Robert Sheaffer is a writer with a lifelong interest in astronomy and the question of life on other worlds. He is one of the leading skeptical investigators of UFOs, a founding member of the UFO Subcommittee of the well-known Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ( formerly CSICOP) . He is also a founding director and past Chairman of the Bay Area Skeptics, a local skeptics' group in the San Francisco Bay area. Mr. Sheaffer is the author of UFO Sightings (Prometheus Books, 1998), The Making of the Messiah (Prometheus Books, 1991), and has appeared on many radio and TV programs. His writings and revi...