Ufology Notebook

History

Allen H. Greenfield edited Ufology Notebook (abbreviated UN) from 1399 deBeers Drive, No. 6, Tampa, Florida 33612. The publication carried no exchange copies with other newsletters (an unusual refusal in the UFO publishing world where trade subscriptions were standard practice) but invited letters of comment, all of which were considered for publication. By Volume 3, Number 5, Greenfield had shifted policy to printing letters in full rather than extracted, responding to criticism from ufologist Lucius Farish that edited extracts inevitably distorted correspondents' views.

The journal opened with an epigraph from Robert Masters: "It is my belief that the researcher investigating extraordinary phenomena must be willing to pass into the traditional domains of religion, mysticism and the mysteries, art, mythology, magic, and the occult." This declared the publication's position plainly. Greenfield was interested in the borderlands between ufology and the esoteric, and Ufology Notebook was where he worked those connections out in public.

The letters section contained substantive material: Gilbert J. Ziemba (former editor of the National UFO Newsletter) reported filing a million-dollar civil lawsuit against named Illinois state officials. Correspondents debated cases, methodology, and the direction of the field. Greenfield printed these exchanges at length, making the journal function as a slow-motion conversation between researchers scattered across the country.

The archive holds three issues (Volume 3, Numbers 5 and 6; Volume 4, Number 1), suggesting the publication began around 1975 or 1976. Greenfield was simultaneously involved with other publications during this period, including UFO Sighter (which ran from 1965 to 1970 in Atlanta) and later ventures. The Tampa address marks his relocation from Georgia.