THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF OFFICIAL UFO MAGAZINE: The Best Articles from the First Six Issues of OFFICIAL UFO Paperback – December 7, 2025

Rediscover the Golden Age of UFO Research: Exactly as It Happened.Launched nationwide in 1975, at the height of America’s biggest UFO wave, Official UFO quickly became the premier newsstand publication for serious investigators. It wasn’t a tabloid curiosity. It was a field guide, a research hub, a battleground of ideas, and a rallying point for the top UFO researchers of the era. These pages capture the peak of the 1970s UFO wave: astonishing sightings, close encounters, abductions, occupant reports, and on-the-ground investigations by the field’s most respected scientific investigators.Now, for the first time in 50 years, founding editor Bernard O’Connor, the original guiding voice behind the magazine, has restored and curated the best articles from his groundbreaking, magazine, Official UFO. These articles have been digitally scanned and fully remastered for clarity and readability, and collected in this definitive archival anniversary edition.This book is presented as both a historical archive and a personal remembrance of the dedicated UFO investigators of the Golden Age. Many have passed on. Many are forgotten. But their work, and influence, live on in these pages.The many contributors to OFFICIAL UFO reads like the Who’s Who of Ufology. These included: Coral and Jim Lorenzen, Maj. Colman Von Keviczky (Ret.), Dick RuhlEarl Neff, Gene Steinberg, Hayden C. Hewes, James E. Oberg, Kevin D. Randle, Philip KlassRaymond Fowler, Richard H. Hall, Wendelle C. Stevens, Vincent Gaddis, and many, many more.Official UFO magazine respected all the many viewpoints of Ufology, and all articles were carefully vetted to ensure accuracy and authenticity. It showcased the writings of the “True Believer,” the “Middle of the Roader," and the “Ardent Skeptic.”For Serious Students of UFO HistoryIf you study the phenomenon’s history, this volume is essential. It reveals how Ufology evolved. And before “UAP” entered the vocabulary, and before “whistleblowers” were all the rage. This book captures a moment when discovery felt immediate, when information arrived through magazines and newsletters, and when investigators worked with boots on the ground, not behind screens. For historians, investigators, and anyone fascinated by the roots of UFO study, this volume offers a rare, authentic time capsule from Ufology’s most important era.GET READY TO STEP BACK INTO 1975.With the magazine that defined a generation of UFO research: OFFICIAL UFO.PLUS: AS A BONUS:Today’s top UFO Experts answer the most important question facing modern Ufologists:Where does Ufology stand today? Read more