Ole Brænne

Ole Brænne (AFU board member since 2012) was born 1967 in Drammen, Norway. He is AFU’s representative and contact in Norway and has contributed much archival materials and a large number of library books to the foundation. Ole works as a DBA consultant (database administration) with ErgoGroup (www.ergogroup.no) in Oslo. He is interested in science fiction, books as well as movies. Collector of DVDs – see database of the 4.000 film titles owned by him, here. He has been interested in UFO phenomena since 1984, and since 1989 webmaster, co-editor, chairman, etc with UFO-Norway. Author of many Norwegian articles and booklets, with articles published in the AFU Newsletter, INFO Journal, and International UFO Reporter. Presented lectures at UFO congresses in Sweden and England. Interviewed in newspapers (Norway) on radio (Norway, England, USA) and TV (Norway). Specializing in the historical aspects of UFO research and a prominent researcher-member of the Magonia Exchange list. Chronological bibliography available for download here. Ole’s co-written “Norway in UFO Photographs: The First Catalogue (FOTOCAT Report #4)” available for download here. Current projects: adding cases to FOTOCAT, scanning UFO-Norway report archive, scanning UFO-Norway press clippings archive, searching all Norwegian 1946 newspapers for articles on ghost rockets. Address: Karl Staaffsvei 70, N-0665 Oslo, Norway.