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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.
REPORT OF THE SKY CANADA PROJECT# 57 Endnotes 1 Earnscliffe Strategy Group. (October 2024). “POR Study on Sky Canada: A Nationwide Survey for the Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada” (OCSA): Research Report”, Government of Canada Publications, ISBN: Iu4-443/2024E-PDF978-0-660-74710-1. 2 CTVNews.ca. (November 15, 2024). “Police in Canada collected wreckage after object shot down over Lake Huron”. Available at https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/police-in- canada-collected-wreckage-after-object-shot-down-over-lake-huron-1.7110602. 3 Ipsos. (July 19, 2021). “The Truth is Out There: Factum”. Toronto. Available at https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/news-polls/Truth-Out-There-Two-Three-Canadians-Believe- Alien-Life. 4 Groupe d’Etude et d’Information sur les Phénomènes Aérospatiaux Non identifiés. Available at https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en. 5 Enigma Labs. (2024). “The #1 Destination for UFO Sighting Alerts”. Available at https://enigmalabs.io/. 6 Harvard University. (2024). “The Galileo Project”. Available at https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/home. 7 Yingling, Marissa E., and Charlton W. Yingling. (2024). “Academic freedom and the unknown: credibility, criticism, and inquiry among the professoriate”. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11, Article number: 987. Available at https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03351-4. 8 House of Commons, Standing Committee on Science and Research. (2023). “The role and contributions of citizen scientists”. (44th Parliament, 1st Session, Sixth Report). Ottawa: House of Commons. Available at https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/SRSR/report-6/. 9 Eberl, Jakob-Moritz, Huber, Robert A., & Greussing, Esther. (2021). “From populism to the ‘plandemic’: Why populists believe in COVID-19 conspiracies”. Journal of Elec- tions, Public Opinion and Parties, 31:sup1, 272-284. DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2021.1924730. Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2021.1924730. 10 Van Prooijen, Jan-Willem, & Karen M. Douglas. (2017). “Conspiracy Theories as Part of History: The Role of Societal Crisis Situations.” Memory Studies, 10(3), 323–333. DOI: 10.1177/1750698017701615. 11 Goreis, Andreas, & Martin Voracek. (2019). “A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychological Research on Conspiracy Beliefs: Field Characteristics, Measure- ment Instruments, and Associations with Personality Traits.” Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 205, 13 pages. Available at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ fpsyg.2019.00205/full. 12 Eberl, Jakob-Moritz, Robert A. Huber, & Esther Greussing. (2021). “From Populism to the ‘Plandemic’: Why Populists Believe in COVID-19 Conspiracies”. Journal of Elec- tions, Public Opinion and Parties, 31(Suppl. 1), 272–284. DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2021.1924730; 13 Krekó, Péter. (2020). “Countering Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation”. In Butter, Michael, & Knight, Peter (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories, pp. 242- 256. London: Routledge. 14 Krekó, Péter. (2020). “Countering Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation”. In Butter, Michael, & Knight, Peter (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories, pp. 242- 256. London: Routledge. 15 Overgaard, Christian Staal Bruun, Dudo, Anthony, Lease, Matthew, Masullo, Gina M., Stroud, Natalie Jomini, Stroud, Scott R., & Woolley, Samuel. (2021). “Building Con- nective Democracy: Interdisciplinary Solutions to the Problem of Polarisation”. In Tumber, Howard, & Waisbord, Silvio (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Media Misrepre- sentation and Populism, pp. 569-578. London: Routledge. 16 McIntyre, Lee. (2021). “How to Talk with a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason”. Cambridge/London: The MIT Press. 17 Eberl, Jakob-Moritz, Robert A. Huber, & Esther Greussing. (2021). “From Populism to the ‘Plandemic’: Why Populists Believe in COVID-19 Conspiracies.” Journal of Elec- tions, Public Opinion and Parties, 31(Suppl. 1), 272–284. DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2021.1924730. 18 Hayes, Matthew. (2022). “Search for the Unknown: Canada’s UFO Files and the Rise of Conspiracy Theory”. McGill-Queen’s Press, 2022. 19 Rutkowski, Chris. (March, 2023). “Canadian UFO Survey”, Ufology Research. Available at http://canadianuforeport.com/index.html. 20 CTVNews.ca. (May 6, 2022). “Canada’s defence minister was briefed on UFOs ahead of U.S. intel report”. Available at https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/canadian- defence-minister-was-briefed-on-ufos-ahead-of-us-intel-report/. 21 Hayes, Matthew. (2022). “Search for the Unknown—Canada’s UFO Files and the Rise of Conspiracy Theory”, McGill-Queen’s University Press. 22 “Project Second Storey Sighting Report,” n.d. Reprint of Project Magnet Report file. X30-3, box 1126.1. University of Ottawa Archives, Ottawa, ON. 23 Transport Canada. “Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System (CADORS)”. Available at https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/cadors-screaq/m.aspx?lang=eng. 24 Transport Canada, The Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System (CADORS). Available at https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/publications/aviation-safety-letter/ issue-2-2021/civil-aviation-daily-occurrence-reporting-system-cadors. 25 CTVNews.ca. (January 26, 2024). “Multiple flights reported ‘strange lights’ in the sky over Quebec during one day in 2023”. Available at https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/ article/multiple-flights-reported-strange-lights-in-the-sky-over-quebec-during-one-day-in-2023/. 26 Based on summary results drawn from Transport Canada’s Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System (CADORS) database from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023. 27 Canadian Coast Guard, Notice to Mariners. Available at https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2022/mpo-dfo/Fs151-4-2022-eng.pdf. 28 Archived webpages from Library and Archives Canada, Canada’s UFOs: The Search for the Unknown. Available at https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/ web/20060119031333/https://www.collectionscanada.ca/ufo/index-e.html. 29 The Department of Defense. (April 27, 2020). “Statement by the Department of Defense on the Release of Historical Navy Videos”, Available at https://www.defense.gov/ News/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/. 30 All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The Department of Defense. AARO Home page. Available at https://www.aaro.mil/. 31 All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). (February 2024). “Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenom- ena (UAP) Volume I”. The Department of Defense. Available at https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/AARO_Historical_Record_Report_Vol_1_2024.pdf. 32 Office of the Director of National Intelligence. (November 14, 2024). “2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena”. Available at https:// www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/reports-publications/reports-publications-2024/4020-uap-2024. 33 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (September 14, 2023). “UPDATE: NASA Shares UAP Independent Study Report; Names Director”. Available at https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/update-nasa-shares-uap-independent-study-report-names-director/. 34 The White House. (December 13, 2023). “Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Com- munications John Kirby”. Available at https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/12/13/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-kar- ine-jean-pierre-and-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-33/. 35 H.R.6967 - 118th Congress (2023-2024). (January 19, 2024). “Safe Airspace for Americans Act”. Congress.gov | Library of Congress. Available at https://www.congress. gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6967. 36 Osborne, Margaret. (September 14, 2023). “Alleged Alien Corpses Displayed to Mexican Congress Did Not Convince Scientists”. Smithsonian Magazine. Available at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/alleged-aliens-corpses-displayed-to-mexican-congress-did-not-convince-scientists-180982900/. 37 Trela, Nate. (September 20, 2023). “No, Mexico’s Congress did not declare that aliens are real: Fact check”. USA Today. Available at https://www.usatoday.com/story/ news/factcheck/2023/09/20/mexican-congress-shown-alien-bodies-still-studying-uap-fact-check/70869481007/.
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