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The Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada issued this June 2025 report of the Sky Canada Project, which reviewed how public reports of unidentified aerial phenomena are handled in Canada. It finds no cohesive, standardized reporting system, no official public platform, limited analysis and little scientific involvement. It compares approaches in the United States, France and Chile, includes a commissioned public survey, and makes fourteen recommendations, including naming a lead federal agency, creating a dedicated reporting service and cooperating with AARO, NASA, GEIPAN and SEFAA.
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REPORT OF THE SKY CANADA PROJECT# 39 Management of UAP reports in Oceania Australia From 1950 to 1996, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was responsible for investigating UAP sightings in Australia.47 How- ever, the RAAF ceased its involvement in public UAP investi- gations in 1996, citing a perceived lack of scientific value and compelling reasons to continue dedicating resources to these activities. Today, public sightings of UAPs in Australia can be reported to the local police or other third-party organizations such as the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) for Australia and New Zealand and the Australian Centre for UFO Studies (ACUFOS). Defence flight safety incidents (including those potentially caused by UAPs) are handled by the Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA), while the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) handles civilian aviation safety. New Zealand New Zealand also had a period, spanning from 1954 to 2009, during which the military collected public UFO sightings, ap- parently without investigating them.48 New Zealand’s military released hundreds of documents detailing claims of UFO sight- ings to the national archives.49 Today, members of the public can still report UAP sightings to both the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)50 and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). Additionally, there are civilian groups, such as Ufocus NZ,51 that gather reports from the public and pilots. Management of UAP reports in Asia Japan According to media sources, Japan’s Defense Minister in- structed the Japanese Defense Forces in 2020 to record and photograph any object they encounter or that enters Japanese airspace, and to take steps for the “necessary analysis” of the sightings.52 This directive underscores the importance placed on monitoring and documenting UAPs by the Japanese gov- ernment, as well as the recognition of the need for thorough analysis and investigation including information provided by the public. The Japanese military announced in February 2023 a new policy to consider unidentified drones and balloons as legitimate targets to be shot down.53 On May 28, 2024, ruling and opposition lawmakers in Japan held a meeting to address UAP issues, and, on June 6, 2024, they created a nonpartisan group to ramp up abilities to detect and analyze UAPs.54 China The rise of UAP research in China coincided with the country’s reform period in the late 1970s. As part of the first wave of reforms, public interest in UAPs began to emerge.55 In Septem- ber 1979, students at Wuhan University established the China UFO Enthusiasts’ Liaison Office, which later evolved into the China UFO Research Association. The association expanded, opening branches in other cities. The Journal of UFO Research, founded in 1981 in Lanzhou by the Gansu People’s Publishing House, became the most widely read UAP research magazine in Asia by the 1990s.56 Following the success of the China UFO Research Association, several localized societies were established, including the Beijing UFO Society, which was founded in 1984. The Beijing UFO Society claimed to have collected a significant number of photographs and first-hand accounts of UAPs through its fieldwork. During the 1990s, interest in UAPs and extraterrestrial life surged as state media began covering the topic and publishing restrictions were relaxed.57 However, the China UFO Research Association disbanded in 1997. Recently, China has a dedicated task force within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to investigate Unidentified Aerial Phe- nomena (UAP). This task force employs a multi-tiered reporting system to manage UAP sightings, collecting data from military radar stations, air force pilots, police stations, weather sta- tions and observatories affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Reports undergo preliminary analysis at regional military commands before being centralized in a national data- base. To handle the vast amount of data and identify patterns, the PLA utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the nature and potential threat level of these phenomena. This approach enables the PLA to rapidly determine whether observed objects are foreign aircraft, natural occurrences or potentially other- worldly in origin.58 The recent global developments in the study and inves- tigation of UAPs demonstrate an increasing commit- ment to scientific inquiry and national security. Coun- tries such as the United States, France and Chile have established formal governmental bodies to investigate UAP sightings, while others have relied on non-gov- ernmental organizations or citizen science groups to collect and analyze reports. The growing recognition of the need for robust data collection and international cooperation reflects a shared interest in understanding these phenomena and a global shift toward a more systematic and open approach to the study of UAPs. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan ATLAS), Chicheng Iceberg Ridge, Hebei Province, China (2024). A massive object entering Earth’s atmosphere disintegrates, leaving behind a bright trail.
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