From Stigma to Scholarship: The Push to Institutionalize UAP Studies in U.S. Higher Education

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UAP research is gaining legitimacy as government data opens and international programs expand, but academia remains stigmatized and underfunded, with a survey led by Marissa Yingling, Charlton Yingling, and Bethany Bell showing curiosity yet little actual research and tenure concerns, while Thomas Kuhn and Thomas Gieryn frame this as boundary work and France’s GEIPAN plus Japan’s protocols offer models for building a formal, cumulative UAP science at leading universities.