Unidentified flying object

:UFO redirects here. For other uses, see UFO (disambiguation).

Civilian UFO Investigation groups

There have been a number of civilian groups formed to study UFO’s and/or to promulgate their opinions on the subject. Some have achieved fair degrees of mainstream visibility while others remain obscure.

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The groups listed below have embraced a broad variety of approaches, and have seen a correspondingly wide variety of responses from mainstream critics or supporters

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United States

• Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) (1952-1988)
• National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) (1956-1980)
• Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) (1969-present)
• Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) (1973-present)
• Fund for UFO Research (FUFOR) (1976-present)
• National Institute of Discovery Science (NIDS) (1996-present)

Political Action Groups

• Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS) (~1978- ): Small, Arizona based research and judicially oriented organization filing many FOIA applications and lawsuits to declassify and release government UFO information. home page
• Paradigm Research Group (PRG) & Extraterrestrial Phenomena Political Action Committee (X-PPAC) (1996- ): Small, Washington D.C. based group founded and headed by political activist/lobbyist Stephen Bassett, pushing for government UFO disclosure. home page
• Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) (1990- ): Maryland based, founded and run by the controversial Dr. Steven Greer. Education and lobbying group that runs The Disclosure Project, an effort to get government disclosure on UFOs and other topics, claiming to currently have over 400 government, military, and intelligence witnesses. home page