Vernon Bowen was an author and attorney who engaged deeply with the UFO phenomenon during the critical formative years of the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for compiling a massive manuscript titled 'An Encyclopedia of Flying Saucers,' which sought to meticulously catalog the burgeoning phenomenon. Bowen's key contribution was his decision to submit this exhaustive research directly to the United States government for review in 1960, highlighting early civilian attempts to interfa
Vernon Bowen was an author and attorney who engaged deeply with the UFO phenomenon during the critical formative years of the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for compiling a massive manuscript titled 'An Encyclopedia of Flying Saucers,' which sought to meticulously catalog the burgeoning phenomenon. Bowen's key contribution was his decision to submit this exhaustive research directly to the United States government for review in 1960, highlighting early civilian attempts to interface with military intelligence. The manuscript vanished into the bureaucracy for nearly forty years before being released through the Freedom of Information Act in 1999. His work represents one of the earliest comprehensive civilian efforts to objectively organize and document anomalous aerospace events.