# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-fry
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:49:11.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-fry"
name: "Daniel Fry"
slug: "daniel-fry"
description: "Daniel William Fry was an American contactee of the 1950s who claimed he had multiple contacts with an alien and took a ride in a remotely piloted alien spacecraft. Fry was born in Verdon Township, Minnesota. He was also the founder of the UFO religion Understanding, Inc., though Fry insisted it was not a religion."
tagline: "American ufologist, poet, writer (1908–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel_Fry_holding_his_book%2C_1967.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1908-07-19"
deathDate: "1992-12-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.12
  momentum:             7.435897435897437
  historical:           5.489202666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://danielfry.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Fry"
    title: "Daniel Fry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "دانيال فراي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Fry"
    title: "Daniel Fry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Fry"
    title: "Daniel Fry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Фрай, Дэниел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C"
    title: "ڈینیئل فرائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4492304"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump