Having just taken over the Pittsburgh UFO Conference from MUFON, John Ventre was a 10-year, multi-State Director for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). It was John’s research into end time prophecies and cultures that got him interested in UFOs in 1996.

An occasional columnist for many different UFO magazines, John is the retired PA-WV-VA State Security and Public Affairs Director for UPS. He was a also candidate for PA Governor in 2022.

John has made numerous televised appearances, including on Anderson Cooper 360 in 2012, 33 episodes on seven TV series, including 20 episodes on History Channel’s Hangar 1; 16 episode appearances on PCTV21’s UFOs over Pittsburgh, and on YouTube’s String Theory of the Unexplained. He has had 5 movie roles and has lectured at numerous UFO conferences, including at the Wizard World Comicon and the prestigious MUFON Symposium.

John has been the conference coordinator for 42 PA/UFO Conferences and has managed the 2014 & 2018 MUFON Symposium. He is the author of 11 books on five topics and gives 20 different PPT conference lectures. He has also been a guest on George Noory’s Coast to Coast AM several times.