{"id":2776,"date":"2025-03-10T10:48:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T10:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/what-is-the-most-serious-scientific-publication-on-ufos-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T10:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T10:48:44","slug":"what-is-the-most-serious-scientific-publication-on-ufos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/what-is-the-most-serious-scientific-publication-on-ufos-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the most serious scientific publication on UFOs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Seeking the Most Rigorous Scientific Publication on UFOs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hi everyone,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m currently on a quest to find credible scientific publications on UFOs, with the aim of identifying the most thorough and reliable studies to date. <\/p>\n<p>Whenever I reference papers published on arXiv, I often hear that they lack credibility since anyone can submit work there. The COMETA report is frequently dismissed as unreliable, and similar criticisms are directed at ODNI reports. After speaking with skeptics, it seems no sources I&#8217;ve found are deemed credible or scientifically valid.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think is the most important scientific document on UFOs? I would greatly appreciate it if you could share the studies you believe to be the most reputable.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance for your help!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a compilation of what I\u2019ve discovered so far:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports, Official Investigations, and Scientific Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2020 \/ UAP Task Force:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/media.milanote.com\/p\/files\/1QKq1s18alhk3H\/SGs\/Records%20pertaining%20to%20Unidentified%20Aerial%20Phenomenon.pdf\">UAP Task Force Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2021 \/ U.S. Department of Defense:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/assessments\/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf\">Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2022 \/ U.S. Department of Defense:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/assessments\/Unclassified-2022-Annual-Report-UAP.pdf\">Unclassified 2022 Annual Report on UAP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2023 \/ U.S. Department of Defense:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/assessments\/FY2023-Consolidated-Annual-Report-UAP-Oct2023.pdf\">FY2023 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2023 \/ AARO 2023:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/media.milanote.com\/p\/files\/1QD6in1XGPg5bq\/Fx3\/AARO%20Mission%20Brief_DOPSR%20Reviewed%20July%202023.pdf\">AARO Mission Brief<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2024 \/ Inspector General:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2024\/Jan\/25\/2003381266\/-1\/-1\/1\/UNCLASSIFIED%20SUMMARY_UNIDENTIFIED%20ANOMALOUS%20PHENOMENA%20SECURE.PDF\">Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Unclassified Summary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1999 \/ COMETA Report (France):<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosurf.com\/luxorion\/Physique\/cometa.pdf\">COMETA Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2021 \/ SIGMA 2 (France):<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3af.fr\/global\/gene\/link.php?doc_id=4372&amp;fg=1\">SIGMA 2 Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2022 \/ Kyiv Report (Ukraine):<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2208.11215\">Kyiv Report<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I look forward to your insights!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nSeeking the Most Rigorous Scientific Publication on UFOs Hi everyone, I\u2019m currently on a quest to find credible scientific publications on UFOs, with the aim of identifying the most thorough and reliable studies to date. Whenever I reference papers published on arXiv, I often hear that they lack credibility since anyone can submit work there.&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/what-is-the-most-serious-scientific-publication-on-ufos-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;What is the most serious scientific publication on UFOs?&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufos","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}