James E. McDonald
James Edward McDonald | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 7, 1920 |
| Died | June 13, 1971 (aged 51) Tucson, Arizona, US |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Omaha MIT Iowa State University |
| Thesis | Radiation-Errors and Lag-Errors in the Measurement of Turbulent Temperature Fluctuations (1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph M. Keller |
| Other advisors | Thomas F. Malone |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | cloud physics weather modification ufology |
| Institutions | Naval Aerology School Iowa State University University of Chicago University of Arizona |
James Edward McDonald (May 7, 1920 – June 13, 1971) was an American atmospheric physicist and meteorologist. He is known for his scientific research in weather modification through cloud seeding, while working as an associate director at the Institute for Atmospheric Physics and a professor of meteorology at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
During the 1960s, McDonald campaigned in support of expanding UFO studies, and promoted the extraterrestrial hypothesis as a plausible explanation of UFO phenomena.