Yesterday was the second meeting of the newly formed Central Indiana Chapter of MUFON. I began to realized about three years ago that I had to start one for a simple reason. There are only a little more than a dozen field investigators in Indiana and there is only one in central Indiana, me. I didn't think it would be difficult to recruit new investigators from the potential members of the chapter. People who join MUFON almost always join because they want to take part in the mission of MUFON, to solve the great mystery of UFOs. And several of the people who have attended both meetings have expressed interest in passing the field investigators test.
Becoming a field investigator isn't difficult. The hardest part for most people seems to be buying the Field Investigators Manual available from the MUFON web site, now $50 plus shipping . The field investigators test can be taken at home with an open book and can take as long as you like or be challenged as many times as you need. If an investigator candidate did pretty well in high school general science, he or she will do well. If the candidate really enjoyed the physics classes it will be a breeze.
I plan to do presentations on subjects in the manual at each meeting. Other field investigators will also instruct. I also plan to take small groups on actual field investigators. The problem with this is that most UFO reports are sightings of flybys. A phone call interview is sufficient and the price of gas tends to restrict us to what is sufficient.
Right now I have six pending cases and three more sitting on the back burner. I have three witnesses to interview. A little help would be nice.
Information on the time and location of each meeting is published on the Indiana MUFON web site. The next one is in June.
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