AI to Classify Sky Objects in Canada's 2025 UFO Sightings Report, with Calls for a Public Monitoring Agency

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AI could help classify sky objects as birds, planes, satellites, or unknowns, says Chris Rutkowski, who tracks Canadian UFO sightings; the latest analysis reports 1,052 sightings last year, about half of which were nocturnal lights (satellites/aircraft/stars) and just over 3% unexplained, with Ontario leading by population and Calgary topping last year, and Rutkowski argues for a public government UFO-monitoring agency to safeguard airspace, noting about 10% of Canadians believe they’ve seen a UFO and pointing to Harvard’s Galileo Project using AI to classify sky observations.