WASHINGTON STATE MUFON TEAM

Sue Countiss
​Director,
Experiencer Resource Team (E.R.T.)

Sue is the WA Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) State Director Field Investigator, as well as a member of MUFON's Experiencer Resource Team (ERT) a separate group for 'Experiencers,' people who suspect they may have experienced a close encounter or abduction.
As a Physical Scientist, Sue worked in Radiation Safety for 27 years. Sue was a member of the National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists from 1982 until retirement working in both the Nevada Argone National Laboratory and New Mexico WIPP site.
​     Sue joined MUFON in 2012 and became a Field Investigator and State Director in Las Vegas, NV. (2017). Sue was appointed State Director in 2023.
Email: countissue@gmail.com

Dan Nims
​Chief Investigator,
​ Experiencer Resource Team​​

Dan is retired from the Air Force where he was a fighter pilot and a test pilot. He became the Director of Test for the F-22 program and finally Director of Test Resources for the Air Force.
     He spent his retirement as a small businessman in Walla Walla and is now re-retired. He has been a member of MUFON since 2017 and Chief Investigator since 2018.

Pam Murray
Assistant State Director, Experiencer Resource Team

Dr. Pam Murray, ERT, is an author, speaker and life coach. She has written five books and hundreds of articles, and has travelled the world, teaching and speaking. For 7 years she hosted a television interview show. Some of her guests were experiencers, which piqued her interest in this area. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Modern Languages and a Masters and Doctorate in Divinity/Metaphysics.

Bruce Whetstone
​F.I. 3, Photo Analysis

Bruce has extensive experience as an Information Technology Specialist, but he has also continued his major hobby as a classic rock musician. In years past, he worked in aerospace and defense (with The RAND Corporation and TRW). He later held director-level IT management positions with Amgen, Intuit and Electronic Arts, in the areas of IT operations and infrastructure, including deployment of global networks, data centers and communication systems.

Bruce holds a BS in Computer Science from Iowa State University, and an MS in Computer Science from USC. He is a private pilot, scuba diver and photographer. 
His specialty in support of MUFON is with photo and video analysis, and understanding the metadata behind the images.

Kathleen Wyer
​State Section Director, F.I. 3 Experiencer Resource Team

Kathleen joined MUFON in 2014. Her passion is rock art, fossils, archeology, studying and photographing ancient sites. "There is a theme in the patterns from all over the world" is her theory and current area of study.
     She has a Masters Degree in Education and Communication and spent 28 years working as a Project Manager in multiple agencies installing and training large scale I.T. implementations for Washington State.

Walt Beerman
​State Section Director, F.I. 3

​Walt is the State Section Director and Field Investigator for the Seattle area and King county. 
     Walt’s background is forty-five years of mortgage banking with a Business degree in Economics.  
     He spent four years of international volunteering with Habitat for Humanity and four years in the Army assigned to a Berlin military intelligence site.  

Jeff Kindle
​Field Investigator F.I. 2 

​Jeff has a BA in Special Education from Central  Washington University;
and a  Masters in Education, with an Emphasis in Educational Technology through Central Washington University. 
With 20 years as a public education teacher Jeff developed a computer lab for learning disabled students to identify their individual alternative learning style as well as a means to succeed in their high school classes. 
Jeff has spent 10 years as the athletic-activity administrator for a public high school and a branch manager for the Nike Team facilitating contracts for High Schools & College.
Jeff is an avid mountain biker, hiker, and fly fisher in high mountain lakes.
​He notes, "I have always had an interest in the unexplained in our world".

Dr. Chris Chaffin
Field Investigator F.I. 2

Dr. Chris Chaffin is originally from Southeast Idaho and witnessed his first UFO at his elementary school in Milwaukee, Oregon.
Chris attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology and a minor in chemistry. He then attended Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and received his Doctor of Dental Surgery.
Chris has lived in many countries including 2 years in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. After joining the United States Army Dental Corps in Oklahoma, he and his family were stationed in Heidelberg, Germany (NATO HQ) and other bases across the United States.
Chris moved to Spokane, WA in 1993 and have been serving the Spokane and Inland Northwest dental needs in general, cosmetic, and implant dentistry ever since at www.chaffindentalcare.com
When he is not in the office, Chris enjoys his family, children, and grandchildren along with snowboarding, photography, playing Rock & Pop music, and feeding his fascination with science and researching the unknown. 

Dave Raappana​​
​State Section Director, F.I. 3

Dave is a former licensed Private Investigator for West Coast Investigators and a retired GS 11 Federal Security/Force Protection Officer. Dave  skills are in criminal and civil cases, along with physical security inspections, investigations, and vetting for Federal and contract client's. These include, but are not limited to, ManTech/MSM Security Service LLC, and FBI-BICS programs where he provided background investigations and security clearances for both the government and contractors.
Dave is a retired US Air Force Active/Reserve MSgt assigned to the Air Intelligence Agency at Lackland AFB, TX. His last assignment was with Guam and Fairchild AFB’s Intelligence shops as the Special Security Officer/Administration Officer where he performed background investigations for military and contract personnel assigned to the SCIF (Sensitive Compartmental Information Facility).
Retirement has provided Dave the opportunity to study archaeology, cryptozoology, and ufology. 

Rebecca Brown
​Field Investigator (F.I. 2)

Rebecca Brown is originally from both Maine and Arizona, having lived in several places in both the United States and in New Zealand.
Rebeccas skills include being a former Paralegal, Finance Director, for the Yakima, Washington Airport, and attending to the operations and management of many small businesses for over 20 years. Her education includes the University of Arizona, Yavapai Community College, and the Jacksonville Community College.
She currently resides in Yakima with her husband, children, and grandchildren nearby. 

Virginia Lightfoot
​Field Investigator
​(In Training)

​Bruce Andrews
​Field Investigator (F.I.)