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Office of the Chief Science Advisor, Government of Canada · 2025 · 30 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

  • p. 13 …Canadian UFO Survey” produced by a group of Manitoba-based volunteers called Ufology Research, directed by…
  • p. 16 …The Search for the Unknown”.28 Many researchers and authors have mined LAC’s UFO docu…
  • p. 19 …zur Erforschung des UFO- Phänomens, or The Society for Research into the UFO Phe- nomena),41…
  • p. 20 …China UFO Research Association, several localized societies were established, including the Beijing UFO Society, which was…
  • p. 28 …Society for the Study of the UFO Phenomenon eV. (2024). Available at www.ufo-for- schung…
REPORT OF THE SKY CANADA PROJECT# 55
Very important
Somewhat important
Not very important
Not at all important
Don't Know∕
No Response
Chart 18: How important is it, if at all, that the Government of Canada
support citizen science initiatives on UAPs?
Nearly 60% of respondents say that it is important for the
Government of Canada to support citizen science initiatives on UAPs.
Source: Earnscliffe, 2024
19% 39% 19% 13% 9%
Strongly support
Somewhat support
Somewhat oppose
Strongly oppose
Don't Know∕No Response
About half of respondents (49%) would support the Government
of Canada dedicating public funds to investigate UAP sightings.
Source: Earnscliffe, 2024
Chart 19: How strongly would you support or oppose the Government of Canada
dedicating public funds to transparently investigate sightings reported by Canadians?
10% 39% 23% 17% 11%
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