From Government Disclosure to Academic Discipline: The Quest to Legitimize UAP Research

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Donald Trump directed the Pentagon and other agencies to start releasing UFO and UAP files after years of congressional pressure, with the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office now handling over 2,000 reports dating back to 1945, while universities have largely stayed away from UAP research, leaving a gap between government acknowledgment and academia as other countries like France and Japan run formal programs and scholars say the field needs funding, shared methods, and tenure systems to become a legitimate academic discipline.