Bruce spent his early year in Rutland, Vt.
After high school he studied physics at Worcester Polytechnic
Institute in Worcester, Mass (B.S. in physics) and then at The
American University, Washington, DC (M.S. and Ph. D. in
physics). In 1972 commenced his long career at the Naval
Surface Warfare Center, presently headquartered at Dahlgren, Virginia.
He has worked on optical data processing, generation of underwater
sound with lasers and various aspects of the Strategic Defense
Initiative (SDI) and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) using high
power lasers. Bruce Maccabee has been active in UFO research
since late 1960s when he joined the National Investigations Committee
on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) and was active in research and investigation
for NICAP until its demise in 1980. He became a member of MUFON
in 1975 and was subequently appointed to the position of state
Director for Maryland, a position he still holds. In 1979
he was instrumental in establishing the Fund for UFO Research
and was the chairman for the about 13 years. He presently
serves on the National Board of the Fund.
His UFO research and investigations (which are completely unrelated
to his Navy work) have included the Kenneth Arnold sighting (Jun
24, 1947), the McMinnville, Oregon (Trent) photos of 1950, the
Gemini 11 astronaut photos of September, 1966, the New Zealand
sightings of December, 1978, the Japan Airlines (JAL1628) sighting
of November 1986, the numerous sightings of Ed Walters and others
in Gulf Breeze, Florida, 1987 - 1988, the "red bubba"
sightings,1990-1992 (including his own sighting in September,
1991), the Mexico City video of August, 1997, the Phoenix lights
sightings of March 13, 1997 at 10 PM, the Mexican Air Force case
of March, 2004, the Iran Jet Case of Sept. 1976 and many others.
He has also done historical research and was the first to obtain
the "flying disc file" of the FBI (the REAL X-Files!).
Dr. Maccabee is the author or coauthor of about three dozen
technical articles and more than a hundred UFO articles over the
last 25 years, including many which appeared in the MUFON Journal
and MUFON Symposium proceedings. He wrote the last chapter
of "The Gulf Breeze Sightings" by Edward and Frances
Walters (Morrow, 1990). He wrote the UFO history chapter of the
book "UFOs: Zeugen und Zeichen," published in
Germany in 1995. He is co-author with Edward Walters of "UFOs
Are Real, Here's The Proof," (Avon Books, 1997), he is the
author of "The UFO/FBI Connection" (Llewellyn
Books, May, 2000) and he is the author of novel, "Abduction
in My Life," (November, 2000). He
is listed in Who's Who in Technology Today and American Men and
Women of Science an he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows
and documentaries.
Bruce is an accomplished pianist and organist who performed
at the 1997 and 1999 MUFON symposia. He lives in Frederick
County, Maryland.
SOME RECENT ARTICLES
Maccabee, B., "Strong Magnetic Field Detected Following a Sighting of and Unidentified Flying Object," Journal of Scientific Exporation 8, 347 (1994)
Maccabee, B. "Phoenix Lights Revisited," MUFON Journal, Feb. 1999
Maccabee, B. "Immediate High ALert: The Mystery of December 6, 1960," Proceedings of the 1999 MUFON International Symposium. (this latter is the 100th published research paper on UFOs)
Maccabee, B. "Optical Power Output of an Unidentified High Altitude Light Source," published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol 13, #2,1999
Maccabee, B., "Atmosphere or UFO," published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration Vol 13, #3, 1999
Maccabee, B., "Prosaic Explanations, the Failure of UFO Skepticism," published in Infinite Energy Magazine, Issue #29, 2000; complete version in the Proceedings of the International MUFON Symposium, 2000
SOME MEDIA APPEARANCES
Dr. Maccabee has been interviewed by print, radio and TV media
numerous times since 1978. He has also appeared in a number
of documentaries. Here are some of the more recent:
A Current Affair TV show, April 1992
Unsolved Mysteries (Guardian case), Feb. 1993
Fred Fiske Radio Show on National Public Radio (Feb. 93 repeated twice during the year)
Sonya Live on CNN, July, 1993
WHAG Radio in Hagerstown (12 appearances as of summer 1996)
Area 2000 Radio Show (Art Bell) in Las Vegas (summer 1993)
WHPK in Chicago (Oct., 1993)
Encounters TV Show (Feb. 1994)
Dreamland Radio Show (June, 1994)
Central TV in London (interviewed, summer, 1994)
Sightings (Sep. 1994)
Kiviat-Green productions - Aug., 1995
Italian TV interview in San Marino (Sept., 1995)
A&E TV documentary, Where are all the UFOs , shown April, 1996
Four Point Productions for the Learning Channel
FOX TV Special on Aliens landing (INDEPENDENCE DAY MOVIE TIE-IN)
NIGHTLINE TV show, July 16, 1996
Transmedia Productions of Paramount House, London, first shown in the fall 1996
London Weekend Television , shown in the fall,1996
Discovery Channel, UFOS DOWN TO EARTH ,Dec. 1996
Sightings, January, 1997
Fox TV Best Video Evidence , August, 1997
The "Zoh Show" and 20th Century Radio with Zoh and Bob Heironimus on WCBM radio in Baltimore numerous times, 1997-1998
The John Koon Radio Show, Radio South Africa, Dec. 1997
Twentieth Century Radio with Bob Heironimus, March, 1999
Top Ten Unexplained Mysteries, The Learning Channel, Jan. 2000
The Julie Briggs Show on WMTR Radio, January, 2000
The Tex-Files TV show of Fox4 News, February, 2000
Fox TV "Best Video Evidence, Part 2," May, 2000
Mike Seigel Show, June, 2000
Radio 630CHED, Edmonton, Alberta, July, 2000
CBS TV affiliate, Edmonton Alberta, July, 2000
SPEAKER AT RECENT CONFERENCES
He has spoken at many conferences over the last 25 years.
Here are some of the more recent.
Prince Georges Community College,
FUFOR Symposium, Aug. 1996
REAL X FILES Conference, Dusseldorf, Germany, Feb. 1997
Hakui (Japan) Space and UFO Museum Conference, March, 1997
Maryland MUFON Symp in Bethesda, May 1997
MUFON International Symposium, Grand Rapid, MI, July,1997
National UFO Conference, Springfield, OH, Sept. 1997
Omega UFO Conference, North Haven, CT Oct. 1997
Baltimore Whole Life Expo, March, 1998
Mid Atlantic MUFON Conference, May, 1998
New Hampshire UFO Conference, Sept. 1998
First International Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 1999
Third International UFO Conference in Santiago, Chile, April,1999
International Symposium of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), July,1999
Mid-Atlantic MUFON Symposium, May, 2000
Intruders Foundation Symposium, New York City, May, 2000
UFO2000, St,. Paul, Alberta, Canada, July 2000
MUFON International Symposium. July, 2000
FOR MORE RECENT ACTIVITY SEE THE FULL BIOGRAPHY LINK AT THE
