History
The Society was founded in 1982 by fourteen scientists and scholars, and the first SSE meeting took place at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1982.
As of 2008, the SSE has approximately 800 members in 45 countries.
Of the SSE and its journal, journalist Michael D. Lemonick writes, "Pretty much anything that might have shown up on The X-Files or in the National Enquirer shows up first here. But what also shows up is a surprising attitude of skepticism."
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