Ufology

[6][9][10] Official, government-sponsored activities in the United States related to ufology ended in the late 1960s following the Condon Committee report and the termination of Project Blue Book.

An exception to this trend is France, which maintains the GEIPAN[18] program, formerly known as GEPAN (1977–1988) and SEPRA (1988–2004), operated by the French Space Agency CNES.

[36][37][38][39] In Germany, the University of Würzburg is developing intelligent sensors that can help detect and analyze aerial objects in hopes of applying such technology to UAP.

Gallup cited increased coverage in mainstream news and scrutiny from government authorities as a factor in changing attitudes towards UFOs.

[44] In 2022, NASA announced a nine-month study starting in the fall to help establish a road map for investigating UAP – or for reconnaissance of the publicly available data it might use for such research.

"[53] The ufologists J. Allen Hynek and Jacques Vallée have each developed descriptive systems for characterizing UFO sightings and, by extension, for organizing ufology investigations.

In addition to UFO sightings, certain supposedly related phenomena are of interest to some ufologists, including crop circles,[57][58] cattle mutilations,[59] anomalous materials,[60][61] alien abductions and implants.

Private studies of UFO phenomena include those produced by the RAND Corporation in 1968,[76] Harvey Rutledge of the University of Missouri from 1973 to 1980,[77][78] and the National Press Club's Disclosure Project in 2001.

During the annual World UFO Day (2 July), ufologists and associated organizations raise public awareness of ufology to "tell the truth about earthly visits from outer space aliens.