1984). He has a conversant knowledge of Russian, French and Latin, and has some familiarity with German, Swedish, Spanish, Kazakh and Japanese. Awards and memberships First place in Goddard National Space Award (twice) 1st and 2nd place awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (May 2000) The winner of the New Scientist award: Cutty Sark Whisky essay on UFO Fellow of the skeptical organization the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society Fellow of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics (the first foreign member) Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Bibliography Popular publications Other books The Mars Conquest Red Stars in Orbit Technical materials for NASA Space Shuttle Mission Control Center: Overview of Information and Decision Flows (for McDonnell Douglas); Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Handbook; History of Orbital Rendezvous; Flight Data File: Crew Procedures, STS-32 LDEF Retrieval; Console Handbook, Rendezvous Guidance and Procedures Officer; Training Guide, Rendezvous Guidance and Procedures Handbook References External links Profile at jamesoberg.com American male journalists Journalists from New York City United States Air Force airmen 1944 births Living people Military personnel from New York City Northwestern University alumni Ohio Wesleyan University alumni University of New Mexico alumni American skeptics NASA people UFO skeptics Writers from New York City People from Dickinson, Texas