Philippine Center for Aerial Phenomenon Studies

INVESTIGATORS-RESEARCHERS

. . . .The UFO Field Investigators

In the decade of the 1980s following the Philippine flap of 1979, they set about the task of finding out . . . .

EDWIN  V.  GATIA Independent Field Investigator, PCAPS   Montevista Observatory Bacolod City, Philippines       Holder of Bachelor of Arts (AB) degree major in Mathematics (West Negros University), and an avid amateur astronomer who established his private astronomical observatory in 1985. Author, "An Amateur Observer's Guide to Halley's Comet" (1985); Member of the International Halley Watch (IHW) Project of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (1985-86) and  Solar Eclipse Team of the Philippine Astronomical Society, Inc. (PAS) at General Santos City (March-1988);  Lecturer and local Resource Person on Observational Astronomy;   Having passed the MUFON UFO Field Investigator's Examination in 1986, Mr. Gatia was included in the International WHO's WHO in UFOlogy Directory of researchers and Field Investigators.  Mr. Gatia is a Lifetime member of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science (PHILAAS) since joining the Association in 1976.

DR. JOEL YAP, M.D. Bacolod City   Graduated his Bachelors degree in pre-Medicine, Summa cum Laude, at the Colegio de San Agustin-Bacolod and graduated Doctor of Medicine (MD) as a scholar from the West Visayas State University, Iloilo City.   An avid astronomy enthusiast and Science Editior of the "The Eagle"- the CSA's school publication, while in College, Dr. Yap also assisted Mr. Gatia in the investigation of alleged sighting incidents in the Negros Island area.

EDWIN  L.  BONDOC Arts & Sciences Department Angeles University Foundation Angeles City, Pampanga   A graduating student of Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Angeles University Foundation, Mr. Bondoc assisted in UFO research covering the Luzon-northern Visayas area for the Center in 1986-87.

PROF. ROSENDA TIU-CINCOFLORES, (M.Sc.) Department of Physics Divine Word University Tacloban City, Leyte   Holder of Masters of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Physics, Prof. Tiu-Cincoflores extended invaluable assistance in the follow-up /re-evaluation investigation conducted on-site with the witnesses to the alleged UFO "landing" case (1984) in Brgy. Valencia, Ormoc City, Leyte in April 1987.