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The original was posted on /r/ufos by /u/ExploreSCU on 2026-07-14 23:58:43+00:00.

Hello r/UFOs!

The Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) is a nonprofit interdisciplinary research organization dedicated to rigorous, evidence-based investigation of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Our team comprises scientists, engineers, former military and intelligence professionals, and law enforcement experts who apply advanced analytical methods to understand anomalous phenomena.

For nearly a decade, we've been at the forefront of advocating for scientific integrity, government transparency, and collaborative research across academia, industry, and policy sectors.

Here is our confirmation post on X from Robert Powell, our executive board member.

Now we’re excited to answer your questions – Ask us anything! We’re answering your questions tonight, Tuesday, July 14, from 7 PM to 8:30 PM CST (Central Standard Time).

MEET YOUR SCU AMA PANELISTS

Our panelists will work as a team to answer your questions. We bring decades of combined expertise in physics, engineering, statistics, AI, ML, historical analysis, case studies, field experiments, field investigations, UAP science, and academic publishing.

Behind the scenes, answering your questions are:

• Robert Powell — Executive Board Member. Robert Powell is one of the leading advocates for applying scientific methodologies and data-driven analysis to UAP; he is also the author of UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don’t Know), UFOS and Government: A Historical Inquiry, and other UAP-related publications.
• Rich Hoffman - Executive Board Member. Information Technology consultant and strategist. Hoffman has worked as a defense contractor for over 30 years, working primarily for the Army Materiel Command HQ with a variety of companies. Mr. Hoffman has also worked as an Enterprise Architect at Redstone Arsenal and the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.  He has over 60 years of experience investigating and researching UFOs.
• Dr. Doug Buettner — Board Member. Doug Buettner received his Ph.D. in astronautical engineering from the University of Southern California. Buettner is the Deputy Chief Scientist of the Acquisition Innovation Research Center, a multi-university applied research center led by the Stevens Institute of Technology. He has over 30 years of industry experience in engineering aerospace and software-intensive systems for the Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA.
• Dr. Laura Dominé — Board Member. Laura Dominé completed her Ph.D. in physics at Stanford University and worked at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. In 2023, she joined the Galileo Project to help design ML-based scalable experimental approaches to conducting scientific surveys of UAP. Currently, she is a Project-specific Assistant Professor at Kyoto University, Hakubi Center for Advanced Research and Cosmic-Ray Laboratory.
• Dr. Sarah Little — Scientific Advisor. Dr. Little has a Ph.D. in marine geophysics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program, specializing in underwater acoustics. She joined the Galileo Project early on, worked on the multimodal instrument development site, and has contributed to ten published UAP papers. She has been an SCU member since its inception.

…and others from our Board of Directors and Advisory Panel

📅   CHECK OUT OUR UPCOMING CONFERENCE: “The Synergy of Science and Government in UAP Research,“ including the full agenda and registration info. Join us online or in Toronto from July 24 to 26, 2026. Christopher Mellon keynotes. Presentation videos can be viewed for up to three months after the conference.

➡️   READ OUR RESEARCH: UAP activity, features, and indications analyses; Aquadilla analysis; Stephenville Lights study; and more.

➡️  CATCH UP WITH US: Follow UAP news, profiles, and history by reviewing our quarterly newsletter, SCU Review.

➡️  REVIEW OUR APPROACH: Principles of Engagement in Public, Academic, and Government Discourse

➡️ JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST

HOW THIS WORKS

We will begin by porting some of the most upvoted questions from our pre-AMA post here with answers. Then, our board members will monitor the thread and prioritize answering the most upvoted questions, as well as as many other questions as possible during the AMA.

COMMUNITY GUIDELINE: We ask that all participants engage respectfully with our panel and one another—disagreement is welcome, but personal attacks, harassment, or bad faith arguments will be flagged for the monitors for removal. We're here for genuine scientific dialogue, and we appreciate your commitment to keeping this conversation constructive and civil.

Let’s go!

*** Thank you to all who submitted questions. We hope you enjoyed this AMA as much as we did. See you at our conference and back here soon.