Staff ~ Interests and Background
"The Alternate Realities Center" was founded and is directed by Stacey Allen McGee, a life-long experiencer of the mysterious and the unknown, yet a seeker of truth in all things paranormal. In 2007, he was voted and honored as one of the top ten ghost hunters in the United States by Haunted America in New Orleans, Louisiana. His scientific investigation and study of these phenomena first took a more serious turn in February of 1994 when he founded a center for the research of extraordinary experiences in Northeastern Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. This included the in-depth study of, but not limited to, unidentified flying objects, or UFOs for short, Alien Abduction, Crop Circles, Ghosts and Hauntings, Local Folklore and Legend, History and Myth, as well as the fabled Bigfoot and other creatures believed, but not proven to exist...
As an Amateur Astronomer, the Director has frequently hosted public star parties, searching the heavens with telescopes and binoculars in groups settings called "skywatches", as well as other events to educate people to the scientific possibilities of life elsewhere as well as to the size and complexity of the Universe in which we live. Due largely to his love of Astronomy and Cosmology he also developed an avid interested in Ufology, or the study sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)...
"If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all nature cries aloud that He does exist; that there is a supreme intelligence, an immense power, an admirable order, and everything teaches us our own dependence on it." - A Quote By Voltaire
The ARC Staff includes Michael Combs with eight years experience as a paranormal investigator and many other graduates of the "Ghostology 101" - Ghost Hunter Certification Traing Course, too numerous to be pictured here. These dedicated individuals give of their time as guides for our Ghost Tours and GhostWalks as well as private residential and business property study investigation. They work together in unity to support and organize local grassroots research and coordinate follow-up investigations on haunted places as well as reported contact encounters with the unexplained...
In February of 1994, the Director founded the United States UFO Information and Research Center and through this effort, he hopes to broaden the minds of the global community on the tremendous scope and nature of the Universe...
Serving as the Tour Director of Appalachian GhostWalks, Stacey Allen McGee begain his career in tourism by attending the National Career Institute in Tampa, Florida, now called Webster Technical Community College. Graduating with honors from the prestigious program, then rated number four in the nation for travel excellence, McGee worked in several capacities through the years within the travel and tourism industry...
Some of those positions included hotel front desk clerk for the luxious Radisson Hotel in Asheville, NC, assistant manager for UHaul Truck Rental Company in Johnson City, TN, and flight attendant - first class - for American Airlines where he was based in Boston, MA before returning to the Southern Appalachians.
INTERVIEWS, PRESENTATIONS, AND LECTURES
The Alternate Realities Center and US UFO Center Founder and International Director, Stacey Allen McGee is the Tour Director and Chief Ghost Hunting Instructor for Appalachian GhostWalks Haunted Vacations and Ghost Tours and is an expert dowser and dowsing instructor as well as an empath with many spiritual gifts including post cognition and hands on healing. He has received many honors and recognitions including being voted onto Haunted America's 2008 list of Top Five Paranormal Investigators in the United States. He is also an accomplished Astronomer with many years of study in Astrophysics and Quantum Theory and was awarded the Celestial Achievement Award at Bay's Mountain Park and Planetarium. He frequently hosts backyard star parties with inspirational and educational presentations about the day and night sky. In addition, he also hosts fascinating UFO Skywatches with thought provoking commentary regarding the possibilities and likelihood of life elsewhere for small and large groups of any age for just about any special occassion including Birthday Parties and Anniversaries. The ARC and US UFO Center Founder and International Director is available for in house presentations, group lectures, and media interviews and may be contacted by telephone at (423) 743-WALK (9255), or by email at Info@AppalachianGhostWalks.com.
Stacey Allen McGee
Founder and National Director
The ARC ~ Alternate Realities Center
www.AlternateRealitiesCenter.com
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