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What the UFO Discussion Really Needs

There’s no way around the fact that, in popular usage, the term UFO—unidentified flying object—is synonymous with alien spaceships and has been for decades. The assumption that UFOs could represent something truly otherworldly is right there in the language that people use to scrutinize alleged footage; they “debunk” initial sightings, suggesting that, before close examination, they could be the real deal. (The government has tried to tiptoe away from the grabbiest version of UFO discourse, preferring to use the term UAP instead, which somehow sounds even more mysterious.)

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Are UFOs Just Future Humans Watching Us?

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Resources

UAP Guide

UAP Guide is a volunteer team with a mission to raise public awareness about UAP to unlock funding for scientific research and political support for disclosure.

MUFON

The Mutual UFO Network is a non-profit, 501 c3 established in 1969 to study the UFO Phenomenon.

National UFO Reporting Center

Dedicated to the collection and dissemination of objective UFO data.