MUFON (Mutual UFO Network)
| MUFON | |
| Founded | 1969 (as the Midwest UFO Network); renamed the Mutual UFO Network in 1973 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit civilian UFO organization |
| Known for | Volunteer field investigators; case database; annual symposium |
| Founder | Walt Andrus and others |
| In PURSUE Release 07 | |
| Role | Subcontractor to BAASS for rapid-response case investigation (2009) |
| ActiveCivilian | |
MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network, is a U.S.-based, volunteer-driven organization that receives UFO sighting reports and sends field investigators to examine them. It appears extensively in the BAASS records released in PURSUE Release 07 as a paid contractor to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Bigelow Aerospace contract.[1]
MUFON and the BAASS contract
In November 2008 MUFON delivered five speculative research proposals for the contract’s technical areas (DOW-UAP-D166). In February 2009 BAASS bought a service from MUFON for rapid notification, investigation and collection of physical evidence. The April 2009 monthly report describes the dispatch system: volunteer dispatchers working four-hour shifts, cases graded in three categories, and deployment of a field team for recent, higher-graded cases. MUFON received 319 U.S. cases that month and deployed on three or four.[1]
The relationship soured. BAASS wrote that it had “concerns” about MUFON’s productivity in April 2009, cut MUFON’s monthly payment by June after finding MUFON spent about half of what it was given, and cut it again in autumn 2009 after an appraisal. The reports include roughly 80 pages of MUFON case summaries in a single monthly report.[1]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Department of War (2026). PURSUE Release 07 (Oct. 23, 2026): DOW-UAP-D166, D169, D170, D171, D173. war.gov/ufo.