July Program: UFOs –Fact and Fiction
July 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Monday July 21, 2025
Doors Open at 6:30 pm
Come early and enjoy the complimentary refreshments, activities and guests.
7-8:30 pm
HR Southridge Auditorium
4800 McArthur Ranch Rd. Highlands Ranch
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Dr. Van Arsdale will be selling and signing his books before and after the presentation.
We will explore early historical accounts, since the 17th century, of presumed and fantastical other-worldly beings; the 1924 U.S. attempt to receive signals from Mars; the 1947 incident at Roswell which shaped modern UFO mythology; the “Snippy the Horse” mutilation case; and the legacy of Dr. J. Allen Hynek (“Close Encounters of the Third Kind”).
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Peter W. Van Arsdale, Ph.D., worked on the nationally renowned “Clearview Contact Case” from Colorado and the U.S. Air Force’s Project Blue Book UFO investigation. Contemporary UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) also will be discussed.
Dr. Van Arsdale retired as director of African Initiatives at the University of Denver and the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, where he also served as Senior Lecturer. An applied cultural anthropologist, he has worked in E. Africa, S.E. Asia, the Balkans, Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America, emphasizing community water resources, human rights, refugee resettlement, and humanitarian intervention.
Peter has investigated UFOs from an anthropological/psychological perspective as a scientific hobby for nearly 60 years. He is the author of Encounters: 50 Fascinating Strangers from My Life on the Road and a Fellow of the Explorers Club. He currently is an Affiliate Faculty member (pro bono) at Regis University.
Book signing prior and after the program. Cash or check only. Book includes a chapter pertaining to the Clearview case.
