“We are trying to bring disciplines together to bear on the issue, and trying to create a shared descriptive vocabulary. The weird is something experienced, and this should be honored.” --- Michael Cifone, phD Co-founder and Director, Society for UAP Studies A few weeks before the second annual Society for UAP Studies (SUAPS) Conference, Co-founder and Director Dr. Michael Cifone called to ask if I was interested in traveling to Erlangen, Germany (a few miles north of Nuremberg)...

Baveno, Italy — The 2025 SOL Symposium convened researchers from more than a dozen countries at the elegant Hotel Dino on the shores of Lake Maggiore, near the Swiss border. Over three days of panels, lectures, and informal discussions, the symposium explored emerging questions in UAP studies, emphasizing a recurring theme for the field: meaningful progress requires both interdisciplinary methods and transparent public engagement. SUAPS members were prominent contributors, presenting research...

Edoardo Russo, head of Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici, and its chief archivist, pointed to the distant, snowcapped peaks of the Italian alps. “This is the Piemonte Region,” he said, “The name means ‘foot of the mountains.’” Russo is also a board member of the Society for UAP Studies, reflecting an international outlook. We were driving from his hometown of Torino (Turin), where the headquarters of the Lavazza coffee corporation dominates, and the miraculous Turin Shroud remains as a...