SUAPS was represented at the 2026 Hessdalen Field Trip & Conference in Norway, bringing together researchers, academics, experiencers and citizen scientists from several countries for a unique combination of scientific presentations, discussion and field investigation. From August 28-30, 2026, Project Hessdalen hosted its Field Trip & Conference in Trondheim and the Hessdalen Valley, bringing together an international group of researchers and participants interested in the sc

Paris, France — June 29, 2026 On June 29, 2026, the French National Assembly in Paris hosted a parliamentary colloquium devoted to the scientific and institutional study of Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena (UAP), under the title “La recherche sur les phénomènes aérospatiaux non identifiés au-delà des fantasmes” — Research on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena Beyond Fantasies. Organized by Members of Parliament Pierre Henriet and Arnaud Saint-Martin, the colloquium brought toge

The formal dinner echoed the seriousness of the conference and SCU’s policy in general: the belief that scientific methods are the best tools available to begin to understand the UAP puzzle. Some attendees and speakers differed slightly from this philosophy, notably SUAPS founder Michael Cifone, who emphasized his position that science must evolve to meet the phenomenon through a philosophy he has coined “The Empirical Weird,” calling for a cooperative mixture of “mind-matter