UFORAN

History

Vladimir Godic published UFORAN bimonthly from PO Box 229, Prospect, South Australia 5082, with Pony Barenson as Assistant Editor. The journal was explicitly independent of any UFO organisation, though it shared its postal address with UFO Research Australia and drew from the same research network. Annual subscription was $15.00 Australian (surface mail overseas $18.00, airmail $30.00); single copies cost $3.00. The journal carried full copyright protection, with reproduction forbidden without publisher approval except for UFO organisations who could reprint with credit.

The Australian correspondent network comprised Keith Basterfield, Jeff Bell, Russell Boundy, Holly Goriss, Paul Jackson, Michael Barley, Don Ferguson, Cassandra Sowiak-Rudej, and Paul Sowiak-Rudej. International correspondents covered France (Jean Bastide), Italy (Massimo Greco), New Zealand (John Knapman), Romania (Tiberius Topor), Sweden (Goran Sundqvist), Switzerland (Yves Bosson), and the United Kingdom (David Rees). Jane Brooks handled space technology coverage.

The Volume 4 numbering suggests the journal had been running since approximately 1980. The editorial policy allowed contributors' views to stand independently of the magazine's position. The breadth of the correspondent network, spanning four continents and linking Australian field researchers to European and American counterparts, made UFORAN a genuine hub for international exchange at a time when such connections required deliberate effort and airmail postage.