{"type":"organizations","slug":"scientific-coalition-for-uap-studies","title":"Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies","url":"https://disclosdex.com/organizations/scientific-coalition-for-uap-studies","description":"Volunteer scientists established in 2017 to apply rigorous peer review and instrumented data analysis to standout UAP cases","date":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Research"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","connectionCount":3,"content":{"markdown":"Formally launched in October 2017, the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) emerged from an ad-hoc working group that dissected the Homeland Security infrared video of the 2013 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico event.\n\nThe founders — Robert Powell, Richard Hoffman, and Morgan Beall — resolved to institutionalise that cooperative model and create a non-profit able to publish peer-reviewed analyses, host technical symposia, and maintain an archive of sensor-based UAP data.[^1][^2][^3][^4]\n\n## Key People\n\n| Name            | Role/Title                                             | Background/Notes                                                                                                           |\n| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Robert Powell   | Research Director                                      | 28-year semiconductor engineer; led \"Stephenville Lights\" radar study and 300-page USS Nimitz forensic report.[^2][^5][^6] |\n| Richard Hoffman | Conference Chair, External Partnerships                | Army Materiel Command enterprise architect; UAP investigator since 1964; chairs annual AAPC.[^2][^7]                       |\n| Morgan Beall    | Field Investigations, Methodological Standards Manager | Environmental scientist; OSHA/EPA consultant; oversees field investigations and methodological standards.[^2]              |\n\nThe expanded board now contains astrophysicists Laura Domine and Cameron Pratt, aerospace engineer Doug Buettner, historian Larry Hancock, and Silicon Valley hardware veteran Peter Reali, ensuring domain breadth from machine learning to archival research.[^2]\n\n## Flagship Projects\n\n### Aguadilla Thermal Video\n\nThe coalition's inaugural 162-page report modelled flight path, thermal signatures, and wind data, concluding that no conventional aircraft or balloon matched the observed kinematics.[^4]\n\n### Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Analysis\n\nSCU's 2021 publication synthesised radar, FLIR, and pilot testimony to bound acceleration, velocity, and radar cross-section parameters of the \"Tic Tac,\" demonstrating performance outside known aerospace envelopes.[^6]\n\n### Annual AAPC and Data Repository\n\nSince 2019 the Huntsville-based conference convenes scientists, defense technologists, and academics; proceedings and slide decks are archived for public scrutiny, advancing SCU's transparency ethos.[^7][^8]\n\nSCU continues to solicit multispectral datasets from military, commercial, and citizen sensors, applying Bayesian and machine-learning pipelines to build a comparative catalogue of anomalous signatures. Its peer-reviewed Quarterly Review and YouTube lecture series disseminate interim findings while encouraging replication.\n\n[^1]: https://www.explorescu.org/about-us\n\n[^2]: https://www.explorescu.org/team\n\n[^3]: https://openminds.tv/scientific-study-of-ufos-to-be-focus-of-new-organization/40897\n\n[^4]: https://www.explorescu.org/publications\n\n[^5]: https://www.explorescu.org/robert-powell\n\n[^6]: https://www.explorescu.org/post/2004-uss-nimitz-strike-navy-group-incident-report\n\n[^7]: https://www.explorescu.org/aapc-2024\n\n[^8]: https://www.explorescu.org/conferences","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"mike-masters","title":"Mike Masters","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/mike-masters"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"robert-powell","title":"Robert Powell","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/robert-powell"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"kevin-knuth","title":"Kevin Knuth","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/kevin-knuth"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/organizations/scientific-coalition-for-uap-studies","title":"Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/organizations/scientific-coalition-for-uap-studies","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}