Listing of Major Fortean Organizations in the U.S.

  • Academy of Psychic Arts and Sciences (APAS)
    100 Turtle Creek Village, Ste. 363 PO Box 191129 Dallas, TX 75219
  • Academy of Religion and Psychical Research (ARPR)
    PO Box 614 Bloomfield, CT 06002
  • Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America (AFSCA)
    PO Box 39 Yucca Valley, CA 92286
  • American Association - Electronic Voice Phenomena (AA-EVP)
    726 Dill Road Severna Park, MD 21146 (examines Raudive-type phenomena)
  • American Association of Meta-Science (AAMS)
    PO Box 1182 Huntsville, AL 35807
  • American Association for Parapsychology (AAP)
    23101 Sherman Place PO Box 225 Canoga Park, CA 91305
  • Association for Past-life Research and Therapies (APRT)
    PO Box 20151 Riverside, CA 92516-0151 (909) 784-1570
  • American Society of Dowsers (ASD)
    PO Box 24 Brainerd St. Danville, VT 05828
  • American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR)
    5 W. 73rd St. New York, NY 10023
  • Ancient Astronaut Society (AAS)
    1921 St. Johns Ave. Highland Park, IL 60035
  • Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE)
    215 67th St. Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (Edgar Cayce's foundation)
  • Awareness Research Foundation (ARF)
    DeSoto Square 35 Ritter Rd., Apt. 29 Hayesville, NC 28904
  • Borderland Sciences Research Foundation (BSRF)
    PO Box 429 Garberville, CA 95440
  • Center for Applied Intuition (CAI) (this organization does not exist anymore, but inquiries can be directed to former head Bill Kautz at the address below)
    PO Box 218 Fairfax, CA 94978 (415) 453-2130
  • Center for Bigfoot Studies (CBS)
    10926 Milano Ave. Norwalk, CA 90650-1638
  • J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS)
    Jerry Clark 612 N. Oscar Ave. Canby, MN 56220 (513) 843-3834
  • Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS)
    3518 Martha Custis Dr. Alexandria, VA 22302
  • Collectors of Unusual Data International (COUD-I)
    2312 Shields Ave. St.Louis, MO 63136
  • Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)
    PO Box 703 Buffalo, NY 14226 (skeptics' group)
  • Cryonics Society of Canada
    Box 788 Station A Toronto, Ontario M5W 1G3 Canada (416) 534-0967
  • Fair Witness Project (FWP)
    4219 W. Olive St. Suite 247 Burbank, CA 91505
  • Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man (FRNM)
    Box 6847, College Station Durham, NC 27708
  • Fund for UFO Research (FUFOR)
    PO Box 277 Mt. Ranier, MD 20712
  • Ghost Research Society (GRS)
    PO Box 205 Oak Lawn, IL 60454
  • Ground Saucer Watch (GSW)
    13238 N. 7th Dr. Phoenix, AZ 85029
  • Haunt Hunters (HH)
    2188 Sycamore Hill Court Chesterfield, MO 63017
  • Institute for UFO Contactee Studies (IFUFOCS)
    1425 Steele St. Laramie, WY 82070
  • Intercontinental UFO Galactic Spacecraft Research and Analytic Network (ICUFON)
    35-40 75th St., Suite 4G Jackson Heights, NY 11372
  • International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS)
    PO Box 7767 Philadelphia, PA 19101-7767
  • International Fortean Organization (INFO)
    PO Box 367 Arlington, VA 22210-0367 (publishes INFO Journal)
  • International UFO Museum and Research Center
    PO Box 2211 Roswell, NM 88202 (505) 625-9495 Museum is located at 400-402 N. Main St., Roswell, NM 88201
  • Metascience Foundation (MSF)
    Box 32 Kingston, RI 02881
  • Michigan-Canadian Bigfoot Information Center (MCBIC)
    152 W. Sherman Caro, MI 48723
  • Mind Development and Control Association (MDCA)
    PO Box 29396 Sappington, MO 63126
  • Mind Science Foundation (MSF)
    8301 Broadway, Ste. 100 San Antonio, TX 78209
  • Mutual UFO Network (MUFON)
    103 Oldtowne Rd. Sequin, TX 78155-4099 (publishes MUFON Journal)
  • National Investigations Committee on Unidentified Flying Objects (NICUFO)
    14617 Victory Blvd. Suite 4 Van Nuys, CA 91411 (successor organization to NICAP)
  • New York Center for UFO Research
    Michael Luckman Suite #1 134 W. Houston New York, NY 10012 (212) 995-0384
  • Occidental Society of Metempiric Analysis (OSMA)
    Box 308 Simia, CO 80835
  • Office of Paranormal Investigation (OPI)
    Loyd Auerbach PO Box 875 Orinda, CA 94563-0875 (415) 781-1707 (415) 553-2588
  • Parapsychological Association (PA)
    Box 12236 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
  • Parapsychological Services Institute (PSI)
    PO Box 217 Carrolton, GA 30117
  • Parapsychology Foundation (PF)
    228 E. 71st St. New York, NY 10021
  • The Parapsychology Group
    PO Box 207 Fishkill, NY 12524 (914) 896-7653
  • Parapsychology Institute of American (PIA)
    PO Box 252 Elmhurst, NY 11373
  • Professional Psychics United
    7115 W. North Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302
  • Project Blue Book (PBB)
    506 N. 2nd St. Ft. Smith, AR 72901 (maintains archives of Air Force investigations)
  • Project to Research Objects Theories, Extraterrestrials, and Unusual Sightings (PROTEUS)
    924 Wheatsheaf Rd. Rosille, NJ 07203-1959
  • Project Starlight International (PSI)
    PO Box 599 College Park, MD 20740 (the Stanford brothers' organization)
  • Project Visit - Vehicle Internal Systems Investigation Team (VISIT)
    PO Box 890327 Houston, TX 77289
  • PSI Research
    484-B Washington St., No. 317 Monterey, CA 93940
  • Psychic Science International Special Interest Group (PSISIG)
    7514 Belleplain Dr. Huber Heights, OH 45424-3229
  • Psychical Research Foundation (PRF)
    PO Box 217 Carrollton, GA 30117
  • Sasquatch Investigations of Mid-America (SIA)
    1012 Calisle Ct. Oklahoma City, OK 73120
  • Science Frontiers (SF)
    2119 College St. Cedar Falls, IA 50613
  • Sensitivities of America Club
    1718A Northfield Sq. Northfield, IL 60093
  • Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP)
    98 South St. Williamantic, CT 06226
  • Society for the Application of Free Energy (SAFE)
    1215 Apple Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20910
  • Society of Earthbound Extraterrestrials (SEE)
    2140 Shattuck Ave, Suite 2329 Berkeley, CA 94704
  • Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained (SITU)
    Box 265 Little Silver, NJ 07739 (publishes PURSUIT)
  • Society for Research on Rapport and Telekinesis (SORRAT)
    Skyrim Farm Rt. 7, Box 302 Columbia, MO 665202
  • Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE)
    Department of Astronomy PO Box 3818 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 (publishes Journal for Scientific Exploration)
  • Society for the Systematic Documentation of Paranormal Experiments (SSDPE)
    Box 48862 Niles, IL 60648
  • Survival Research Foundation (SRF)
    PO Box 8565 Pembroke Pines, FL 33084
  • UFO Information Retrieval Center (UFOIRC)
    3131 W. Cochise Dr., No. 158 Phoenix, AZ 85051-9501
  • UFO Magazine
    1800 South Robertson Blvd. Box 355 Los Angeles, CA 90035 (310) 273-9409
  • U.S. Psychotronics Association (USPA)
    PO Box 288 Yuba City, CA 95992
  • Vampire Information Exchange (VIE)
    PO Box 328 Brooklyn, NY 11229
  • Vampire Research Center (VRC)
    PO Box 252 Elmhurst, NY 11373
  • VESTIGIA
    56 Brookwood Rd. Stanhope, NJ 07874
  • Werewolf Research Center (WRF)
    Box 252 Elmhurst, NY 11373
    • A small note - I can only vouch for the organizations in bold as being "100% Fortean." The rest may adhere to the Fortean perspective in varying degrees - or perhaps not at all.

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