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Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos / FOTOCAT

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👤 Person🔍 Researcher🇪🇸 ESSince 1966🔗 Visit Website
Methodology
9/10
Transparency
9/10
Institutional
4/10
Peer Review
8/10
Track Record
10/10
Fact vs. Spec.
9/10
Self-Correction
8/10

The CRED-7 framework evaluates sources across seven criteria: Methodology (20%), Transparency (20%), Institutional Affiliation (15%), Peer Review (15%), Track Record (10%), Fact/Speculation (10%), and Self-Correction (10%).

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Description

Active UFO researcher from Valencia since 1966. Curator of the FOTOCAT database (the most comprehensive collection of UFO photos worldwide). Publishes in Scientific American. Skeptical-analytical approach. Scientific gold standard in photo analysis.

Biography

Timeline

Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, born in 1948 in Valencia, Spain, is a pioneering Spanish ufologist who has investigated UFO phenomena since 1966. He founded and chaired CEONI (1968-1973), the first UFO organization on a Spanish university campus, and served as Director of Investigations at Centro de Estudios Interplanetarios (1992-1999) and Vice-president and Research Director of Fundación Anomalía (1997-2004). A key figure in declassifying Spanish Air Force UFO files (1992-1999) through collaboration with military intelligence, he received the 1983 Alvin Lawson Award with John Schuessler for advancing scientific UFO comprehension and a 1982 Fund for UFO Research scholarship. Member of MUFON, CUFOS, SSE, and Euro UFO Network steering committee, he has lectured internationally and maintains an extensive UFO bibliography from 1965-2022.

Focus Areas

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