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Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)

A skeptical organisation founded in 1976 by Philip Klass, Carl Sagan, Paul Kurtz, and others to investigate and publicly evaluate paranormal and fringe-science claims, publishing the Skeptical Inquirer; later renamed the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

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  • Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) had as a member Carl Sagan — Co-founder of CSICOP in 1976.

  • Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) had as a member Philip J. Klass — Founding fellow and chairman of CSICOP's UFO subcommittee.

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