Dr" Virgilio Sanchez-Ocejo

VIRGILIO SANCHEZ-OCEJO was born in Havana, Cuba. He began his studies at the La Salle School, graduating later in the Havana Institute. He became interested in the UFO phenomenon in 1956, when he saw his first UFO while studying Law at the University of Havana. In 1960, he moved to the United States of America. In 1963, he enlisted in the United States Army in a voluntary program for Cubans at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He has writing numerous articles, in English and in Spanish on the UFO topic, for journals and magazines in the United States, Spain, and Latin America. He has participated in various radio and television programs, both in Spanish and in English, as an expert on UFO. For over two years he produced a program on local Miami radio titled: "LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE", where he collected data from UFO sightings by Cuban immigrants. In 1974 he traveled to Mexico for the first World Convention of Ufology in Acapulco, where he met Doctor J. Allen Hynek, adviser to the US Air Force for 20 years. Dr. Hynek named him representative for C.U.F.O.S. South America where he traveled with Hynek as an associated and interpreter to Argentina, Brazil, and Canada, investigating numerous reports of UFOs and cases of abductions, as well as participating in several conventions in those countries until the death of Dr. Hynek in 1986. He also participated as associate for project UNICAT, a UFO data bank project created by Dr. Hynek, later led by Dr. Willy Smith until his death in 2006. Appointed Special Representative for all South America by the M.U.F.O.N. Organization, he was also a member of the dissolved organizations; A.P.R.O, National Investigation Committee, and N.I.C.A.P. In 1984, he was awarded a diploma as "Honorary Member" for his prominent record, in the fields of Parapsychology, Allied Branches, General Science and merit made in other areas, by the ANDROMEDA organization of Seville, Spain. In 2006, he acted as associate producer and consultant, appearing on documentaries for North American television, which were translated to different languages, such as: "A SEARCH FOR CHUPACABRAS" by the network BNN TV in the Netherlands, "CHUPACABRAS" on Animal Planet TV, "IT IS REAL? CHUPACABRAS" by National Geographic TV, and "The Strangest UFO Stories of all Times -ALIEN VAMPIRE CHRONICLES" by the Discovery TV and Science channels, being viewed by millions of viewers around the world. Also, in 2006 he was named host of the Museum of Discovery and Science's exhibit "ALIEN: WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES" in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His first book: "UFO. CONTACT FROM UNDERSEA" published in 1982 by Wendelle C. Stevens, "DANGER IN OUR CONSCIENCE" CD book, published in 2000. He is director of the Miami UFO Center non-profit organization, registered in the State of Florida in 1976. Its main objectives include processing and disclosing reports of UFOs, and finally discover the essence of the phenomenon.