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The Society for UAP Studies was featured on the front page of USA TODAY  on December 9, 2025, marking a significant moment for the emerging academic field dedicated to the study of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). The article, titled “Time To Get Real On UFOs,”  highlights the Society’s mission to bring rigorous, interdisciplinary scholarship to phenomena that have long existed at the margins of academic inquiry. Written by USA TODAY  journalist Phaedra Trethan, the fe

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, pr

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 rema