UFO researchers: Terry Tibando, Marc D’Antonio, Dolly Safran, Preston Dennett and Chris Styles will be presenting.
Special Guests will include: Martin Willis, and Darcy Weir
Speakers and Their Bios
Terry Tibando, Keynote Speaker
Terry Tibando is one of the leading experts in the field of UFO and Extraterrestrial Intelligence research in Canada and is also becoming well known in the US having appeared on numerous podcast radio programs across the US and Canada as well as in Japan and Israel.
Terry has had over 70 years of UFO sightings as well as many ETI encounters with this phenomenon that first began in his childhood when he and his mother had a daytime flying saucer sighting that appeared over a RCAF military building in St. Jeans, Quebec in 1953.
This was followed a day or two later when three small ghostly ET beings repeatedly entered his bedroom of his parent’s military home. This was eight years before the famous Barney and Betty Hill UFO/ETI encounter in 1961!
He has been the Coordinator of CSETI Vancouver CE-5 team for the past 30 years leading
hundreds of people in team expeditions on field trips to establish successful contact and
communications with Extraterrestrial Intelligence visiting the Earth.
Terry attended the University of Victoria majoring in astronomy, physics, math, and the sciences
using that knowledge and personal experiences to better understand Unidentified Flying Objects
and Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
He hosted the first Witness Disclosure conference in Canada on UFOs and ETI on September 9, 2002, at Simon Fraser University with guesr speakers Dr Steven Greer, Dr Carol Rosin, and Dr Alfred L Webre with full news media coverage in attendance.
Tibando has been interviewed in 1995 on the Discovery Channel for their “Alien Week” series and on BCTV News for his involvement in CSETI Vancouver.
Most recently, he a major presenter at the MUFON Symposium in Dallas, Texas.
He has been a financial supporter of Dr. Greer’s successful movie documentary series: “Sirius” and “Unacknowledged” and “Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind” and has appeared in the movie “Sirius” and “Unacknowledged”.
Terry has written an impressive, encyclopedic six-volume textbook series entitled: “A CITIZEN’S DISCLOSURE ON UFOS AND ETT” that are very comprehensive, definitive, and conclusive in their content.
These textbooks are available online in Canada at Indigo and Chapters and in the U.S. at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Bookworld, Booktopia, Hudson Books etc. and plus 40,000 other bookstores and distributors.
Presentation Title: “In Search of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence In Our Solar System“
Marc D’Antonio
You’ve seen him on TV, lending his expertise in UFO video analysis on shows like “The Truth Is Out There” and in feature documentaries like “Transmedium”. See him up close and personal at the Rodd Grand without those annoying commercial breaks.
Marc D’Antonio has a degree in Astronomy and is the Mutual UFO Network’s (MUFON) Chief Photo/Video Analyst, host of SkyTour Radio on KGRA, and host and creator and CEO of the popular SkyTour LiveStream with Marc Dantonio. SkyTour Livestream or STLS is a group of LIVE deep sky Telescope observatories around the USA that are broadcast live on YouTube . People watch and enjoy STLS on clear nights to see the Universe LIVE in real time in seconds courtesy of the SkyTour LiveStream Remote Observatories and their research telescopes. Astronomer Marc takes them through the genesis of these objects and discusses the Universe in entertaining and engaging ways!
Marc has an extensive work history in television, discussing and investigating extraterrestrial life, appearing regularly on several networks and television series/shows on such networks as History, Discovery, Discovery Plus, Netflix, TLC and more. Currently he regularly appears on History Channel’s The Proof is Out There as their photo and video analyst.
Marc is also the CEO of FX Models, a model making and visual/special effects company specializing in digital and physical models, and organic visual effects in the film industry.
Presentation Title: “How UFO’s Get From Here to There”
Dolly Safran
This is your chance to meet a lifetime repeater & experiencer in person, who tells her powerful story as she continues to live it, without the need for hypnosis, hype or pseudonyms.
Dolly Safran has worked as a limo driver, assistant manager at Wendy’s, a zookeeper, a lifeguard, a bus driver, a security guard, a nurse, and more, including as a civilian worker for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and in the Army as an employee for the U.S. Department of Defense. She is trained in martial arts, including Karate and Krav Maga. Her UFO/extraterrestrial contacts began when she was only months old, and are still ongoing today. At age fourteen, she moved past the fear, missing time and confusion surrounding her contacts and became a fully conscious UFO contactee. She remembers all her experiences without fear and without the aid of hypnosis. She has had thousands of onboard encounters, and was trained by the ETs in many scientific disciplines, and about how to pilot the UFO craft. She is the subject of the full-length, best-selling book, “Symmetry: A True UFO Adventure” written by MUFON field investigator and author, Preston Dennett.
Presentation Title: “Symmetry – A True UFO Experience”
Preston Dennett
Another prolific writer / researcher who churns out best selling books faster than we can count them…And who else could & would write a book about schoolyard encounters?
Preston Dennett began investigating UFOs and the paranormal in 1986 when he discovered that his family, friends, and co-workers were having dramatic unexplained encounters. Since then, he has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and investigated a wide variety of paranormal phenomena. He is a field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), a ghost hunter, a paranormal researcher, and the author of 30 books and more than 100 articles on UFOs and the paranormal. Several of his books have been Amazon UFO bestsellers. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines including Fate, Atlantis Rising, MUFON UFO Journal, Nexus, Paranormal Magazine, UFO Magazine, Phenomena Magazine, Mysteries Magazine, Ufologist and others. His writing has been translated into several different languages including German, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Icelandic. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Midnight in the Desert with Art Bell, Coast-to-Coast and also the History Channel’s Deep Sea UFOs and UFO Hunters and Ancient Aliens. His research has been presented in the LA Times, the LA Daily News, the Dallas Morning News and other newspapers. He has taught classes on various paranormal subjects and lectures across the United States.
Website: www.prestondennett.weebly.com
Presentation Title: “Extensive Extraterrestrial Contact”
Chris Styles
He’s persistent, some say obsessed. He claims the cold war sometimes got hotter than we’ve been told. Let his latest revelations about the Shag Harbour & Shelburne Incidents seep into your bones.
Chris Styles is an active UFO researcher who investigates select classic and current UFO incidents that have occurred in Atlantic Canada. He holds to a “blended” view of the UFO phenomena, that allows room for both the ETH & a significant psychological component. He is best known for his work on the 1967 Shag Harbour Incident and has presented at several MUFON symposia in both Canada and the US.
Chris served as a paid technical advisor with several Canadian UFO feature documentaries such as Ocean Entertainment’s “The Shag Harbour Incident” and “Northern Lights”. He has appeared in several US, UFO specials, such as “Canada’s Roswell” and “UFOs II, Have We Been Visited?” His latest TV feature appearance was in an episode of “Mysteries of the Deep” with Celine & Fabien Cousteau.
Styles is the co author of two UFO books on the Shag Harbour Incident, “Dark Object” (Dell Bantam) with Don Ledger & “Impact To Contact” (Arcadia House) with Graham Simms. His most recent book is “Sweep Clear 5: NATO’s UFO Encounter”, available from Amazon Press. In 2023 MUFON Canada presented Chris with an honorary membership in recognition of his lifetime achievement in Ufology.
Presentation Title: “S is for Shag Harbour, X is For Shelburne”
Hosts and Special Guests
Martin Willis
Meet & Greet Host / Conference Master of Ceremonies
The subject of UFOs has fascinated Martin Willis since his youth, yet he was on the fence about the subject. He experienced a personal sighting in 2007 in Carmel Valley, CA, that solidified his beliefs that Unidentifiable Flying Objects really do exist. Since this time, Martin has paid attention to what others have to say about the phenomenon with some skepticism, yet an open mind.
As a UFO enthusiast, Martin created Podcast UFO in November, 2011 with over 500 show interviews. Martin was the Keynote Speaker at the 2022 Pine Bush UFO Conference. Martin is a long time professional antiques and fine art appraiser. Martin is also producer of Podcast UFO and YouTube Channel, ‘Keep your eyes to the sky’
Darcy Weir
Not a reader?…Catch up with any of Darcy’s feature documentaries, that drill down deep into the UFO/UAP/USO phenomena. Better still, come and meet the creative mind, who’s body of work brings it all into focus.
Darcy Weir is a documentary filmmaker who over the past two decades has chosen to explore some of the most intriguing topics of discussion today, including UFOs, Cryptids, and even Bitcoin. He has completed over 15 feature-length documentaries on these topics, all of which are available on Amazon Prime and Apple. His goal is to make the world of UFOs more accessible to the general public by shedding light on the subject in new ways.