I'm best known as a writer and researcher about UFOs, although I sometimes call them PFTs (pesky flying things). I do have degrees in astronomy and education, and my day job is as a science writer for a major university. Since grade school, I have been fascinated with the notion of extraterrestrial life and aliens and UFOs and all that stuff. During my first year in college, there was a significant UFO flap and I investigated out of interest. I wrote and published short articles about what I heard and about the people I interviewed, then was asked to write more. I soon found myself being calle more...