Richard Foster Haines is a retired American experimental psychologist, professor, researcher, and writer. He has authored many scientific journal articles in his field as well as numerous fiction and non-fiction books including 'Sudden Loss: Earthquake Realities' (2009), 'Night Flying' (with C. Flatau) (1992), 'Melbourne Episode: Case Study of a Missing Pilot' (1987), 'Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind' (1999), and others.
