Ron Westrum
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Ron Westrum is an American sociologist.
Born in Chicago in 1945, Westrum studied at Harvard University and the University of Chicago. As of 1987,[1] he was professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Technology at Eastern Michigan University.
Many of his articles have been published in leading journals, and as of 1987, he was the editor of the Social Psychology of Science.
Interested in unidentified flying object reports, Westrum was a MUFON consultant.
Westrum is said to be[citation needed] a frequent critic of CSICOP and other skeptical organizations.
- ^ UFOs, 1947 - 1987: The 40-Year Search for an Explanation; London: Fortean Times, 1987, ISBN 1970021029