Felix Ziegel
Academic
1920 – 1988
Who was Felix Ziegel?
Felix Yurievich Ziegel was a Soviet researcher, Doctor of Science and docent of Cosmology at the Moscow Aviation Institute, author of more than 40 popular books on astronomy and space exploration, generally regarded as a founder of Russian ufology. Ziegel, co-organizer of the first ever officially approved Soviet UFO studying group, became an overnight sensation when, on November 10, 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. Having lost the final of his many battles with detractors in 1976, Ziegel continued his studies unofficially. He died in November 1988, 17 massive volumes of his vast research legacy remaining in his daughter's archives, unpublished.
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- Born
- Mar 20, 1920
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Education
- Moscow State University
- Lived in
- Moscow
- Died
- Nov 20, 1988
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on July 23, 2013
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