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<title>NICAP and APRO Take Major Step Toward Improved Relations</title>
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<p>In an important three-day meeting last month, representatives of the two major American UFO organizations, NICAP and
  APRO, discussed means of seeking cooperative relations between their groups, and ways in which the organizations might
  direct their research programs so as to avoid unnecessary duplication.</p>
<p> Meeting in Tucson, Arizona, where APRO has its headquarters, NICAP Executive Director Stuart Nixon and the APRO
  Assistant Director Richard Greenwell conferred at length on the need to resolve past differences that may have
  prevented the organizations from working toward common objectives. Both men felt the two groups would benefit from
  better communication and a policy of mutual support.</p>
<p>One move discussed as a first step toward active cooperation was a joint statement to clarify the positions of each
  group and define those areas in which NICAP and APRO could coordinate their efforts. If agreed upon, the statement
  would be published in each organization's newsletter so that both memberships could have the opportunity to voice
  reaction.</p>
<p> Nixon and Greenwell felt that both organizations have made distinctive contributions to the investigation of UFOs,
  and a cooperative program in certain areas of research is clearly indicated. One example is the computer study each
  group is currently conducting. An exchange of scientific data once these two systems are operative could be an
  important incentive to serious study of the UFO problem.</p>
<p>NICAP and APRO last conferred in January 1971 when APRO Secretary-Treasurer Coral Lorenzen visited NICAP
  headquarters during a trip to the East Coast (UFO Investigator, January 1971). Although not intended as a business
  meeting, the session touched on the future of the two groups and possible new approaches to UFO study. Prior to her
  visit, Richard Greenwell came to Washington in April 1970 and spent almost a full day talking with Stuart Nixon about
  the status of each organization (UFO Investigator, May 1970). That meeting was the first time spokesmen for the two
  groups had officially met. </p>
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