Felix Ziegel

Felix Yurievich Ziegel
Born20 March 1920
Moscow, Soviet Russia
Died20 November 1988(1988-11-20) (aged 68)
Moscow, USSR
Alma materMoscow University
Known for43 books on astronomy
Soviet ufology pioneer
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy, mathematics, cosmology

Felix Yurievich Ziegel (Russian: Феликс Юрьевич Зигель, 20 March 1920 – 20 November 1988) was a Soviet researcher, Doctor of Science and docent of Cosmology at the Moscow Aviation Institute, author of more than forty popular books on astronomy and space exploration, generally regarded as a founder of Russian ufology.[1][2] Ziegel, the co-founder of the first officially approved Soviet UFO research group, became an overnight sensation when, on 10 November 1967, speaking on the Soviet central television, he made an extensive report on the UFO sightings registered in the USSR and encouraged viewers to send him and his colleagues first-hand accounts of their observations, which resulted in barrage of letters and reports.[3] He died in November 1988, leaving 17 volumes of the unpublished research documents for his daughter to keep.[4]

  1. ^ "UFOs A-Z. Ziegel, Felix". www.ufologie.net. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Ф. Ю. Зигель". Encyclopedia of the Unknown // Энциклопедия непознанного. Archived from the original on 21 July 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  3. ^ С. Кашницкий (16 March 2010). "Felix Ziegel: He Started Studying the UFOs in the Times of Stalin // Феликс Зигель: он начал изучать НЛО еще при Сталине". АиФ. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  4. ^ Konstantinova-Ziegel, T. F. "Кто такой Ф. Ю. Зигель". ufo.far.ru. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.