Person
Jacob Salatun
Also known as J. Salatun, Salatun, Marshal Salatun
- Air Marshal (3-star), Indonesian Air Force
- Founder of LAPAN, Indonesia's National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (1963)
Indonesian Air Force officer (1927–2012) who rose to Air Marshal and founded the national space agency LAPAN. He is the senior official most associated with UFO research in Southeast Asia.
Sources: Wikipedia · UFO sightings in Indonesia
Facts and claims
- unverified Indonesia's first prominent UFO researcher. He wrote “Menjingkap Rahasia Piring Terbang” (1960) and “UFO, Salah Satu Masalah Dunia Masa Kini” (1982), in which he describes seeing and photographing a UFO himself, and he founded the Indonesian UFO study group SUFOI. Source: en.wikipedia.org (archived)