No amount of disclosure will change the fact that most United States government unidentified anomalous phenomena data is of an extremely sensitive nature and will not be made accessible to the scientific community and the general public. While there are understandable reasons for this, ranging from the classified nature of the relevant sensors to the government’s interest in protecting classified aerospace assets, it is detrimental to the advancement of scientific research and civilian investigation into UAP of possibly nonanthropogenic origins. Data must be gathered and analyzed independently of the US and other national governments if we are to form an understanding of the exact performance characteristics of UAP, the physical principles that they exploit, and the patterns of activity by which we might gain insight into the nature and intentions of their makers and possible operators.
To that end, the Sol Foundation is establishing a broad, collective research initiative that brings together credentialed scientists from in and outside academia, amateur astronomers, sensor and instrumentation specialists, and diverse kinds of analysts to gather and examine UAP data. Composed of several distinct but mutually supporting projects, the Sol Citizen Science Initiative will gather familiar varieties of data, like video footage of UAP, as well as novel kinds that have been historically neglected, like tracks from consumer passive radar systems and the reports of birdwatchers, maritime professionals, and other trained observers.
To learn more, watch this space, reach out to get involved, and explore the Citizen Science Initiative’s four component research projects:
- The Distributed UAP Observation Project
- Sol UAP Image Analysis Team
- Sol Foundation Amateur Astronomy Network
- Passive Radar Research Project