Below are publications that will provide you with a deeper understanding of UAP exposure, health-related effects, and stigma. Our list is ever-growing as quality research continues to be published. Please check back often.

Federal Guidance, Public Releases, and Related Documents

• All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). U.S. Government UAP-Related Program/Activity Reporting. Published April 30, 2024.

• Cooper H, Blumenthal R, Kean L. Glowing auras and ‘black money’: The Pentagon’s mysterious U.F.O. program. The New York Times. Published December 16, 2017.

• Federal Aviation Administration. Section 8. Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Report.

• Gough SL. The Evolution of Strategic Influence. U.S. Army War College; April 7, 2003.

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. Published June 25, 2021.

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. Published January 12, 2023.

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. October 2023.

Psychological Effects

• De la Torre GG. Psychological aspects in unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) witnesses. International Journal of Astrobiology. 2024;23:e4. doi:10.1017/S1473550423000289

• Dijkstra N, Kok P, Fleming SM. A neural basis for distinguishing imagination from reality. doi:10.31234/osf.io/dgjk6.

• Eghigian G. The psychiatrist, the aliens, and "going native." Psychiatric Times. Published November 13, 2014.

• Gackenbach J. From lucid dreaming to pure consciousness: A conceptual framework for the OBE, UFO abduction, and NDE experiences. Lucidity Letter. 1991;10(1&2):1-25.

• McNally RJ, Clancy SA. Sleep paralysis, sexual abuse, and space alien abduction. Transcult Psychiatry. 2005 Mar;42(1):113-22. doi:10.1177/1363461505050715

• Perrotta G. Clinical evidence in the phenomenon of alien abduction. Ann Psychiatry Treatm. 2021;5(1):107-115. doi:10.17352/apt.000037

• Steiner JR. A discussion of extra-ordinary/anomalous experiences and the importance of assisting individuals in processing, integrating, and utilizing the experience. Opusnetwork.org.

Physiological Effects

• Anomalous Acute and Subacute Field Effects on Human Biological Tissues. Defense Intelligence Agency. Published March 11, 2010.

• McCampbell J. Effects of UFOs upon people. Fortean Times. 1987.

• Physical Evidence Related to UFO Reports: The Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Pocantico Conference Center, Tarrytown, New York, September 29 - October 4, 1997. Proceedings of a Workshop. 1998.

• Schuessler JF. A catalog of UFO-related human physiological effects. Geo Graphics. 1996.

Sociology and Stigma

• Levy N. Due deference to denialism: explaining ordinary people's rejection of established scientific findings. Synthese. 2019;196(1):313-327. doi:10.1007/s11229-017-1477-x.

• My Dad Said He Saw UFOs And Aliens. Was It True? HuffPost. Published June 23, 2023.

• Smith C. How local governments can help us better understand UFOs. Governing. July 28, 2023.

• Sherwood S. Science controversies past and present. Phys Today. 2011;64(10):39-45. https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1295

• Stangl AL, Earnshaw VA, Logie CH, et al. The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas. BMC Med. 2019;17(1):31. doi:10.1186/s12916-019-1271-3

• Wolinsky H. Paths to acceptance. The advancement of scientific knowledge is an uphill struggle against 'accepted wisdom'. EMBO Rep. 2008;9(5):416-418. doi:10.1038/embor.2008.65.

• Yingling ME, Yingling CW, Bell BA. Faculty perceptions of unidentified aerial phenomena. Humanit Soc Sci Commun. 2023;10(1):246. doi:10.1057/s41599-023-01746-3

UAP Data Trends and Analyses

• Fernando J. Antonio, Itami AS, Dalmedico JF, Mendes RS. On the dynamics of reporting data: A case study of UFO sightings. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 2022;603:127807. doi:10.1016/j.physa.2022.127807

• Plaza Del Olmo J. A review on the relation between population density and UFO sightings. J Sci Explor. 2015;29(3):425-448.

• RAND Corporation. Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: A Study of Emerging U.S. Government Policy and Actions. Published 2023.