Sam Wright Dies

 

Photo by Juliette Gregson

I'm very sorry to report than Sam Wright has passed away. Sam was one of the organizers of the UK Probe International conference in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. The autumn 2006 event was the first ever conference I went to. He and his wife Jean founded Probe in 1991 and it ran right up to the last one in autumn 2019. I managed to make a short but wonderful interview video with them in 2009, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOmqYmOj02A. From the moment I arrived at the 2006 conference, I was hooked. From that day onwards, the UFO paranormal conspiracy conference circuit has been a massive part of my life. Jean passed away in 2011 and Sam continued working on the biannual conferences with the help of his family and friends. The Probe conferences gave me something to look forward to all the time. Unlike most other conferences, Probe was twice a year, not once. I found a community of like-minded people that I could join. In a world where I am generally isolated from those around me, I felt a sense of belonging. I really owe the organizers a lot; they have changed my life for the better. It's nice to think Sam and Jean are together again, along with all the other fallen heroes like David Boyle. There have been a run of bereavements in our community over the last twelve months or so. Let's hope this is the last. Rest in peace, Sam.
Here is a news story about Sam and the Probe conference: https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/are-ufo-s-set-to-land-in-st-annes-6965166.
See here for a selection of my Probe reviews and reportages: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2007/10/uk-probe-autumn-2007.html.
And: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2009/10/probe-autumn-2009-part-1.html.
And: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2011/10/uk-probe-conference-2011.html.
And: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2014/10/probe-autumn-2014.html.
And: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2019/10/probe-autumn-2019.html.