An international team is trying to make a systematic and rigorous approach to studying unexplained aerial phenomena , ordinarily recognize as UFOs .
The non - profit organisation is calledUFO Detection and Tracking , ( UFODATA ) and it seeks to construct a large web of surveillance Stations of the Cross to supervise the sky 24/7 using visual and infrared cameras , strait and ultrasound sensor , weather stations , Geiger counters , and magnetometers .
" [ … ] we are going to apply astrophysical methodology in ordination to pack out enquiry on light-colored anomalousness appearing in our atmosphere , where we expect to obtain an optimum signal - to - noise ratio due to the predictably high luminosity of the phenomenon and its relative intimacy to the observer , " Astrophysicist Massimo Teodorani , a member of the UFODATA science team , read in astatement . " In such a way – with exact numbers in our hands – we are in a condition to select very cautiously genuinely anomalous cases from cases that can be explained by prosaic causes . "
Aerial anomalies almost always have a very mundane account behind them : planet , stars , meteors , atmospheric condition balloon , planes , and atmospherical events are often creditworthy for what might appear deep at first . However , the team plan to focus on those event that are less easy to scientifically explain , and show what they could be .
A scientific approaching of this type would cater a noetic answer to various UFO phenomena , as well as potentially delivering a prominent amount of data point regarding our atmosphere . It could also provide data on uncommon and strange atmospheric episode such as ball lightning .
The last few years have go through a dramatic change in how UFO are report . The availability of smartphones and image manipulation computer software has seemingly increased the number of fake reports from fame - seekers , with many videos purport to show extraterrestrial phenomena well displace as fabricated on close inspection .
" It has become clean that any discovery in our understanding of the UFO phenomenon will require a suspension from the past , " tot up Mark Rodeghier , leader of the project . " Witness testimonial , photos and videos , and government document have taken us only so far ; instead , we need to commemorate and canvas flying saucer right away , as other sciences do with their own specific objects . Of course , this is a intimidating task , but it is made conceivable by advances in technology , software system , communication capableness , and power sources . "
More entropy regarding the project can be found on theUFODATA site .
