Michael
Lindemann was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1949. He studied
Political Science and Psychology at Stanford University
during the Vietnam era, developing a lifelong interest in
government policy and world affairs; and finished
his BA degree in Transpersonal Psychology at Antioch University.
He later combined his political and psychological interests
as a social analyst, journalist and futurist. In 1989, he
founded the 2020 Group,
a private research organization studying forces that shape
the future.
Since
1989, Michael Lindemann has earned national recognition
for contributions to the study of UFOs. In 1990, he launched
the Visitors Investigation Project
to conduct and publish UFO research. His publications
include:
1991
- UFOs and the Alien Presence:
Six Viewpoints (240-page book published by
the 2020 Group; republished 1995 by WildFlower Press)
1992
- UFOs and the Alien Presence
(35-minute videotape, written and hosted by Michael Lindemann,
produced by Spears/Thomas Entertainment Group, commercially
distributed nationwide)
1996
- UFOs and the Global Situation
1996 (75-minute videotape, 2020 Group/MPM Productions,
commercially distributed nationwide)
In
1994, Michael Lindemann co-founded and then headed the
Institute
for the Study of Contact with Non-human Intelligence
(ISCNI,
Inc.) on America Online, the world's first
online institute devoted exclusively to studying claims
of human contact with other intelligent life. In October
1996, ISCNI
was converted into an online subscription news service
called CNI News, which
delivers twice monthly news reports on UFO phenomena,
space exploration and the cultural and political impacts
of contact with other intelligent life.
Michael
Lindemann also consults to the entertainment industry,
news media, business community, independent researchers
and private individuals on all aspects of the UFO subject,
as well as other issues impacting the present and future
conditions of human society. A dynamic public speaker,
he has offered lectures and seminars in every part of
the United States, and is a frequent guest on radio (Art
Bell's Dreamland,
Timeless Voyager,
Hieronimus and Co.,
End of the Line, etc.)
and television (Sightings,
Encounters, Paranormal
Borderline, The Other
Side, etc.). He is currently working on a new
book about space exploration.
Source:
http://www.rain.org/cosmic/bio.lindemann.htm