The Lancashire Anomalous Phenomena Investigation Society (LAPIS) is a Blackpool based group of like minded individuals whose mission is to investigate ufological, paranormal and anomalous phenomena using the scientific method. LAPIS was founded in the mid 1980s by Joseph & June Dormer who were among the leading UK investigators of their day.

The group has been involved with many exciting cases over the years, some of which have attracted the attention of the national media. Since 1989, we have held a series of highly acclaimed conferences putting on many respected speakers including a former NASA astronaut. We will be holding our 2011 UFO conference on the weekend of 11th/12th June 2011 and we will have our usual great line up of speakers so check it out!

The group holds a formal public meeting on the 1st Thursday of every month at The Guards Club, 37E Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9DG. We also meet informally on the other Thursdays at the same venue (except the last Thursday when we usually have a pub crawl or a curry in St Annes) but we tend not to be as sober or as on topic as we are at the formal meeting! Everyone is welcome to attend any meeting whatever their views on ufology or the paranormal. Come along and relax in like-minded company. Check out the right hand column for the date of our next meeting and the map at the bottom of the page for directions.

The group is very active and holds regular skywatches throughout the year. We also travel to lots of exciting places and during 2009/2010 we went looking for big cats in Devon, spent a long weekend camping in Rendlesham Forest studying the scene of the famous 1980 Incident, enjoyed a weekend down in crop circle country admiring the artistry of the circle making teams, camped for an overnight skywatch in the Peak District and, to cap it all, one fortunate member spent a month in a remote Californian forest searching for the legendary Bigfoot!

We'll be adding a gallery area to the website shortly but meanwhile you'll find some photos from our 2009 Rendlesham Forest Expedition at the bottom of the page.

We can't wait for the summer!