MUFON member Debbie Ziegelmeyer to speak
Do you believe in aliens? Even for those who aren’t among the “true believers” who do, a unique opportunity to learn more about them is taking place in the Parkland.
The Bonne Terre Space Museum and Grissom Center is hosting its next Night at the Museum tonight at 7 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the community, will be held upstairs above the museum at Heritage Hall.
After the event, guests may visit the museum downstairs for half-price admission. Full-price admission is $15 for adults and $10 for students.
Space Museum Founder and President Earl Mullins said he doesn’t necessarily believe in aliens but is always ready to learn something new.
Debbie Ziegelmeyer is the guest speaker for Tuesday evening’s event. She will discuss Missouri incidents of UFO sightings.
She is part of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), a U.S.-based nonprofit organization composed of civilian volunteers who study reported UFO sightings. MUFON is one of the oldest and largest organizations of its kind, with more than 4,000 members worldwide, as well as chapters and representatives in all 50 states and several foreign countries.
Ziegelmeyer joined MUFON in 2000 and became a field investigator soon after. In addition to being part of MUFON in several aspects, she is also known for the TV series “Alien Highway” from 2019, “Ancient Aliens” from 2009, and the Travel Channel series “The Alaska Triangle” from 2020. She is also the author of The Alien Colonization of Earth’s Waterways: A Reference Guide to UFO/USO Water-Related Activity from 2021.
Mullins said Tuesday’s Night at the Museum is the first in a series for 2024. The goal is to host one of these events every other month.
“This event is free and is our way to say ‘thank you’ to the community and Bonne Terre for hosting us,” he said.
Mullins said the Night at the Museum is an open forum with a Q-and-A session. He connected with Ziegelmeyer after he was asked to present in Piedmont during a presentation on the UFO flap from the 1970s. There were supposedly numerous UFO sightings around the Piedmont area in the 1970s.
After that event, Ziegelmeyer visited the Bonne Terre Space Museum and connected with Mullins.
“She came to our museum and was really excited about it,” said Mullins. “This is a great opportunity for her to speak to the community. This event is an ‘alignment of the stars.”
Refreshments will be available for purchase to benefit the museum.
According to Mullins, he told Ziegelmeyer that he’s a skeptic regarding aliens or alien life.
“The chances of life existing elsewhere are just so, so slim,” he said. “It is just such a huge fraction. But that’s my opinion. I’m also open-minded. If you show me proof, definitive proof that extraterrestrials exist, then being a scientist, I’ll be your staunchest advocate. But I just like knowledge and really am interested in hearing Debbie speak about this. I’m interested in hearing what she has to say.”
Mullins encouraged the community to visit the Bonne Terre Space Museum.
“I know people would be very surprised to see what we have inside our museum because it’s an extraordinary place,” he said.
Pam Clifton is a contributing writer for the Daily Journal.
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