Chris Rutkowski

Biography

Canadian science writer and educator, trained in astronomy, who has studied the phenomenon since the mid-1970s with a markedly statistical and documentary approach. Since 1989 he has run, through Ufology Research (UFOROM, Manitoba), the Canadian UFO Survey, an annual census that gathers and analyzes all the country's reports and already documents more than 22,000 sightings —one of the longest and most systematic data series in the world. He has published in peer-reviewed journals and is the author of ten books, among them 'Canada's UFOs: Declassified' (2021). He effectively serves as the civilian point of contact to whom Canadian military reports are usually referred: his value lies not in asserting, but in counting, classifying and filtering.