Coral Lorenzen

Coral Lorenzen (died 1988), an American ufologist, co-founded the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) in 1952 with her husband Jim Lorenzen in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, after her personal UFO encounter. They relocated to Alamogordo, New Mexico (1954), where both worked at Holloman Air Force Base, forging ties with military and scientists, then to Tucson, Arizona (1960). APRO became a leading UFO group, emphasizing scientific investigations, publishing the APRO Bulletin, and attracting experts like James E. McDonald and James Harder, who testified before Congress in 1968. Unlike NICAP, APRO downplayed government cover-ups but explored occupant sightings. Coral authored key books: UFOs: The Whole Story (1969), Encounters with UFO Occupants (1976), Abducted! (1977). Jim died in 1986; APRO disbanded post-1988.