Connecticut Bill Aims to Create a Statewide UAP Research Center with UConn Partnership

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Rep. Joe Hoxha’s HB 5422 would create a statewide UAP research center by partnering UConn with state agencies to study unidentified aerial phenomena, with Rep. Aundre Bumgardner as a bipartisan sponsor, Yale PhD student Sri Tata backing, and Rep. Martin Foncello proposing collaboration with federal investigators, modeled on New Jersey’s 2024 approach to collect and report data in an objective, non-fringe way amid ongoing national UAP discussions.

Should Connecticut study UFOs? State Rep. asks legislature to hear him out
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Should Connecticut study UFOs? State Rep. asks legislature to hear him out

The truth is out there, and state Rep. Joe Hoxha, R-Bristol, wants to find it. Hoxha authored a bill, H.B. 5422, that calls for the University of Connecticut to partner with various state agencies to study unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs — the technical term for UFOs — and explore the potential benefits of establishing a “state center” for further research.