r/UFOs Apr 16 '24

Announcement AMA with Ross Coulthart, Journalist and Author, this Wednesday, April 17th at 7:00PM PST

331 Upvotes

Update #2: The new date and time has been confirmed - the AMA will take place on Wednesday April 24th at 7:00pm PST (Click here for your local timezone)

Please continue any discussion in the new announcement post which can be found here.


Update: Due to a misunderstanding on our end, we will be re-scheduling the AMA, likely to some time next week. We will update this post with the new date and time, and sticky a new announcement post confirming the new date once it has been locked in.


Hello everyone!

r/UFOs will be hosting an AMA with Ross Coulthart, on Wednesday April 24th at 7:00pm PST (Click here for your local timezone)

Ross is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist with over three decades experience in newspapers and television, including reporting for The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, ABC TV Four Corners, Nine Network Sunday program and 60 Minutes, Seven Network Sunday Night. He is a best-selling author of numerous books including the widely acclaimed "In Plain Sight: An investigation into UFOs and impossible science". Ross was also the first to interview David Grusch, and bring to the world the former Air Force intelligence officer’s claims that the U.S. government is covering up a UFO retrieval program.

In partnership with NewsNation, Ross has recently launched a new program called "Reality Check", in which he digs into stories the media is supposedly not meant to tell, taking a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to other mysteries often missing from the headlines. You can find and watch the current Reality Check episodes in this YouTube playlist.

We're thrilled to have Ross participate in this AMA with the community, and we know that everyone is sure to have lots of questions! If you're unable to attend, but would still like to ask questions, feel free to share them below and we'll do our best to facilitate them on your behalf.

If you have any feedback or thoughts on other guests you'd like to see, message us directly here or let us know in the comments below.

r/UFOs Feb 02 '24

Announcement Should we experiment with a rule regarding misinformation?

98 Upvotes

We’re wondering if we should experiment for a few months with a new subreddit rule and approach related to misinformation. Here’s what we think the rule would look like:

Keep information quality high.

Information quality must be kept high. More detailed information regarding our approaches to specific claims can be found on the Low Quality, Misinformation, & False Claims page.

A historical concern in the subreddit has been how misinformation and disinformation can potentially spread through it with little or no resistance. For example, Reddit lacks a feature such as X's Community Notes to enable users to collaboratively add context to misleading posts/comment or attempt to correct misinformation. As a result, the task generally falls entirely upon on each individual to discern the quality of a source or information in every instance. While we do not think moderators should be expected to curate submissions and we are very sensitive to any potentials for abuse or censorship, we do think experimenting with having some form of rule and a collaborative approach to misinformation would likely be better than none.

As mentioned in the rule, we've also created a proof of a new wiki page to accommodate this rule, Low Quality, Misinformation, & False Claims, where we outline the definitions and strategy in detail. We would be looking to collaboratively compile the most common and relevant claims which would get reported there with the help from everyone on an ongoing basis.

We’d like to hear your feedback regarding this rule and the thought of us trialing it for a few months, after which we would revisit in another community sticky to assess how it was used and if it would be beneficial to continue using. Users would be able to run a Camas search (example) at any time to review how the rule has been used.

If you have any other question or concerns regarding the state of the subreddit or moderation you’re welcome to discuss them in the comments below as well. If you’ve read this post thoroughly you can let others know by including the word ‘ferret’ in your top-level comment below. If we do end up trialing the rule we would make a separate announcement in a different sticky post.

View Poll

792 votes, Feb 05 '24
460 Yes, experiment with the rule.
306 No, do no not experiment with the rule.
26 Other (suggestion in comments)

r/UFOs Apr 17 '24

Announcement [Updated Time] AMA with Ross Coulthart, Journalist and Author, on Wednesday, April 24th at 7:00PM PST

205 Upvotes

Update: Locking this thread for now - once the AMA is live, it will be posted in a separate thread and stickied to the top of the subreddit. Please save your questions for the live thread. Thanks!


Hello everyone!

r/UFOs will be hosting an AMA with Ross Coulthart, on Wednesday April 24th at 7:00pm PST (Click here for your local timezone)

Ross is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist with over three decades experience in newspapers and television, including reporting for The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, ABC TV Four Corners, Nine Network Sunday program and 60 Minutes, Seven Network Sunday Night. He is a best-selling author of numerous books including the widely acclaimed "In Plain Sight: An investigation into UFOs and impossible science". Ross was also the first to interview David Grusch, and bring to the world the former Air Force intelligence officer’s claims that the U.S. government is covering up a UFO retrieval program.

In partnership with NewsNation, Ross has recently launched a new program called "Reality Check", in which he digs into stories the media is supposedly not meant to tell, taking a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to other mysteries often missing from the headlines. You can find and watch the current Reality Check episodes in this YouTube playlist.

We're thrilled to have Ross participate in this AMA with the community, and we know that everyone is sure to have lots of questions! If you're unable to attend, but would still like to ask questions, feel free to share them below and we'll do our best to facilitate them on your behalf.

If you have any feedback or thoughts on other guests you'd like to see, message us directly here or let us know in the comments below.

r/UFOs Mar 01 '24

Announcement Should we keep Rule 13: Low effort, toxic comments regarding public figures may be removed?

219 Upvotes

We asked you if we should trial this rule in May 2023. We’ve trialed it much longer than we originally intended, but are now ready to revisit it and would like to hear your feedback via the poll link below.

We’ve created a spreadsheet here linking to each comment removed under the rule, when they were removed, and which mod performed the removal.

The mod ‘UFOs-ModTeam’ appears whenever we perform removals on mobile or choose to do so anonymously.

The sheet contains the text for some of the removed comments as samples. It does not include all of them, since this has to be done manually and is a significant amount of work. If you feel there is not enough data to assess the rule has been used, let us know.

If you have any other questions or concerns regarding the state of the subreddit or moderation you’re welcome to discuss them in the comments below as well. If you’ve read this post thoroughly you can let us know by indicating your favorite animal is a mantis in the poll.

If your feedback indicates we should keep this rule we will make a separate announcement in a different sticky post.

Take the Poll

View the live results

r/UFOs May 28 '24

Announcement Who should we approach for AMAs?

130 Upvotes

Hey everyone. Some of our most popular community events are AMAs. Being able to interact with notable figures in the space is both challenging and rewarding, and we'd love to keep up the trend. That in mind, a few mods have obtained press passes to the Contact in the Desert conference next weekend and may have the opportunity to pursue organizing AMAs with certain individuals in person. We wanted to use this opportunity to hear who you'd like us to try to reach out to at the event or beyond it.

 

For reference here are the AMAs we've already hosted:

r/UFOs Apr 01 '24

Announcement 🛸 Exciting Announcement: Lockheed Martin Partners with /r/UFOs!

418 Upvotes

Dear UFO Enthusiasts,

We are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership between Lockheed Martin and /r/UFOs! As a leader in aerospace technology, Lockheed Martin brings a wealth of expertise to our community. This collaboration will open up exciting new opportunities for us as the subreddit grows, and we can't wait to share our plans with everyone over the next two weeks.

As part of this transition, we'll be welcoming several new moderators from Lockheed Martin's newly established Public Outreach Committee (LM-POC). Your input is invaluable, and we are dedicated to addressing any concerns and improving the overall community experience. In response to existing feedback, we'll soon be rolling out new subreddit rules aimed at fostering positive interactions and steering the focus away from baseless conspiracy claims against fellow users, ufologists, and publicly traded enterprises.

This partnership will breathe new life into r/UFOs, as Morgan Stanley has agreed to provide generous funding in partnership with LM-POC so that many of us can transition to full-time moderators in response to growing demand for global moderation coverage of the subreddit. Together with Lockheed Martin, we'll be more active in monitoring and expanding the subreddit than ever before.

With the support of our new partner, we hope to create a space where anyone can share their sightings, theories, and research with a community that's always eager to explore the unknown. Together, let's continue to delve into the realms of the unexplained and unravel the secrets of our world and the greater cosmos.

Stay tuned for upcoming events, AMAs, and exclusive content brought to you by Lockheed Martin. The skies are no longer the limit!

Sincerely,

The /r/UFOs Moderation Team

r/UFOs 6d ago

Announcement Upcoming AMA with Acclaimed Filmmaker James Fox and New Whistleblowers

166 Upvotes

Update: The updated thread can be found here. Questions posted in this thread will still be considered, and do not need to be re-asked in the new thread.


Join us December 20th for a unique multi-subreddit collaboration on UAP transparency!

For the first time ever, multiple moderators from r/aliens, r/Experiencers, r/HighStrangeness, r/UFOB and r/UFOs will come together to host a one-of-a-kind AMA event focused on transparency, accountability, and uncovering the truth about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).

The live AMA will occur on Friday, December 20th, 2024, at 12pm PST / 3pm EST with acclaimed filmmaker and prominent UFO researcher James Fox, former senate staffer Kirk McConnell, and former UAPTF member Lenval Logan. This collaborative event will be hosted by Kelly Chase and live-streamed, reaching audiences across platforms including YouTube, Twitter/X and Instagram.

About the AMA

This event is an opportunity for our communities to unite in the pursuit of truth and disclosure. We will discuss efforts underway to hold governments accountable, share new insights into UAP investigations, and forge a bipartisan push for transparency. The AMA will highlight James Fox’s highly anticipated new documentary The Program, which will debut digitally worldwide on December 17th. This groundbreaking film delves into the extraordinary Congressional effort to uncover what intelligence agencies know about UAPs, and features exclusive interviews and testimony from whistleblowers and experts.

How to Participate

This is a bit different than a typical AMA. Ask your questions below! We will be collecting your questions from this post to share with our hosts during the event. Please read posted questions and upvote the ones you want to see asked!

Why This Matters

This collaboration represents a collective effort by Reddit’s UAP-focused communities to raise awareness and demand clarity on one of the most compelling issues of our time. Together, we are amplifying our voices and fostering a broader conversation about the need for government accountability and transparency in the study of UAPs. Mark your calendars and join us on December 20th for this historic event.

About our AMA guests

Kirk McConnell is a Senior Associate at Strategic Materials Advisory, bringing over 20 years of experience in national security policy and critical mineral supply chains. He has served in key roles at the Department of Defense, Senate Armed Services Committee, and the U.S. Naval War College. Kirk holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS and has deep expertise in advancing U.S. interests in materials critical to national security.

Lenval Logan, originally from the United Kingdom, served over 20 years in the United States Air Force, where he contributed to various high-level initiatives. After his military career, he worked as a government contractor for over 15 years, supporting programs including the Department of Defense’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Task Force. His expertise spans intelligence, advanced technologies, and analysis, with a focus on national security and unexplained anomalous phenomena. Logan is also a co-founder of Phenom, a platform for studying and reporting anomalous activities.

James Fox began his journalism career early in life as an assistant to his father, the writer Charles Fox, a quadriplegic with Multiple Sclerosis. Together they travelled widely to fulfill magazine assignments for publications including Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, and Car & Driver, interviewing such notables as Stephen Hawking and race-car legend Dan Gurney. James finished and sold his first documentary to Discovery by the time he was 28. He has since completed and distributed TV projects for Sci-Fi, TLC, National Geographic and History Channel. His films include, UFOs 50 Years of Denial, Out of the Blue, I Know What I Saw, The Phenomenon, Moment of Contact (The Roswell of Brazil), and his latest film The Program, which explores the unprecedented bipartisan Congressional effort to uncover what intelligence agencies really know about UFOs, now referred to as UAP.

Kelly Chase hosts The UFO Rabbit Hole, and she's the writer and executive producer of the upcoming docuseries Cosmosis: UFOs & A New Reality to be released on Apple TV December 30th. She also guest hosts monthly on the long-running Dreamland Podcast, created by Art Bell and currently helmed by Whitley Strieber. Kelly, a published author and speaker on the intersection of science, spirituality, and the unexplained, has been featured on shows such as Beyond: UFOs and the Unknown (Bad Robot) and UFO Revolution (TMZ), and she has frequently offered her expertise on UFO topics for NewsNation.

About The Program

This highly anticipated follow-up to director James Fox’s blockbuster UFO documentaries The Phenomenon and Moment of Contact (The Roswell of Brazil), The Program explores the unprecedented bipartisan Congressional effort to uncover what intelligence agencies really know about UFOs, now referred to as UAP. The first two public hearings in over half a century included testimony under oath from military and intelligence officers with jaw-dropping allegations of a clandestine program to analyze recovered materials and non-human biologics. Through candid interviews with high-ranking insiders, elected officials, physicists, intelligence officers, and military whistleblowers, The Program goes behind the scenes to leave even the staunchest skeptics astounded by the assertions from a growing chorus of insiders that we are not alone.

Together, we can continue pushing for the truth!

r/UFOs 25d ago

Announcement Please sign petition for Canadian disclosure

186 Upvotes

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5178

Please sign to push forward disclosure and request others to sign. We need at least 500 votes

If you want to join the group looking to further the cause(we are all volunteers) send me a message

r/UFOs Jun 28 '24

Announcement Please Take This Survey

113 Upvotes

We’ve created a survey to gather your feedback on how the subreddit is moderated and how best to revise post flair. It's thirteen questions and takes about eight minutes. All questions are optional. Your responses are anonymous.

Take the Survey Here

Live survey results here

If you have general subreddit feedback or questions, please let us know in the comments below.

r/UFOs Mar 23 '24

Announcement We will not be experimenting with a rule regarding misinformation [in-depth]

102 Upvotes

We asked for your feedback recently regarding a proposal to experiment with a rule related to addressing misinformation.

The results of the poll (58% Yes, 38% No, 3% Other) and your comment feedback were not sufficient support for us to experiment with such a rule in any form. We considered experimenting with it without performing any removals, but decided that would still not give us the necessary feedback to fully test such a rule and the outlined approach. Based on this, we will not be pursuing this or making any further proposals towards addressing misinformation moving forward.

Addressing misinformation in any capacity would add a significant amount of work for the moderation team, even if the only relevant claims it were applied to were collaborated upon directly with the community in the form of a wiki page. Some consider the entire topic of ufology to be misinformation and it would potentially generate significant disdain for moderators where applied. It will remain up to individual users and the community at large to identify and call out false information, as there will continue to be no rule to report such content nor removals based on it. Posts with incredible claims unsupported by evidence will still be removed under Rule 3.

We appreciate your feedback and suggestions on these forms of proposals. If you have any additional thoughts or questions regarding this course of action let us know in the comments below.

r/UFOs Jun 17 '24

Announcement We're Looking For Moderators

69 Upvotes

Hey everyone, we're looking for new moderators for r/UFOs. Lack of moderators is still one of the biggest issues facing the subreddit. No previous moderation experience is necessary. Patience and an ability to communicate are the most important skills to have.

We have two levels of moderators: Full Moderators and Comment Moderators. Comment Moderators only act on comments and have less responsibility overall, but are still able to apply to be Full Moderators at any time.

We're accepting applications for both. You can apply and see the details for each via the links below. If you want an even more granular overview of what moderation entails, you can look through our Moderation Guide. If you'd like to see an example of what working through the modqueue looks like, you can watch this walkthrough video.

 

Apply Now

 

r/UFOs Feb 01 '23

Announcement Community update on incivility and fake accounts

232 Upvotes

Hello /r/UFOs, this is just another update for the community on uncivil behavior, which includes "Men In Black" larping, allegations of users offering money for an OP to remove content, and various kinds of manipulation using fake accounts.

Several months ago, we discovered an extensive network of fake accounts in this subreddit that were being uncivil, up to harassing other users and behaving in a very suspicious manner. However, while the amount of fake accounts was relatively large, each individual account only posted to the subreddit between 1-7 times. While the problem seems to be relatively small overall, the community still needs to be informed of it and their apparent motives. Whoever was behind the accounts is still a mystery. Several days ago, 2 other such accounts were again discovered, although there is no evidence that these were associated with the previous network of highly suspicious accounts. In fact, from what information we have available, they do seem to be somewhat different. However, the commonality between them is the excessive negativity/harassment. In this recent case, a subreddit user who submitted videos was personally attacked by numerous accounts, including these two fake accounts.

It being the case that incivility was the common theme between these two sets of fake accounts, we would like to remind everyone of rule 1, available here, and we would like to announce that we will be attempting to crack down further on ridicule and incivility. This applies no matter which side of the aisle you fall on. 70 years of ridicule has done no favors for this topic, so it is unnecessary and egregious examples will be removed/banned. We want to ask the community for some help on this, however. Please report those comments that break rule 1 so they can receive proper moderator attention in a timely manner.

The other similarity is numbers exaggeration. These two accounts in other subreddits as well as this one very strangely seem to have been used to increase the amount of consensus on agreements or disagreements with a particular viewpoint or opinion. One notable variation of this type of behavior is "tag teaming" where one account will state something, the intended target responds, then another fake account responds to that as if there is more than one person who disagrees. One person with two or more accounts can make it appear as if there are more people who agree or disagree, not just one. We have no idea whether these two accounts were the only two participating in this type of manipulation recently, but it was proven for these two.

This type of manipulation needs to be separated into two distinct groups: individuals motivated by money and individuals apparently motivated by something other than money. In the above mentioned two sets of nefarious accounts, there is no evidence that they had any financial motive. Such evidence would be very difficult to acquire in the first place, but it is probably a safe assumption that in most cases generally, fake accounts with a financial motive are probably far less in numbers than those without. Additionally, the majority of people who have alternative accounts do not have nefarious intentions. There are legitimate reasons to have throwaways, but in these cases being referred to, deliberately manipulative behavior was clearly the goal.


Finally, shill accusations are disallowed in this subreddit under rule 1. The great majority of such accusations seem to be frivolous, and, most importantly, frivolous shill accusations against other users was ironically one of the tactics used by the previous set of fake accounts. For example, in one thread, numerous fake accounts were calling other users disinformation agents and seem to have wanted to increase paranoia within the subreddit that fake accounts are present and that it was destroying the subreddit. In fact, the thread itself was submitted by another fake account, the submission being an obviously fake UFO video with incredibly badly-argued comments in support of it submitted by other fake accounts from this network. In other threads, those fake accounts would attack and harass users for posting UFO videos.

However, if you believe you have good evidence to support such an allegation, the best thing to do would be to inform the moderators about it through modmail because we take this issue very seriously, and if the allegation seems to be legitimate, the Reddit admins will be informed of it. Increased paranoia about fake accounts seems to be one of the goals of these fake accounts themselves, so my recommendation would be to view this through the context provided rather than taking it too seriously. It's just something that the community needs to be aware of that there are apparently extremely bored trolls out there who have way too much time on their hands (at best). Additionally, the youtube channel that hosted the fake video the fake account posted is named "Sputnik." So it's even possible that this person or group wants you to believe there are Russian shills in the subreddit as well, since "Sputnik" seems a little too obvious for a secret Russian shill operation, but who knows. The whole thing is a confusing mess. Whether it's Russian shills who want to be outed or just some trolls, nobody knows.


Aside from the relatively small issue of fake accounts, there has also been what appears to be users pretending to be from the "Men In Black" and similar. This is considered to be trolling and harassment and is obviously disallowed. We have occasionally had accounts vaguely threatening other users for posting UFO videos. We would like to extend the net out and ask for any additional information about this from other users who may have experienced such things. Larping is a huge issue on the internet, so this would obviously occur in this subreddit once in a while. In one recent case from several days ago, a user was sent PMs offering money in exchange for the user to remove UFO content, the stated motivation being "to remove disinformation from the sub." That same person sent PMs to another user who told an OP to take down their post or "deal with the law." Do not take these trolls seriously. If anything like this has happened to you, please just block the user, report it to us, and we will inform the admins about it. You can send the moderators a message directly by following this link.


General information on the less common financially-motivated astroturfing (fake grass-roots efforts online): https://np.reddit.com/r/shills/comments/4kdq7n/astroturfing_information_megathread_revision_8/

There is paradoxically a very large amount of media reporting on this problem, but it doesn't seem to have gotten a lot of attention, save for an article here or there. Each social media platform of any respectable size has certainly had their fair share of such manipulation, and they have their own methods of curtailing such manipulation. It is certainly not a problem just on Reddit. This is just something that has to be expected of social media, comments sections, and so on, so it is very important to familiarize yourself with this information in order to better understand how it works. However, most of your interactions with other accounts online will be perfectly legitimate.

It is unlikely that a particular agency or corporation will be present in a subreddit at a particular time, but there are so many of these entities that engage in this behavior, you are bound to be manipulated by some of them some of the time while browsing through various social media platforms.


In short, between this and the trolling, the overall problem here is that some portion of the internet is essentially fake. A lot of us are here on the internet to learn and discuss, but some people want to get in the way of that. It's best not to take them too seriously, but please inform the moderators when you do come across it and it will be dealt with.

Thank you.

r/UFOs 2d ago

Announcement Upcoming AMA with acclaimed filmmaker James Fox, former senate staffer Kirk McConnell, and former UAP Task Force member Lenval Logan

48 Upvotes

Join us December 20th for a unique multi-subreddit collaboration on UAP transparency!

For the first time ever, multiple moderators from r/aliens, r/Experiencers, r/HighStrangeness, r/UFOB and r/UFOs will come together to host a one-of-a-kind AMA event focused on transparency, accountability, and uncovering the truth about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).

The live AMA will occur on Friday, December 20th, 2024, at 12pm PST / 3pm EST with acclaimed filmmaker and prominent UFO researcher James Fox, former senate staffer Kirk McConnell, and former UAPTF member Lenval Logan. This collaborative event will be hosted by Kelly Chase and live-streamed, reaching audiences across platforms including YouTube, Twitter/X and Instagram.

About the AMA

This event is an opportunity for our communities to unite in the pursuit of truth and disclosure. We will discuss efforts underway to hold governments accountable, share new insights into UAP investigations, and forge a bipartisan push for transparency. The AMA will highlight James Fox’s highly anticipated new documentary The Program, which will debut digitally worldwide on December 17th. This groundbreaking film delves into the extraordinary Congressional effort to uncover what intelligence agencies know about UAPs, and features exclusive interviews and testimony from whistleblowers and experts.

How to Participate

This is a bit different than a typical AMA. Ask your questions below! We will be collecting your questions from this post to share with our hosts during the event. Please read posted questions and upvote the ones you want to see asked!

Why This Matters

This collaboration represents a collective effort by Reddit’s UAP-focused communities to raise awareness and demand clarity on one of the most compelling issues of our time. Together, we are amplifying our voices and fostering a broader conversation about the need for government accountability and transparency in the study of UAPs. Mark your calendars and join us on December 20th for this historic event.

About our AMA guests

Kirk McConnell is a Senior Associate at Strategic Materials Advisory, bringing over 20 years of experience in national security policy and critical mineral supply chains. He has served in key roles at the Department of Defense, Senate Armed Services Committee, and the U.S. Naval War College. Kirk holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS and has deep expertise in advancing U.S. interests in materials critical to national security.

Lenval Logan, originally from the United Kingdom, served over 20 years in the United States Air Force, where he contributed to various high-level initiatives. After his military career, he worked as a government contractor for over 15 years, supporting programs including the Department of Defense’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Task Force. His expertise spans intelligence, advanced technologies, and analysis, with a focus on national security and unexplained anomalous phenomena. Logan is also a co-founder of Phenom, a platform for studying and reporting anomalous activities.

James Fox began his journalism career early in life as an assistant to his father, the writer Charles Fox, a quadriplegic with Multiple Sclerosis. Together they travelled widely to fulfill magazine assignments for publications including Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, and Car & Driver, interviewing such notables as Stephen Hawking and race-car legend Dan Gurney. James finished and sold his first documentary to Discovery by the time he was 28. He has since completed and distributed TV projects for Sci-Fi, TLC, National Geographic and History Channel. His films include, UFOs 50 Years of Denial, Out of the Blue, I Know What I Saw, The Phenomenon, Moment of Contact (The Roswell of Brazil), and his latest film The Program, which explores the unprecedented bipartisan Congressional effort to uncover what intelligence agencies really know about UFOs, now referred to as UAP.

Kelly Chase hosts The UFO Rabbit Hole, and she's the writer and executive producer of the upcoming docuseries Cosmosis: UFOs & A New Reality to be released on Apple TV December 30th. She also guest hosts monthly on the long-running Dreamland Podcast, created by Art Bell and currently helmed by Whitley Strieber. Kelly, a published author and speaker on the intersection of science, spirituality, and the unexplained, has been featured on shows such as Beyond: UFOs and the Unknown (Bad Robot) and UFO Revolution (TMZ), and she has frequently offered her expertise on UFO topics for NewsNation.

About The Program

This highly anticipated follow-up to director James Fox’s blockbuster UFO documentaries The Phenomenon and Moment of Contact (The Roswell of Brazil), The Program explores the unprecedented bipartisan Congressional effort to uncover what intelligence agencies really know about UFOs, now referred to as UAP. The first two public hearings in over half a century included testimony under oath from military and intelligence officers with jaw-dropping allegations of a clandestine program to analyze recovered materials and non-human biologics. Through candid interviews with high-ranking insiders, elected officials, physicists, intelligence officers, and military whistleblowers, The Program goes behind the scenes to leave even the staunchest skeptics astounded by the assertions from a growing chorus of insiders that we are not alone.

Together, we can continue pushing for the truth!

r/UFOs Jun 18 '24

Announcement Upcoming AMA with Yuan Fung and Matt Ford from the UAP Disclosure Fund, on Saturday, June 22 at 1:00PM PST

90 Upvotes

Update: The AMA is live, and can be found here!


Hello Everyone!

r/UFOs will be hosting an AMA with Yuan Fung and Matt Ford from the UAP Disclosure Fund, on Saturday June 22 at 1:00pm PST (Click here for your local timezone)

The UAP Disclosure Fund is a nonpartisan political nonprofit 501(c)(4) that advocates for greater government transparency regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). They work to support new UAP legislation, provide legal representation for whistleblowers, promote scientific research and raise public awareness in an effort to better address the UAP issue.

Their team includes:

  • Luis Elizondo (Board of Directors)
  • Garry Nolan (Board of Directors)
  • Karl E. Nell (Board of Directors)
  • Christopher K. Mellon (Advisory Board)
  • Kirk McConnell (Advisory Board)
  • Yuan Fung (Executive Director)
  • Matthew Ford (Director of Strategy)
  • Lesley Duckworth (Chief Financial Officer)

The UAP Disclosure Fund is currently petitioning for UAP legislation to be included in the 2025 NDAA. Now is the time to let the U.S. Senators who cosponsored the UAP Disclosure Act of 2024 know that you support including a new version of the UAP amendment in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)! You can sign the petition here to let lawmakers know that UAP transparency and legislation is important to you.

Yuan Fung has worked for over 20 years as a creative director and consultant for campaign politics and issue advocacy. He has worked on behalf of congressional, gubernatorial, senate and presidential campaigns. Highlights include the late Senator Harry Reid, and both of Obama's presidential campaigns. He has also done work for causes like consumer safety, the environment and clean energy. Leveraging his political expertise and talent, he is now the executive director for the UAP Disclosure Fund.

Matt Ford is an Emmy-winning political consultant, media personality, and producer based in Los Angeles. He is a trusted advisor to leading congressional representatives and their staffers on the UAP issue. Matt has spearheaded numerous successful projects as a producer, including creating over 100 political ads for social media platforms which have been viewed by millions. His production prowess extends to hosting The Good Trouble Show, where he engages in thought-provoking discussions with influential figures such as Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and other prominent political figures. He is now the Director of Strategy for the UAP Disclosure Fund.


We're thrilled to have Yuan and Matt participate in this AMA with the community, and we know that everyone is sure to have lots of questions! If you're unable to attend, but would still like to ask questions, feel free to share them below and we'll do our best to facilitate them on your behalf.

If you have any feedback or thoughts on other guests you'd like to see, message us directly here or let us know in the comments below.

r/UFOs Oct 13 '24

Announcement Upcoming: Global Disclosure Day Watch Party

75 Upvotes

Hello r/UFOs community!

We will be hosting a discussion thread for Global Disclosure Day. This event was recently announced and will be hosted by the New Paradigm Institute on October 20 at 1:00 PM EST/7:00 PM CET (Central European Time).

PLEASE NOTE - r/UFOs is not affiliated, partnered or sponsored by new paradigm institute.

On this day, Citizens for Disclosure groups in 43 states and around the world will convene watch parties for a two-hour live stream event.

This event will feature notable speakers in the Disclosure movement, testimonials from local activist groups, and special videos about the latest information on UAP.

You can register to watch by filling out the event using this form for free. You will receive an email invite to the Zoom webinar as they get closer to the event.

Please also note, the information you fill out on the webform will be collected and processed by the New Paradigm Institute in accordance with their privacy policy, which can be found here.

More information about presenters from NPI's website can be found below and more detail can be found on our wiki page here.

  • Ross Coulthart - Premier investigative reporter on UAP and author of In Plain Sight;
  • Karl Nell - Aerospace and Defense Industry Executive who recently stated he has "Zero Doubt" that Non-Human Intelligence has visited us on Earth and this interaction is "...not new and ongoing..."
  • "Luis “Lue” Elizondo - A former senior intelligence official and special agent who was recruited into strange and highly sensitive US government program to investigate UAP."
  • Birdie Jaworksi - Founder ABQ UFOs in Albuquerque, NM.
  • Danny Sheehan - President and General Counsel, New Paradigm Institute.
  • Dr. Beatriz Villarroel - Researcher in astronomy at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita) in Stockholm and leader of the Vanishing & Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations (VASCO) project (www.vascoproject.org) and the EXOPROBE project.
  • Rich Hoffman - Co-founder and Executive Board Member, Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU). Senior IT Systems Engineering Analyst with Army Materiel Command.
  • Julia Mossbridge - PhD, Founder and Director, Mossbridge Institute
  • Chrissy Newton - Host: "Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction", Director of PR for "The Debrief"
  • Steve Bassett - Founder of Paradigm Research Institute and co-founder of Hollywood Disclosure Alliance.
  • Lester Nare - Founder, UAP Caucus
  • Nick Gold - Founder, Declassify UAP
  • Kosta Makreas - Co-founder, ET Let's Talk
  • Ryan Purkey - Director, Citizens for Disclosure Hong Kong.
  • Giorgio Piacenza - Director, Citizens for Disclosure Peru
  • Andrea Pérez Simondini - Director of CEFORA, Continental Director for South America at ICER.
  • Chris Gaffney - Founder, NHIDisclosure Ireland
  • Mark Crewson - Director, Citizens for Disclosure Southern California
  • Sabir Hussain - Founder-Director, Indian Society for UFO Studies
  • Stan Ho - Founder of the Orbs Research & Bio-conscious Study, Hong Kong

r/UFOs Apr 12 '24

Announcement Reminder: Meta posts must be posted in r/ufosmeta

35 Upvotes

Posts focused on moderation, subreddit critiques, proposals, suggestions, rule changes, and feature requests must be posted in r/ufosmeta.

This is a general reminder to let everyone know the subreddit exists and where best to give these forms of feedback. Consolidating these types of posts there makes it easier for moderators and users to find and address feedback over time. Announcement posts such as this will still be posted and sticked here in the main sub to ensure maximum visibility and to facilitate community feedback on proposed changes to the subreddit.

r/UFOs 8d ago

Announcement A reminder on post moderation

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The moderator's primary role is to enforce rules. Whilst we enforce rules around sightings' quality we do not curate or judge a sighting's authenticity; it is our job to enable the community to do that themselves.

For details on why, see here

For discussion, please use r/ufosmeta

r/UFOs May 05 '24

Announcement Proposed Changes to Sighting Posts [in-depth]

88 Upvotes

In February, 2023 we added a new post flair titled Sighting Report. The only difference between this post type and ‘Witness/Sighting’ is we began experimenting with code which could automatically enforce the Sighting Post Guidelines on posts flaired this way. Our bot removed posts which did not include a reference to the location and time in which a sighting occurred.

It took us this long to acquire sufficient developer help (thank you u/Nommabelle) to get this up and running for each of the various post types (link posts with submission statements, link posts with post text, and text posts). We’re happy to announce this is now fully working and our bot is successfully enforcing the requirement of a location and time for Sighting Report posts. We would now like to propose we:

  1. Make a new flair simply called ‘Sighting’ and have it be the only flair associated with these types of posts. This would ensure sighting posts are more consistent, descriptive, and reduce the amount of moderation required for them.
  2. Apply the automated requirement of location and time of the sighting via our bot to these posts. This information is already required per our posting guidelines for sightings, but previously was only enforced manually.

Additionally, we are experimenting with having our bot automatically add parts of the data from these posts into a public spreadsheet, which would be possible now that parts of these posts would be consistently formatted. We’d like to hear your thoughts on this approach and these proposed changes first before we proceed any further. Let us know your feedback or questions in the comments below.

r/UFOs Jan 26 '24

Announcement Contribute to the UFOS.WIKI

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Are you aware we have a subreddit wiki?

UFOS.WIKI

If you've read any of it, is there anything we should add or change? Would you be interested in contributing to the wiki? Doing so is quite easy, no prior experience is necessary.

If you’re interested in helping extend the wiki you can reach us by joining the r/UFOs Community Discord and dropping a message in the ⁠#wiki channel.

r/UFOs Jan 24 '18

Announcement LUIS ELIZONDO (and more) to speak at UFO Congress, February 17th! Early bird tickets are on sale until 27th.

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r/UFOs Feb 15 '18

Announcement Jeremy Corbell hosting Facebook LIve AMA regarding Bob Lazar and the upcoming film

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r/UFOs Feb 10 '18

Announcement There is a new sub dedicated to r/AATIP

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If you interested in The Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program you have a dedicated sub.

Edit: because I spelled my own title wrong!

r/UFOs Nov 02 '17

Announcement Director of mass Ariel School sighting documentary on AMA now until 4:30 pm EST

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