MUFON (Mutual UFO Network).
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Largest extant civilian UFO investigative group (founded 1969); grassroots field-investigator network with 140,000+ case reports, recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest of its kind.
Founded May 31, 1969 in Quincy, Illinois as the Midwest UFO Network by Allen Utke, Walt Andrus, John Schuessler and others who split from APRO over its centralized structure; renamed Mutual UFO Network in 1973 as it expanded. Publishes the monthly 'MUFON UFO Journal', runs a Field Investigator's Manual + exam, and partnered with CUFOS in 1974. Now Cincinnati-based, 4,000+ members, 140,000+ reports. The network and its database are DOCUMENTED; it has been criticized for drifting into pseudoscience/exopolitics and for governance scandals (e.g., 2020 arrest of director Jan Harzan). Its case interpretations/ET leanings are CLAIM.