Conferences : The 60 years of UFOology in Quebec (1966-2026)
Ten years after the “Press Conference of 50 years of civil ufniology in Quebec” which took place on 8 October 2016, we will once again hold a commemorative event in honor of the investigations and research into UFO sightings and associated phenomena (abductions, missing times, imaginal experiences, etc.) which have been reported in Quebec.
Five speakers will discuss the incredible history and surprising achievements of civil UFOology in Quebec since 1966, date of publication of the first successful work, I've seen flying saucers Henri Bordeleau :
It is true that the first doctorate dedicated to a UFO subject was awarded by Laval University to Catherine Jolicoeur in 1963 (The Ghost Ship : etiological legend), but this thesis remained unknown to UFO researchers for more than fifty years…
Come rediscover the unsuspected history of the study of UFOs in Quebec !
Saturday 17 October 2026
13 h 00 – 18 h 00
Université Laval
Support the approaches and efforts aimed at recognizing rigorous investigations and scholarly research on the phenomena associated with UFO sightings and so-called extraordinary experiences. :
Purchase tickets : https://shop.garpan.ca/produit/conferences-les-soixante-ans-de-lovniologie-au-quebec-1966-2026/
Five speakers and deux présentations spéciales :
1.Conférence avec des extraits vidéos tirés des émissions d’Experimental esotericism (1976-2026)
par RICHARD GLENN
2. “Historiography of civil UFOology in Quebec (1966-2026) »
by YANN VADNAIS
3. « Les contributions des groupes ovniologiques du Québec au Canadian UFO Survey (1989-2025) »
par CHRIS RUTKOWSKI
4. Invité à confirmer.
5. Conférencier vedette : JEAN CASAULT
6. Présentation vidéo par GILLES THOMAS d’ODHTv.
7. Présentation technologique avec des vidéos authentiques
par JEAN-PIERRE ROY
We invite those interested to obtain their tickets in advance to facilitate the organization of the event.
*** The organizers emphasize that this event does not seek to “promote beliefs”, but rather to contribute to a coherent and rational discourse on the psycho-sociological phenomena affecting witnesses, on the discursive dynamics of the social reception of their testimonies and on the most mysterious cases of UFOs which resist any satisfactory explanation and which represent real scientific anomalies. The recommended approaches are therefore ethnography, anthropology, history and other human and social sciences likely to make intelligible the testimonies of unusual observations and imaginal experiences.
Memory of the press conference of
Fifty years of civil ufniology in Quebec (1966-2016)
organized by Yann Vadnais during the UFO Congress 601 (8 October 2016).
Commemorative poster
of Fifty years of civil ufniology in Quebec
celebrating the contributions of all UFO groups and independent investigators/researchers from Quebec.
The only comprehensive historical work about civil UFOology in Quebec.
A new updated edition, entitled Sixty years of civil ufniology in Quebec (1966-2026) :
Historiography and bibliography, will be available soon.
