About the author: I have been a spaceship and UFO researcher for the past 16 years since my Close Encounter of the Second and First Kind, respectively within 45 minutes of each other in 1991 when a bronze disk with an illuminated bottom appeared overhead as I stood behind a tree and 45 minutes it later flew by me at eye level at Dana Point, Calif. I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Administration and I have worked for the federal and state government in accounting and auditing among various financial positions. I am a Chicago, Illinois native and I have lived in southern California for the past 20 years. I have authored Celestial Phenomena first edition © 2000 by Vincent P. Tobias. and I will self-publish soon the second edition of Celestial Phenomena.