Dirk Vander Ploeg is a UFO investigtor, journalist and editor. He has studied UFO videos for over a decade and demonstrates the range of UFO videos, both fake and real, on his website UFODigest.com. He also publishes UFO Digest newsletter which is subscribed to by thousands of UFO enthusiasts around the world.

Dirk is also known as the leading expert concerning the Lake Erie Monster. Affectionately known as Bessie, the lake monster is very similar to its cousin Nessie from Loch Ness.

Dirk has been interviewed on many radio programs, throughout North America, concerning the wide range of the paranormal including UFOs and lake monsters.

Dirk is a graduate and majored in communications. He owns an Internet company specializing in website promotion. He is also a graduate of the Arbitration and Mediation Insititude of Canada.