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What is MICAP?
MICAP is the acronym for the Multi-national Investigations
Cooperative on Aerial Phenomena, a new international organization
dedicated to promoting focused, responsible scientific research
on unidentified aerial anomalies. This announcement briefly
outlines MICAP's goals and long-range plans. Founded in 1991,
MICAP is an outgrowth of the world-renowed ParaNet Information
Service, an international electronic news-gathering and news-
distribution network. For five years ParaNet has provided a link
between UFO "hobbyists" and the world's leading UFOlogists.
Additionally, ParaNet has become an invaluable research tool,
unparalleled anywhere else. Now MICAP has been founded to enhance
and coordinate the research efforts already being carried on in
this field by investigators and organizations around the world.
Over the last forty years, a great deal of UFO research has been
conducted at the local level by independent UFO organizations,
and there have been occasional attempts to bring these efforts
together on the national level both in the United States and
elsewhere. However, in all that time far too little progress has
been made toward gaining an understanding of what these anomalies
represent -- in part because the UFO problem is global in nature.
There has also been far too much rivalry among the various UFO
organizations, which has often resulted in duplication of effort,
monumental egotism, and all the other ills for which UFOlogy is
just infamous. Clearly there is a need for a cooperative, global
effort directed toward UFO research. MICAP is designed to answer
that need. MICAP is not a UFO club. It is a scientific-based
organization founded on scientific methodology, and is intended
solely for discovering facts rather than for propagating
religious, philosophical, or political convictions. We are under
no illusion that we already know the answers; the first step,
indeed, is to achieve a better understanding of what the
questions are. Furthermore, MICAP is not intended to replace or
compete with existing UFO organizations. Rather, its goal is to
establish cooperative working relationships with other
organizations in order to help them achieve a greater
understanding of the complexity of the UFO enigma. MICAP is
designed to function as the "United Nations" of the UFO research
community and it's goals will be pursued by four strategies:
standards-based scientific investigation; global data collection;
public education; and active, trained membership.
Standards-based Scientific Investigation
MICAP will work with the scientific community to establish sound
and accepted principles and standards by which the UFO phenomenon
can be investigated; these will be designed by veteran
investigators within UFOlogy and by responsible scientists from
other disciplines. Every effort will be made to assure that
collected data is of the highest quality, and field investigators
will be selected and trained using the most stringent practicable
criteria. In addition, formal oversight committees will be
formed to assure compliance with investigatory standards, and
will be staffed by representatives of existing research groups
which are affiliated with MICAP. These measures will, we hope,
allow MICAP to bridge the gap that currently exists between
scientific UFOlogy and the rest of the scientific community.
Global Data Collection
One of MICAP's first efforts will include the establishment of a
central clearinghouse for data culled from independent local and
international sources. This information will then be combined in
a global computer database which can be accessed by authorized
researchers from around the world.
Public Education
The public often has a gross misunderstanding of what the UFO
phenomenon represents, based on media hype, rank speculation, and
deliberate disinformation. MICAP will strive to replace the
mythology surrounding UFOs with verifiable facts based on
scientific investigation. This will be accomplished through
positive and aggressive public education in the media, through
its own publications, and through classroom curricula developed
in conjunction with professional educators.
Active, Trained Membership
For its membership, MICAP is seeking concerned men and women from
around the world who are seriously interested in unlocking the
secrets behind the UFO phenomenon. MICAP members, unlike any
other UFO organizations, will play active roles in the pursuit of
organizational goals; they are not restricted simply to the
financial support of the organization. Instead, they will have
the opportunity to actively participate in the investigation and
collection of data if they wish. Members will benefit from
MICAP's educational efforts, as well as access to the largest,
most sophisticated network of UFO investigators in the world. In
order to assure that all members are serious about their
involvement and well qualified in the areas to which they wish to
contribute, membership is by application only.
Your contribution of $30.00 per year includes a subscription to
CONTINUUM, ParaNet's official quarterly newsletter.
Other benefits for MICAP members:
Discounts to MICAP Special Events
Bulletin Board/ParaNet Access
Opportunity to meet top experts/researchers in the field
Education for Field Investigators
Workshops/Seminars/Discussion Groups
Networking
Public Education
Subscription to CONTINUUM Newsletter
Discount subscription to UFO Magazine
For More Information
To receive additional information on MICAP or an application for
MICAP membership, write to:
MICAP
P.O. Box 172
Wheat Ridge, CO 80034-0172
303-429-2654 voice
303-429-2713 data
303-933-7179 data
--
Michael Corbin - via ParaNet node 1:104/422
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: Michael.Corbin@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG
From: Michael.Corbin@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Corbin)
Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
Subject: MICAP Application
Message-ID: <594.2B9BFF68@paranet.FIDONET.ORG>
Date: 9 Mar 93 01:04:05 GMT
Sender: ufgate@paranet.FIDONET.ORG (newsout1.26)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:104/428.0 - <ParaNet(sm) , Arvada CO
Lines: 102
* Forwarded from "ParaNet UFO Echo"
* Originally by Michael Corbin
* Originally to All
* Originally dated 8 Mar 1993, 18:04
MICAP
P.O. Box 172
Wheat Ridge, CO 80034-0172
303-429-2654
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
PERSONAL DATA
NAME:____________________________________________________
ADDRESS:_________________________________________________
CITY:_________________________STATE:_____________________
POSTAL CODE:__________________COUNTRY:___________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: (include country code if outside US)
HOME:________________________BUSINESS:___________________
DATE OF BIRTH: / / AGE:____ SEX:_______________
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
ARE YOU CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF ANY ORGANIZATION OR CLUB:_______
IF SO, PLEASE LIST THEM:______________________________________
______________________________________________________________
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS A UFO?________________
IF SO, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING DATE AND TIME:
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
HAVE YOU OR ARE YOU CURRENTLY SERVIING THE US GOVERNMENT OR THE
MILITARY?________ IF SO, WHAT BRANCH AND RANK?________________
HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD AN INTEREST IN UFOS?____________________
SECTION II
PLEASE COMPLETE THIS SECTION FOR LEVEL TWO OR HIGHER AND ATTACH A
RESUME TO THIS APPLICATION IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN
ACTIVE INVESTIGATOR OR RESEARCHER WITH MICAP.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATOR/RESEARCHER
OR CONTRIBUTOR OF OUR ORGANIZATION?___________________________
WHAT AREAS OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING DO YOU HAVE APPLICABLE TO OUR
INTEREST?_____________________________________________________
DO YOU OWN A COMPUTER AND A MODEM?____________________________
IF SO, PLEASE LIST THE TYPE OF COMPUTER AND BAUD RATE OF THE
MODEM:________________________________________________________
PLEASE INDICATE BELOW THE AREAS THAT YOU FEEL YOU WOULD BEST BE
SUITED:
STATE DIRECTOR:______ STATE ZONE DIRECTOR:______
STATE EDUCATION DIRECTOR:________ INVESTIGATOR:_____________
ARCHIVIST:__________ TRANSLATOR:_______________
OTHER NOT LISTED:_______________________________________________
I hereby apply for membership in MICAP, Inc. I understand that
this application and information contained herein will be kept
confidential. I further understand that MICAP may verify
whatever information that I include in the application.
DATE:_______________Signed:_____________________________________
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF MICAP!
Please enclose your personal check in the amount of $30.00 and
mail to the address listed at the top of this application.
--
Michael Corbin - via ParaNet node 1:104/422
UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
INTERNET: Michael.Corbin@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG