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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.
4 Outside participation was limited due to budget constraints and institutional capacity. Potential participants were identified based on demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas: AI and machine learning; UAP research and data; physical and natural sciences; information and data science; archives and records; analysis methods; cyberinfrastructure and computation; and human and social sciences. If an invitee declined to attend, we extended an invitation to another candidate with similar skills/experience identified through online research and word of mouth. The final workshop included 40 participants. Establishing open dialogue Participant privacy was an important consideration throughout workshop planning, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval governed data collection and security for the workshop. The organizing committee further wished to establish a neutral environment in which participants holding diverse beliefs and backgrounds would feel comfortable engaging. It was very important that those attending the workshop felt comfortable sharing their thoughts and ideas without being concerned about what others might say or do. The planning committee also decided not to publicize the workshop online beforehand to limit outside attention and encourage comfort and open discourse among an intimate group of participants. Participants were urged to avoid taking photos or attributing statements to individuals without permission. The organizers made efforts to accommodate privacy concerns after they identified a final list of attendees. This included: ● Name tag options: individuals could simply list their first name with no institutional affiliation; ● Individuals could choose to remove themselves from some sessions or conversations if they felt uncomfortable engaging in various topics; ● Photographing other attendees was not permitted unless an attendee received consent from all individuals who appeared in a photo; and ● Respect for all and approaching conversations with an open mind was a requirement for participation. If an individual did not feel this was possible, they were asked to not attend. See email communication sent to all attendees in Appendix B: Guidelines for Conduct. Workshop Summary Agenda overview The event began with a casual, pre-workshop networking social in the evening of August 4, 2025. The organizers provided welcome and opening remarks on the morning of August 5, 2025. Brief participant introductions followed these remarks. A keynote address about the importance of good UAP data primed participants for the first breakout session (“Identifying, accessing, and integrating data sources”), held before breaking for lunch. The afternoon of
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.