UFORM
Encyclopedia
UFORM is a UFO research organization founded in 1995 and based in Brierley Hill
, West Midlands
, UK. The group has around 80 active members who take part in regular "sky-watches" on Hartlebury Common
near Stourport-on-Severn
during the summer months which are organised by founding member Yvonne South and current chairman Steve Poole. The group previously promoted lectures on the subject of UFO's and similar related matters, however since 2008 have focused on investigation of the phenomena.
Monthly lecutures were usually held at locations in and around the Stourbridge area (The Mitre Public House and more recently The Royal Oak Public House) which focused in and around the subject area of ufology. UFORM have previously hosted nights with a wide variety of prominent speakers including Nick Pope
, the late Georgina Bruni
, Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe
, Timothy Good (who attended the UFORM 10th anniversary seminar) and Walsall
born Nick Redfern
.
As well as obtaining and investigating local UFO reports, they have also expressed a strong interest in a famous local sighting at RAF Cosford
in Shropshire
which was reported in December 1963.
The group also hold an extensive library of ufology literature, audio and video for members use.
Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill is a town and electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England. It is one of the larger Black Country towns with a population of 9,631 and is heavily industrialised, best known for glass and steel manufacturing, although the industry has declined...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, UK. The group has around 80 active members who take part in regular "sky-watches" on Hartlebury Common
Hartlebury Common
Hartlebury Common is an area of lowland heath in north Worcestershire, England, situated just outside the town of Stourport-on-Severn. It covers an area of 90 hectares...
near Stourport-on-Severn
Stourport-on-Severn
Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of North Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the south of Kidderminster and down stream on the River Severn from Bewdley...
during the summer months which are organised by founding member Yvonne South and current chairman Steve Poole. The group previously promoted lectures on the subject of UFO's and similar related matters, however since 2008 have focused on investigation of the phenomena.
Monthly lecutures were usually held at locations in and around the Stourbridge area (The Mitre Public House and more recently The Royal Oak Public House) which focused in and around the subject area of ufology. UFORM have previously hosted nights with a wide variety of prominent speakers including Nick Pope
Nick Pope
Nick Pope worked for 21 years at the British Government's Ministry of Defence from 1985 to 2006. He is best-known for a job that he did from 1991 to 1994, where his duties included investigating reports of UFO sightings, to see if they had any defence significance...
, the late Georgina Bruni
Georgina Bruni
Georgina Bruni was a British-born businesswoman and a UFO researcher best known for her book on the Rendlesham Forest incident, You Can't Tell the People...
, Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe
Lionel Fanthorpe
The Reverend Robert Lionel Fanthorpe is a British priest and entertainer, and has at various times worked as a journalist, teacher, television presenter, author and lecturer...
, Timothy Good (who attended the UFORM 10th anniversary seminar) and Walsall
Walsall
Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...
born Nick Redfern
Nick Redfern
Nicholas "Nick" Redfern born 1964 in Pelsall, Walsall, Staffordshire is a British best-selling author, Ufologist and Cryptozoologist now living in Dallas, Texas, U.S.....
.
As well as obtaining and investigating local UFO reports, they have also expressed a strong interest in a famous local sighting at RAF Cosford
RAF Cosford
RAF Cosford is a Royal Air Force station in Cosford, Shropshire, just to the northwest of Wolverhampton and next to Albrighton.-History:...
in Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
which was reported in December 1963.
The group also hold an extensive library of ufology literature, audio and video for members use.