Susan Swiatek

Susan Swiatek was born in the nation's capital, but grew up near Denver, Colorado. Her wonder years were spent reading such books a "Strange Fires and Lights" and Charles Fort's collections of anomalies. When Betty and Barney Hill's "Interrupted Journey" exploded onto the scene in 1966 with a LOOK Magazine article, Susan was hooked on the UFO and abduction mystery. After much contemplation gazing up at the Western sky of a million stars, she had an epiphany. The story the Hill's were telling of alien visitors in a spaceship had a ring of truth to it. Even as a child, she sensed the serious nature of "flying saucers".

Susan's artistic bent led her to a fine arts degree at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. While there, many a night was spent pacing the floor, falling into the abyss of Hopkin's seminal work, "Missing Time". After graduation, Susan gained employment in various aspects of the electronic publishing field, never taking her mind's eye off the UFO subject for long. A long time Mutual UFO (MUFON) member, Susan hosted the 1999  Symposium near Washington, DC. She has lectured and created artwork for several of book projects such as Richard Hall's "The UFO Evidence--PartII" (2001 and the "Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia" (2001) compiled by Ron Story. She is currently active with the Fund for UFO Research and is the Virginia State Director for MUFON.