UFO RESEARCHERS
- Ukraine -
Vladimir V. Rubtsov, Ph.D.
General Information:
Born December 10, 1948 in Kharkov, then the USSR. He received his M.S.
degree in computer science in 1972 and then joined the laboratory of
Dr. A.V.Zolotov in Kalinin (now Tver), where he studied the problem of
the Tunguska explosion for three years. He received his Ph.D. degree
in the philosophy of science from the Institute of Philosophy of the
Academy of Sciences of the USSR, where in 1980 he defended his
doctoral thesis "Philosophical and Methodological Aspects of the
Problem of Extraterrestrial Civilizations" (the first of its kind in
the former USSR).
Dr. Rubtsov's professional fields are methodology of interdisciplinary
research, sociology of science and technology, and general
epistemology. He is currently Director of the Research Institute on
Anomalous Phenomena, a new scientific research body that has been
established in Kharkov by the Ukrainian Aerospace Company "Vertical",
as well as the Editor of its newsletter RIAP Bulletin.
Dr. Rubtsov has been involved in ufological studies since 1966 (his
paper "Guests from Outer Space or Atmospheric Phenomena?", published
in the popular-scientific journal Znannia ta Pratsa, Kiev, 1966, No.
9, was in fact the first positively-oriented ufological paper ever
published in the Soviet press). As far back as 1981, he organized in
Kharkov one of the first half-official UFO Study Groups in the USSR.
Dr. Rubtsov is taking a specific interest in the application of the
scientific method to this field of investigations. He has authored
more than 100 articles on ETI and UFO problems in the Soviet,
post-Soviet, and foreign press, as well as two scientific monographs:
The Problem of Extraterrestrial Civilizations (with A.D.Ursul,
Kishinev: Shtiintsa, 1984 & 1987) and UFOs and Modern Science, (with
Y.V.Platov, Moscow: Nauka, 1991).
Dr. Rubtsov is a full member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics,
an associate member of the Society for Scientific Exploration, USA, a
member of the Expert Group on Anomalous Atmospheric Phenomena of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, the MUFON representative for Ukraine, as
well as a co-director of the Joint USA-CIS Aerial Anomaly Federation.
He can be contacted at: RIAP, P.O.Box 4542, 61022 Kharkov-22, Ukraine.
E-mail address: riap777@SoftHome.net
Website: http://www.geocities.com/riap777/
Awards:
Award of Moldavian Academy of Sciences, 1984.
Publications:
Book: The Problem of Extraterrestrial Civilizations: Philosophical and Methodological Aspects. Kishinev: Shtiintsa (Science) Publishing House, 1st edition: 1984, 2nd, enlarged, edition: 1987 (with A.D.Ursul).
Book: UFOs and Modern Science. Moscow: Nauka (Science) Publishing House, 1991 (with Y.V.Platov).
Selected Papers:
Visitors from the Space or Atmospheric Phenomena?, Znannya ta Pratsa,
Kiev, 1966, No. 9.
The Discovery by Dr. Gurlt (with Y.N.Morozov), Tekhnika-Molodyozhi,
Moscow, 1976, No. 7.
A "Flying 'Man' in Black" in Russia, Flying Saucer Review, 1979,
Vol. 24, No. 4.
The Dichotomy "Natural-Artificial" and its Role in the Problem of
Extraterrestrial Civilizations, Proceedings of XV Tsiolkovsky
Readings, Kaluga, 1981.
The Problem of Paleovisits (Corr.), Journal of the British
Interplanetary Society, 1983, Vol. 36, No. 11.
Open Letter to Ancient Astronaut Theory Proponents, Ancient Skies,
1984, Vol. 11, No. 4.
Beyond the Sirius Lore, Ancient Skies, 1985, Vol. 12, No. 4.
Anomalous Phenomena and the Problem of Extraterrestrial
Civilizations, Non-Periodical Transient Phenomena in the
Environment. Interdisciplinary Scientific-Technical Conference.
Abstracts of Papers. Tomsk, 1988.
The Problem of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena and Its Methodological
Lessons, MUFON UFO Journal, 1988, No. 248.
UFOs: from Controversy to Investigations, Zemlya i Vselennaya,
Moscow, 1990, No. 3.
Encounter in Kazakhstan (Corr.), Fortean Times, 1990, No. 56.
Criteria of Artificiality in SETI, Bioastronomy: The Search for
Extraterrestrial Life - The Exploration Broadens. Berlin etc.:
Springer-Verlag, 1991.
On the Question of Paleovisits. - Ibid.
Soviet Ice Ring, MUFON UFO Journal, 1991, No. 282.
Ukraine Research Institute on Anomalous Phenomena, Journal of
Scientific Exploration, 1993, Vol. 7, No. 3.
Alien Contacts and Abduction Experiences: a Look from the C.I.S.,
MUFON 1994 International UFO Symposium Proceedings. Seguin, 1994.
Los Ovnis Del Rio Mzha, Enigmas, Madrid, 1996, Vol. 2, No. 9.
Soviet Ufology in Its Human Dimensions, UFOs 1947-1997. London:
John Brown Publishing, 1997.
SSE Member Vladimir V. Rubtsov. Profile. The Explorer, 1998,
Vol. 14, No. 1 & 2.
The Unknown Tunguska, Fate, 2001, Vol. 54, No. 5.
Domes of Wrath, Fate, 2002, Vol. 55, No. 3.
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