UAPx
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| Formation | 2019/08/30 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Gary Voorhis and Kevin Day |
| Headquarters | Oregon, United States |
President | Gary Voorhis |
Key people | |
| Website | https://www.uapexpedition.org/ |
UAP Expeditions Organization (UAPx) (stylized as "UAP eXpeditions") is a scientific UAP research organization, founded in August 2019 by former US Navy personnel Kevin Day and Gary Voorhis, dedicated to the scientific study of UAPs.[1][2]
Organization History & Composition[edit]
Whilst on active military duty in 2004, Kevin Day and Gary Voorhis witnessed the "Tic Tac" UAP events which were reported by The New York Times on 16 December 2017[3] and shown in the video footage released by the US Department of Defense in 2021,[4] which became known as the Pentagon UFO videos.
As of July 2022, the UAPx core team consists of professional physicists,[5][6][7][8] a NASA-trained astronaut,[9] a former NASA astrophysicist,[10] a military electronic systems engineer/analyst,[11] a technical writer,[12] former USAF and US Navy personnel,[12][13][14] and a mechanical/electronic engineer.[13]
Mission[edit]
The stated mission of UAPx is to bring together a global network of researchers, physicists, scientists, trained observers, engineers, enthusiasts, communities and individuals who are dedicated to following the scientific method to study unknown aerial phenomena.[2][15][16]
UAPx describes its objective as to resolve cases under investigation into one of five potential explanatory categories:[2]
- Airborne clutter
- Natural atmospheric phenomena
- Government or industry research and developmental programs
- Foreign adversary systems
- Other classifications, requiring further scientific study
Methodology[edit]
UAPx uses a wide array of multi-sensor systems to measure the characteristics of UAP observed and detected during field research[17][18][19] This includes detection equipment systems based on hardware developed by Ron Olch of the UFO Data Acquisition Project (UFODAP),[20] standard video capture, forward-looking infrared (FLIR) cameras,[18] radio frequency spectrum analyzers with electromagnetic radiation tracking, gamma radiation sensors,[21] high energy particle detectors such as the CosmicWatch device developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)[22] quantum random number generators (QRNG),[22] and artificial intelligence software running custom engineered machine learning modelling algorithms.[23] Field research is often designed to achieve triangulation of observations[21] which informs on datapoints such as the relative velocity and geospatial positioning of observed UAP.
Analysis of the data obtained during expeditions is conducted by UAPx's team of professional scientists using novel techniques such as NASA developed super-resolution imaging (SR) combined with machine learning modelling for object identification.[22] Third party data sets are also sought where appropriate and utilized when available, to correlate with and augment the data gathered during expeditions. This includes seeking records such as satellite imagery, RADAR data, radio frequency spectrum (RF) data and seismological data from a range of US government and international agencies, including National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, California Institute of Technology (CalTech)'s LIGO Gravitational Wave Detector project, and US Geological Survey (USGS).
The UAPx science team authors papers detailing the analytical processes, the results observed and any conclusions drawn, which are submitted to academic research journals for peer review and publication.[22]
UAPx's vice president, Prof. Dr. Kevin Knuth, Ph.D, authored a 2019 paper published in the journal Entropy, entitled "Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles".[24]
Catalina Island Expedition - A Tear in the Sky[edit]
In 2021, UAPx mounted an expedition to Catalina Island, which was filmed by an independent production company (Omnium Media) as the subject of a documentary film titled A Tear in the Sky.[25] The film presented a snapshot of the expedition for a popular audience and included commentary by well known physicist Michio Kaku and Star Trek actor William Shatner.[26] Following the release of A Tear in the Sky, the UAPx team discussed the expedition in depth and corrected some inaccuracies in the film's representation of events, in a podcast entitled "A Tear in the Sky - Review". Streamed live on YouTube on 4 May 2022,[23] this review platformed a panel of the field researchers and scientists to speak about the data gathering process and outline the rigorous scientific analysis that lay ahead. This included a discussion about the apparent atmospheric anomaly that was detected by the team,[27] which had given rise to the film producer's choice of title.
During the expedition, in excess of 2 Terabytes of multi-sensor data[22] was obtained for subsequent analysis by UAPx's team of professional physicists, including former NASA astrophysicist and current associate professor in the Department of Physics at the University at Albany (SUNY) Dr. Kevin Knuth, Ph.D, and associate professor of physics at University at Albany (SUNY), Dr. Matthew Szydagis, Ph.D.
Knuth, Szydagis, and other members of the UAPx science team are authoring several academic papers about the analysis of the collected data, which are likely to be submitted to academic journals for peer review towards the end of 2022.
The UAPx team presented preliminary scientific results of the Catalina Island expedition in June 2022 at the Anomalous Aerospace Phenomena Conference[22] in Huntsville, Alabama, run by UAPx partners Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU).
Appearance on The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch[edit]
UAPx were invited in 2021 to participate in an investigation at Skinwalker Ranch in northern Utah, which many claim to be a hotspot for UAP sightings and associated phenomena.[28] UAPx's visit to the ranch was televised in the History Channel's The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch TV show (Season 3, Episode 2).[29]
References[edit]
- ↑ David, Leonard. "Scientists Try to Get Serious about Studying UFOs. Good Luck with That". Scientific American. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Home". UAPx. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ Cooper, Helene; Blumenthal, Ralph; Kean, Leslie (16 December 2017). "Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program". The New York Times.
- ↑ Yuhas, Alan (2020-04-28). "The Pentagon Released U.F.O. Videos. Don't Hold Your Breath for a Breakthrough". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ↑ "Dr. Kevin Knuth, Ph.D." UAPx. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "Prof. Matthew M. Szydagis, Ph.D. bio". UAPx. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "Cecilia Levy bio". UAPx. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "Ben Placek bio". UAPx. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "Christopher Altman". UAPx. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ Rojas, Alejandro (2020-10-19). "Rojas Report: Dr. Kevin Knuth - Mainstream Science and UAP Research". Openminds.tv. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "Richard Hoffman bio". UAPx. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Jeremy McGowan". UAPx. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Gary Voorhis". UAPx. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "Jason Turner, Consultant". UAPx. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ Svozil, Karl (17 March 2022). "Multistatic radar measurements of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena by cell and open access radio networks". pp. 2, 6. arXiv:2201.04438 [physics.pop-ph].
- ↑ "Ex-Military NASA Veterans Form UFO Group". Popular Mechanics. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ↑ ."Why some scientists want serious research into UFOs". Science News. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Papadopoulos, Loukia (11 December 2021). "Scientists Will Release Over 3 Terabytes of UFO Data in 2022". Interesting Engineering. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "This Silicon Valley Startup Is Dedicated to Detecting UFOs Off the California Coast". Vice.com. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ↑ Leonard David (2022-01-21). "2022 could be a turning point in the study of UFOs". Space.com. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "A TEAR IN THE SKY - Review". We Are Movie Geeks. 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 "ResearchGate - Preliminary Scientific Results from UAPx, Anomalous Aerospace Phenomena Conference, June 2022". June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Episode 5 - UAPx - A Tear In The Sky Review - Catalina Island Expedition Discussion, retrieved 2022-07-01
- ↑ Knuth, Kevin (25 September 2019). "Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles". Entropy (Basel). 21 (10): 939. Bibcode:2019Entrp..21..939K. doi:10.3390/e21100939. PMC 7514271 Check
|pmc=value (help). - ↑ Cory, Caroline (2022-05-03), A Tear in the Sky (Documentary), Omnium Media, retrieved 2022-07-01
- ↑ Pesola, Eric (2022-05-22). "Inspired by Star Trek: Dr. Matthew Szydagis and His Journey Into Dark Matter". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ Pesola, Eric (2022-05-12). "New Documentary Featuring William Shatner Sheds New Light on UAPs, UFOs". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ↑ "The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ↑ "Watch The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch Full Episodes, Video & More | HISTORY Channel". The HISTORY Channel. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
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