Sam Maranto is the newly appointed State Director for Illinois MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) and a certified Field Investigator. He's also theState Representative for the Disclosure Project. Sam has been involved in two major mass sighting investigations (Tinley Park and Rockford) as well as numerous other investigations throughout a period of over 10 years. His research into the UFO phenomenon started in 1964. He is also a UFO witness and had his first sighting in 1959. The latest sighting was in May, 2003 in Orland Park. Sam has been an Independent Insurance Broker for 25 years.