# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-sheaffer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:22:01.047Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-sheaffer"
name: "Robert Sheaffer"
slug: "robert-sheaffer"
description: "Robert Sheaffer is an American freelance writer and UFO skeptic. He is a paranormal investigator of unidentified flying objects, having researched many sightings and written critiques of the hypothesis that UFOs are alien spacecraft. In addition to UFOs, his writings cover topics such as Christianity, academic feminism, the scientific theory of evolution, and creationism. He is the author of six books."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Sheaffer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1949-05-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.77
  momentum:             5.801920947269784
  historical:           6.366885333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3872329/"
    handle:    "nm3872329"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheaffer"
    title: "Robert Sheaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "روبرت شيفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "روبرت شيفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "روبرت شیفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheaffer"
    title: "Robert Sheaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheaffer"
    title: "Robert Sheaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheaffer"
    title: "Robert Sheaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2741298"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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