Thiago Luiz Ticchetti was born in 1975 in Santa Cruz, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His father, Colonel Luiz Mauro Ticchetti, was a Brazilian Air Force fighter pilot. Ticchetti has been researching the UFO phenomenon for more than 30 years, having investigated hundreds of cases in that time. In 1997, he attended the 1st World Forum of Ufology, held in Brasília, where he was invited to join the Brazilian Entity for Extraterrestrial Studies. He was actively involved with the organization over the next 10 years, becoming it's vice president. He joined Revista UFO Magazine in 1997 as a volunteer translator, becoming a consultant, international coordinator, co-editor. And since 2023, editor. Ticchetti was president of the Brazilian Commission of Ufologists for seven years and is now its International Director. In 2017, he was appointed as Assistant to the International Director of Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) in Brazil, and since 2021, National Director of MUFON in Brazil. He is a MUFON certified field researcher and member of MUFON's ERT and Star Team. In 2024, he became a member of The Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU). Thiago is the author of 10 books and more than 100 articles.