AudioBlog: Robert Gribble and the National UFO Reporting Center

When the subject of UFO databases comes up, the National UFO
Reporting Center is usually mentioned along with the name of its
seemingly tireless director, Peter Davenport. What many may not
know is who it was that got it started.Washington State MUFON
Director Maurene Morgan wrote an article titled “The
Early Years of NUFORC – Bob Gribble and Wendy Connor,” which was
published in the November 2021 Washington MUFON
Newsletter. According to Morgan, Bob Gribble, a Seattle
Firefighter, became fascinated by UFOs in 1954 when he read an
article in True magazine. This could have been
the article in the May 1954 issue titled, “What Our Air
Force Found Out About UFOs,” written by Edward J. Ruppelt, the
first director of Project Blue Book. Read more