About us
Background
Philippe Ailleris is the face behind the UAP Reporting Scheme. His fascination for and interest in Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena (UAP, popularly called UFO) was already well underway by the time he was a teenager. As the years passed, his interests expanded into astronomy, space exploration and exobiology; however his interest in UAP persisted and led him to work in the space industry where he has remained for the past 20 years.
While his research and study in the field of UAP is conducted purely as an amateur and unrelated to his work commitments, his involvement in the space sector keeps him abreast of the space industry and has offered him contact with scientists and engineers of many disciplines. In conducting his own research, he has expanded this contact list and thereby his knowledge and information base.
Despite the controversy surrounding the topic, he believes that it is possible to approach the UAP field from a professional, rational, and scientific angle without any a priori. He considers that UAP studies my increase the scientific understanding of today poorly understood natural phenomenon, and ultimately he even sees the potential for Science to discover new unknown phenomena, therefore making such study invaluable. His research therefore focuses on attempting to raise the interest of the scientific community and to bridge various fields to devise what he believes is the necessary multidisciplinary approach to studying the phenomena.
Taking advantage of the increase in observation of the skies brought about by the programs of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, he has developed this UAP Reporting Scheme under the IYA framework. Its objectives are to give amateur astronomers an outlet for reporting, as well as a resource for the astronomy community to redirect enquiries from the general public and to help engage with the public in discussions about the science behind what is seen in the sky.
Publications
2009 “The Lure of Local SETI: Fifty years of Field Experiments”. For Acta Astronautica,
journal of the International Academy of Astronautics (avail. 1 Feb. 2010):
http://0-www.sciencedirect.com.www.whitelib.emporia.edu/
2008 “Premier colloque international de l’académie internationale d’astronautique sur la recherche de signatures de vie”. Article for the French magazine Ufomania, numero 58.
2008 “Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena in France: Seeking a renewed fascination for Space Exploration”. Paper in support of the Poster session for the international conference: Imagining outer Space, 1900-2000, 06 February 2008, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF), Bielefeld, Germany.
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Conference Presentations / Participation
2009 “Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena (UAP) Observations 2009 Reporting Scheme”. Presented at the European Planetary Science Congress 2009, 13-18 September 2009, Postdam, Germany
2009 “Field investigations in the Hessdalen valley: A unique opportunity for legitimising research on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena”. Presented at the 2009 Hessdalen Science Camp, 07-11 September 2009, Hessdalen, Norway
2009 “Scientific monitoring of Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena: Historical review of
instrumented field studies (1947-1990)”. Presented at the Meeting on European Project Hessdalen, July 2, 2009, Medicina, Italy
2008 “The Lure of Local SETI: Fifty years of Field Experiments”. Presented at the First
International Academy of Astronautics’ Symposium on Searching for Life Signatures, September 22-26, 2008, UNESCO, Paris, France
2008 “Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena in France: Seeking out a new Space Exploration fascination”. Poster session (paper in preparation) for the international conference: Imagining outer Space, 1900-2000, 06 February 2008, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF), Bielefeld, Germany
2007 “UFOs and popular culture”. Presented at the 2nd Space and Society Conference: Space Options for the 21st Century, 27 February 2007-01 March 2007, ESTEC, European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands