He was born in Como, Northern Italy (next to Swiss border) in 1963. He got an education as a textile engineer in fabric planning and designing, yet he later switched his job to textile CAD (Computer Aided Design). Now he is one of the European top experts in such a niche field, including textile archiving systems and INTERNET-based textile applications.

In 1976 he started his interest in ufology, soon becoming extremely active in the field. Since then he published a lot of article on Italian and international UFO or UFO-related magazines, including leading names such as "Flying Saucer Review", "MUFON UFO Journal", "Magonia", "Lumieres Dans La Nuit", "Inforespace", "Perspectivas Ufologicas" and many others.

As an investigator, he has studied some local cases, including a few close encounters and produced a general catalogue of UFO sightings taken place in the province where he lives.

After a long activity in a national group, he founded in 1985/86 (together with other leading Italian UFO researchers) the Italian Center for UFO Studies (CISU), soon becoming the best organized and best known Italian UFO association worldwide.

On behalf of CISU he developed previous research projects and started new ones:

• ITACAT (the Catalogue of Italian Close Encounters, published as a Monograph in two editions)

• TRACAT (the Catalogue of Italian Trace Cases, published as a Monograph in three editions)

• PHOTOCAT (the Catalogue of Italian cases with photo or video evidence)

He also promoted and is currently supporting other Projects, including:

• "ORIGINS" (collection and analysis of the Italian press coverage about UFOs in the early times, 1947-1954)

• "ITALIA 3" (the Catalogue of Italian Close Encounters of the Third Kind)

Since 1984 he has been one of the pioneers in proposing and developing computer-based applications to UFO research. Starting with Commodore 64 micro-computers and the establishment of the Italian Computer UFO Network (a team of UFO buffs working together mainly in order to store UFO sightings data on digital media), he then switched to Personal Computers, where he has direct knowledges in image processing and management. All of his works have been produced directly on computer and are currently available as standard files.

Besides managing his catalogues on computer, he started also analysis of alleged UFO pictures, as well as the very first trials of spreading UFO information through the new online technologies. In 1987 he started the very first European UFO BBS. One year earlier he produced the very first issue of "The Computer UFO Newsletter" the only publication completely devoted to computer applications to UFO research. After some issues, the Newsletter was discountinued, likely because ahead of the times.

He has been a contributor to UFO anthologies such as "UFOs 1947-1987", "Phenomena" and "OVNI: vers une anthropologie d'un mythe contemporain". He also attented several UFO congress in Italy and Europe, usually presenting papers devoted to his research activities.

In early 1995 he has been exploring INTERNET services in order to evaluate their possible use in UFO research. A few months later, he started UFO ONLINE, this site, soon become one of the largest WWW site of its kind available on the Net.

Among his UFO-related interests:

• UFO/Nazis legend

• Secret German Weapons of WWII (always looking for new material to add to his huge archive !)

• Mars and Moon alleged artifacts

• Conspiracies linked to UFOs

  
  

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  Maurizio Verga can be reached at:

  
  (snail mail address)

  via Matteotti 85

  22072 Cermenate (Como)

  ITALY

  (telephone)

  
  +39-31-771600

  +39-368-3007835

  (e-mail) mauverga@mbox.vol.it

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