It’s fair to say that this year has been a page-turner for interest in the definition and refinement of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), a new term that—correctly or not—refers to unidentified flying objects (UFOs), Those unknown events or crafts in our skies.
There have been back-to-back public congressional hearings and several classified gatherings held in a secret, closed-door Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) environment. “The Whistleblower” tells the story of recovered objects and the super-secret reverse-engineering effort to understand what’s going on under the hood of a recovered ship. Even claiming “non-human”biologics“Pulled out of the wreckage of the crashed spaceship.
The Global Anomaly Resolution Office notes that there is no single explanation for most UAP reports (Yarrow), U.S. government leaders dug into and deciphered the nature of the now-popular term “UAP/UFO.” So what should happen in 2025 to move the UAP/UFO story forward? Have we reached a dead end? Instead, is next year the year of “full disclosure”?
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Regardless, adult supervision appears to be advisable. To achieve this goal, Space.com asked several leading UFO/UAP experts to look ahead to 2025.
hopeful promise
Mark Rodeghier, president and scientific director of the J. Allen Hynek UFO Research Center in Chicago, Illinois, said many civilian agencies are making gratifying progress.
Rodeghier personally hopes to see continued progress from these and other groups in 2025, new people entering the field with expertise and energy, and more growth in the academic/professional UFO community.
“All of this will move the story forward, albeit slowly,” Rodgill said. To really make a big impact — barring some amazing case, or “disclosure” with a capital D, or SETI researchers detecting an alien signal — he’d like to see:
- NASA takes an active role and decides to directly fund proposals on UAP topics
- Congress authorized funding through agencies such as the National Science Foundation to support UAP research
- AARO is more open to publishing their case investigations within understandable classification restrictions, certainly, especially those of sightings that they cannot resolve.
“Even with good intentions, I have no hope that more congressional hearings will be of much help without first-hand testimony from new whistleblowers,” Rodgill continued. “Otherwise, I hope Congress will Ensure AARO has the resources it needs and provide thorough oversight of AARO’s work,” he said.
hearings, legislation
Jeff Gould, director of the UAP News Center, said there will be more congressional hearings next year and possibly more legislation to hold the Defense Department’s AARO office to public accountability. An information website that finds and links to UFO news daily.
“Congress has clearly been very interested in this issue over the past three years. I expect they will continue to discuss the UAP topic,” Gould said. He expects more former government officials to come forward and speak on the topic.
Are there any wild cards ahead?
Gould said the scientific community will advance in two ways.
“The larger scientific community will be more willing to raise this topic,” and more in-depth papers are expected in the future. He said this year’s academic papers include a UAP research guide for citizen astronomers, commissioning of an all-sky infrared camera array for detecting objects in the sky, and the use of astrophotonics to detect extraterrestrial life.
In addition, Gould said that there are a number of research organizations focused on UAP that will continue to conduct relevant research, including Harvard University’s Galileo Project, Stanford University’s Sol Foundation (a think tank that conducts cutting-edge research on various aspects of UAP), and SETI Institute.
“The wild card is the Trump administration,” Gould said. “They seem to be biased against declassification. Will they declassify UAP-related documents? We’ll see,” he concluded.
conspiracy driven myths
Alejandro Rojas, a consultant at Enigma Labs, which bills itself as “UFO’s First Destination” Sighting Alert.
Rojas said the newfound credibility on the subject “highlights the Pentagon’s blind spots in detecting low-tech small aircraft flying within safe airspace over land and sea.”
Rojas added that while worrying, this is a very terrestrial and human problem.
government conspiracy
“On the unusual side of the issue, public interest centers on unsubstantiated allegations of government conspiracy against aliens and Roswell [New Mexico]. To some, UFO disclosures just mean “tell me what I already know, that aliens are here and the government interacts with them.” Opportunists, many of whom are long-time alien conspirators supporters, tell the public what they want to hear No font Evidence,” Rojas said.
The result, Rojas said, is that it creates a lot of distrust and triggers hostile attitudes toward scientists and those trying to methodically study the topic.
“I think that unless we create a space where we can openly and transparently engage and encourage the collection of hard data from sensor systems and careful scientific analysis of that data, we will never know what is really going on,” Rojas suggested. ”
Increase transparency and openness
Robert Powell, an executive board member, has conducted in-depth research on this topic for 18 years. UAP Research Science Alliance (SCU) explained that he was confident of a fact. “The UFO/UAP topic will not be hindered by our calendar and will continue to move forward beyond 2025,” he said.
Powell laid out SCU’s agenda for the coming year, driving development in three areas:
- Federal and private investments in unclassified UAP scientific research by academia and the scientific community. Greater collaboration among scientists, researchers, and government agencies can promote a more rigorous and multidisciplinary approach to UAP research. We have never done this since the phenomenon began in 1942.
- Develop advanced UAP detection and sensor technology. The development and deployment of networked sensor arrays requires significant capital.
- Improve the transparency and openness of UAP research. We must move from military studies of this phenomenon to science-based studies. The former relies on confidentiality and control, while the latter relies on openness and collaboration.
“It doesn’t matter whether people believe UAPs are controlled by advanced intelligence,” Powell said. “The more exoplanets we discover, the more we know we will one day make first contact with another intelligent life form.”
Powell said it’s time to start establishing clear definitions of near-Earth technology characteristics, communications protocols and the responsible and ethical sharing of knowledge gained from such encounters.
“Additionally, we have to consider who should represent humanity at such a momentous event,” Powell said. “Should it be a nation-state military organization, or should it be an entity that represents all of humanity? This is a question that has profound implications for the future of our species. key issues of impact,” he said.