Michael D. Swords

Michael D. Swords is an American scientist.

In 1962 Swords graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.S.. He studied biochemistry at Iowa State University (where he earned his M.S.), and at Case Western Reserve University (where he earned his Ph.D. in 1972).

As of 2006, Swords is a professor of natural sciences at Western Michigan University, where he received a Teaching Excellence award in 1978.^[1]

Swords is also interested in ufology, and is seen as an authority of the Condon Committee. He was editor of the Journal for UFO Studies.^[2] He was a prominently featured talking head on the prime-time 2005 television special Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs — Seeing Is Believing, discussing the early history of the U.S. Military's UFO invesitgations (see also Project Sign and Project Grudge.)^[3]

Works

"THUMBNAIL HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTALISM", Western Michigan University
"THE USAF-SPONSORED COLORADO PROJECT FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF UFOS"

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