Welcome to the website of the British UFO Research Association, formed in 1962 and one of the oldest and consistently active research and investigation groups in the world.

Formed originally from an amalgamation of regional UFO societies and individuals, our subject encompasses history, archives, investigations and research and is well known across the U.K. and also internationally. BUFORA works with other organisations which share a similar ethos and approach to investigations and research. We seek the facts through a scientific and factually evaluative approach and our fully trained team of investigators are required to pass a thorough course in all types of sightings, whether it is lights in the sky, vehicle effects or high strangeness cases.

If you have a sighting report, please click on the banner to your left and we guarantee witness confidentiality in all cases. There is a selection of reports we have already completed recently to observe on these pages, in addition to 50 years of preserved printed magazines from when we first started over half a century ago.

BUFORA has recently returned to staging conferences in locations in the U.K. and recently held one in Newcastle entitled “UFOs-The Mysteries, Myths and Rumours” in 2011. Our next major conference will mark our 50^th Anniversary in Central London starting on the 22^nd September 2012.

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 A brief guide to the phenomena which answers many questions on this diverse subject can be found by exploring the investigations section and particularly the ‘guide to UFOs’ at the bottom of the page.

We have research specialists in many overlapping fields of study from specific cases or UFO effects, spirituality, media influence, the wider paranormal and crop circles. BUFORA prides itself on investigating in a scientifically factual approach in the research of the physics of the universe and how this effects time, traveling distances and other dimensions, chemistry and propulsion. Psychology and how cases can be influenced and affected by belief systems and wider agendas are explored.

Some cases have been published in our magazine archives and the more recent investigations are on our webpages. These are only released where the case witnesses give the appropriate level of confidentiality they are satisfied with.

If you like what you see here and you are interested in a balanced perspective in the investigations and research areas of this subject, please feel free to contact the team with a view to participation we positively encourage participation in the investigations course, although this is only compulsory if directly investigating cases that come into BUFORA. We also have members and associates that undertake many vital roles that do not require this course and they are involved in direct research of events, media, graphics and conference planning.

BUFORA welcomes guest articles from other investigators and researchers, which do not always have to strictly follow our own viewpoint and principals of research..