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This white paper, sponsored by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office and hosted with Associated Universities, Inc. and Florida State University, synthesizes a workshop held August 5 and 6, 2025, that brought together 40 participants. The workshop examined how to collect, standardize, link and analyze UAP narrative reports. It calls for standard metadata templates, human oversight of AI tools, triage of reports, preservation of historical records, better public reporting portals and further workshops.
13 Appendix B: Guidelines for Conduct Workshop Focus: Please keep in mind that the workshop focus is UAP data. Specifically, discussion will focus on: • Identifying, accessing, and integrating data sources, • Opportunities and challenges with AI, • Pathways for data analysis and interpretation at scale, • Harmonizing qualitative and quantitative perspectives on narrative data, • Cleaning, organizing, and linking data, and • What can and should be done to advance UAP research. It is important to note that we will NOT be focused on what UAP are or their origins, but rather how we can best acquire, curate, and analyze UAP data (qualitative and quantitative) through the scientific lens. It is our hope that the work we do together can better normalize the conversation, data collection, data analysis, etc. about UAP within the research community and the general public. When we make something “taboo” or become dismissive of others’ observations/experiences, we create an opening for misinformation and misunderstanding to thrive. That is not good for anyone. Einstein once said, “No amount of experimentation can prove me right. A single experiment can prove me wrong.” This is why science must remain exploratory in nature. Just because we believe something to be true, it must not prevent us from giving consideration to an alternative conclusion supported by evidence. We fully expect there to be diverse opinions presented throughout the workshop, and we want to take time to make sure everyone who is attending will be comfortable sharing and will feel their thoughts and ideas are valued and respected. Our intent is to ensure we are creating a space where everyone can share what they are comfortable sharing. In an effort to create this space, we will be asking all participants to abide by these rules: • During the Workshop, do NOT take pictures or video that include other attendees, • You may hear someone say something of interest during the workshop. Please secure their permission before repeating it and attributing it to them to others who are not in attendance at the workshop, • While you may disagree with the perspective of others, we ask that everyone work to maintain a professional and respectful attitude throughout, • During breakout sessions, we plan to record the discussions and have them transcribed. Any identifiable data will be removed, and the recordings will be destroyed once transcription and verification has been completed. In the event that an individual in a breakout room does not want to be recorded, we will not record the session, but hand- written notes will be taken throughout the session.
Report, from the aaro collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 17 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.