and case analysis with extensive community commentary. The letters section ran to several pages per issue, hosting substantive debates between figures like Steve Erdmann, Eugene Steinberg, and Lucius Farish over the effectiveness of NICAP, the X Group controversy, and the personalities shaping civilian research. Greenfield printed these exchanges uncut, preserving the internal arguments that shaped 1960s ufological politics in real time.

The magazine covered Dr. Frank E. Stranges (pastor of New Age Cathedral, Hollywood, California) and his lecture tours connecting UFOs to biblical scripture, the 1965 UFO Congress, and the Otis T. Carr "X-1" flying saucer affair (Carr's machine, constructed in Oklahoma City in 1959, never left the ground). Greenfield reproduced newspaper clippings alongside original reporting, building each issue from both primary investigation and press compilation.

Greenfield had contributed to Patrick A. Huyghe's UFO Commentary on "Directions for UFO Research in the 1970s," and his own publications preceded a long career that spanned ufology, occultism, and independent publishing through subsequent decades. He was already in the field by the late 1950s and remained active into the 2000s.