Arthur Bray
Also known as Arthur R. Bray
Ottawa UFO researcher who acquired Wilbert Smith's papers from his family and first published the Smith memo and the name of Smith's source, Robert Sarbacher.
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Arthur Bray
Arthur Bray was an independent Ottawa UFO researcher, active mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. After Wilbert Smith's death he obtained Smith's personal papers from Smith's widow and son. He published excerpts of the Smith memo in The UFO Connection (1979) [S1][S2]. At the 1982 MUFON symposium he named Smith's source as Robert Sarbacher [S3]. His papers, including Smith's interview notes and Sarbacher's 1983 letter, are now the Arthur Bray fonds (30-003) at the University of Ottawa Archives [S2].
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[S1] Matthew Hayes, "Search for the Unknown" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2022) URL: https://dokumen.pub/search-for-the-unknown-canadas-ufo-files-and-the-rise-of-conspiracy-theory-9780228012290.html Accessed: 2026-09-18 Claim: Bray's books; acquisition from Smith's widow
[S2] "Research on Wilbert B. Smith," Arthur Bray fonds (University of Ottawa Archives) URL: https://arcs-atom.uottawa.ca/index.php/research-on-wilbert-smith Accessed: 2026-09-18 Claim: Papers acquired from Smith's wife and son; now in the fonds
[S3] Kevin Randle (attrib.), "Case MJ-12" URL: https://dokumen.pub/case-mj-12-1628157453-9781628157451.html Accessed: 2026-09-18 Claim: Bray's 1982 MUFON presentation naming Sarbacher
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- Research on Wilbert B. Smith, Arthur Bray fonds — University of Ottawa Archives — https://arcs-atom.uottawa.ca/index.php/research-on-wilbert-smithopen
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