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.

Jeff Kindle
​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".

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.
​Kathleen is currently a State Section Director for the MUFON WA Chapter and Media Production Manager.

Walt Beerman
​State Section Director, F.I. 3, Experiencer Resource Team

​Walt Beerman is a State Section Director for MUFON WA Chapter and resides in the Seattle area. He joined MUFON in 2018 after retiring from a career in finance and real estate mortgage banking. Walt holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of South Florida’s School of Business. Over his fifty-year mortgage banking career, he spent twenty-five years as the owner of his own mortgage brokerage firm. Earlier in his career, during the Cold War, he served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at an NSA site in Berlin. 

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.
Rebecca's 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. ​

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. 

Michael Massey​
​Field Investigator
​(In Training)

Mike became a MUFON Field Investigator in 2024. He is semi-retired, teaching Computer Networking courses at Bellingham Technical College.

​Mike holds a bachelor’s in Computer Science and a master’s in Biology, with many years of wildlife rehab and marathon kayaking behind him.

Sabrina Fletcher​
Field Investigator
​(In Training)

Sabrina retired after 32 years working at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab as an Illustrator, Animator, Photographer, and Videographer. Over that period, she was a member of a team doing dynamic research at HEAF (High Explosive Application Facility). That required processing data, including x-rays and high-speed video using a Phantom Camera V2511 taking images at speeds of 30,000 – 100,000 frames per second. Working at the lab included processing data and creating imagery, animations and video’s for different research disciplines including: Atmospheric (NARAC), Earth Sciences (E & ED), Lasers (NIF), Bio-Engineering Department (BED), the Technical Information Department (TID), and more.

Sabrina was the Vice President of an all-women’s motorcycle riding club called Curve Unit in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 18 years. One of the focuses of the club was raising money for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF), and encouraging safe riding among the riding community, not only on the street but promoting riding with instructors at Track Days.
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Those experiences were foundational for working with teams of people in research and reaching out to the community.