SCU EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER ROBERT POWELL TO PRESENT AT THE 2024 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS AVIATION FORUM
Washington, DC, United States, July 22, 2024 – The Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) released the following announcement:
Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies co-founder and Executive Board member Robert Powell will present “The Reported Shape, Size, Kinematics, Electromagnetic Effects, and Presence of Sound of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena from Select Reports, 1947-2016,” paper at the 2024 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AVIATION Forum in Las Vegas, NV, on July 29, 2024, during the Aviation Technical Paper Session. The study was co-authored by SCU members R. Powell, S. Little L. Hancock, L. Hasan, R. Truong, and T. Kamoru.
This paper, published in December 2023, provides robust information on basic UAP shapes and associated sizes, kinematic and electromagnetic effects, and attributes of sound, collected from 301 UAP reports submitted between 1947 and 2016. Notably, 16 reports specifically mentioned a kinematic anomaly, that is, an object at times hovering and at times traveling faster than Mach 1, and also exhibited an absence of sound.
The analysis draws on raw UAP report data from five primary databases, one military and four civilian. The approach minimizes the uncertainty in these witness reports by selecting for the reliability of observations, object angular size greater than 0.15 degrees, sufficient lighting, and sufficient information detail.
“This collaborative study allowed us to identify fascinating characteristics of the disk and triangle shapes,” said Powell. “This paper helps inform the design of theory, experiments, and instrumentation to advance our understanding of the nature, causes, and consequences of UAP. The inclusion of the paper at this prestigious conference reinforces the significance of UAP to air safety and demonstrates the importance of continuing to integrate UAP studies into public knowledge.”
To download the paper and associated data, please visit Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/10287332.
To read the study on the SCU website, please visit: https://www.explorescu.org/post/the-reported-shape-size-kinematics-electromagnetic-effects-and-presence-of-sound-of-uap.
To view more of SCU’s publications, please visit the SCU’s library: https://www.explorescu.org/research-library.
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SCU promotes and encourages the rigorous scientific examination of UAP, commonly known as Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). SCU comprises scientists, engineers, members of the high-tech and defense industries, former military, and other professionals, utilizing scientific principles, methodologies, and practices to advance the study of UAP observed and reported around the globe.
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