Bruce Maccabee

Section A · Photographic and optical analysis of sightings · 1942–

Bruce Maccabee

PhD optical physics (American University) · retired physicist, Naval Surface Warfare Center · founder of the Fund for UFO Research

Jacques Poulet, MUFON Symposium 1993 · CC-BY-SA 3.0

Biography

Optical physicist (PhD, American University) who worked for decades for the U.S. Navy at the Naval Surface Warfare Center on optical data processing, lasers and missile defense. Outside his government work he specialized in the technical analysis of sighting photographs and films, applying photometry and geometric reconstruction to rule out artifacts, reflections and forgeries. Co-founder of the Fund for UFO Research. He is the analyst who studied the film of the Kaikōura sighting (New Zealand, 1978) and the data from the Japan Air Lines 1628 encounter (1986).

Why they're here · 2 pieces

  1. 1979

    Análisis de la película de Kaikōura (Nueva Zelanda)

    Photometric study of the lights filmed from the cargo aircraft and of the radar records

  2. 1987

    Análisis del caso Japan Air Lines 1628

    Technical review of the radar/FAA data from the encounter over Alaska

Sources

Associated cases (2)

25Alaska, U.S..

JAL 1628· 1986

On 17 November 1986, the crew of Japan Airlines cargo flight 1628 followed two groups of…

1986S
59New Zealand.

Kaikōura Lights· 1978

Between 21 and 31 December 1978, cargo aircrews, Wellington controllers and an Australian…

1978S

Biography summarized from public sources, classified by section (A-F).