Case 18-014 is a video case from Brooklyn, New York. The report had insufficient information for us to proceed with an investigation.
Month: July 2018
Redacted ROI for Case 18-016 (KY)
Case 18-016 was a photographic case from Kentucky, but the reporter declined investigation. 
Read the redacted ROI here (PDF format)
Redacted ROI for Case 18-015 (FL)
This case was not investigated because there was insufficient information to proceed.
Video Case Summary for Case 16-009 – Oregon
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Episode 13 – Rotating Rings, Large Dark Objects, and Strange Lights in the Neighborhood!
Released: 15 July 2018
Duration: 1 hour, 41 seconds
Host and Producer Marsha Barnhart welcomes API investigators Paul Carr and Savannah Dollison. The three cover a few of their recent investigations in-depth during a round-table discussion. They examine sightings in New Jersey, New York, Utah and Georgia, which covered the gamut from overhead “fly-by’s” to unnerving close encounters!
What do photos and videos of Unidentified Aerial Objects add to the tangibility of “evidence” within the UFO research field? In fact, what IS “evidence” and what IS “proof”? Paul looks at these issues in episode 10 of his Unidentified Science series.
erratum: API is no longer using the “director” e-mail address. instead use “UFO”, or send via encrypted protonmail.com using the address “Reportaufo”.
At the Grave of Paul Bennewitz
After smooth jazz, lite beer, and stock photography, one of the greatest evils in the human universe is disinformation – a way of manipulating people (or even entire fields of inquiry) using information crated in fact and mixed with subtle untruths that comport with the target’s expectations. The payload for disinformation can poison the well for an entire area of inquiry, as well as discrediting individuals. It is also a kind of unethical social experiment, to see how the public and media react. As we have also seen recently, it can be used to influence the low information demographic for political gain or to stir up unrest. A skilled disinformer can play his marks like a banjo, and inject well engineered falsehoods into the mythosphere that may take decades to expunge.
No one wants to be played, and in the current environment in which bogus information is pushed our way from many directions, we need to have our defenses up and be vigilant. We need to be especially alert when the news is what we want to hear.
Conversation 11 – Kevin Knuth
Recorded: 11 July 2018
Released: 12 July 2018
Duration: 51 minutes, 35 seconds
Transcript for this Conversation
Host Paul Carr in conversation with Dr. Kevin Knuth, author of a recent article in The Conversation entitled “Are we alone? The question is worthy of serious scientific study.”
The conversation centers around strategies for lifting “the veil of ridicule” that surrounds UFO studies, and Kevin’s own experience, and how he came to take the topic seriously himself.
Guest Bio
Kevin Knuth is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University at Albany. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Entropy. He is a former NASA research scientist having worked for four years at NASA Ames Research Center in the Intelligent Systems Division. He has 20 years of experience in applying Bayesian and maximum entropy methods to the design of machine learning algorithms for data analysis applied to the physical sciences. His current research interests include the foundations of physics, inference and inquiry, autonomous robotics, and the search for and characterization of extrasolar planets. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and has been invited to give over 80 presentations in 13 countries.
Redacted ROI for Case 13-020 – Maryland
Witness Sketch
Case 13-020 was a large structured craft observed by two witnesses early in the morning of 9 November 2012 in Carroll and Frederick Counties in Maryland. We were able to approximately estimate the size, location and altitude of the craft. Unfortunately, no further corroboration was found.
Redacted ROI for Case 18-009 – CE-1 in Utah
Witness Location for 18-009C
Case 18-009 is a 2 witness nighttime CE-1 case from August 2017 in Utah. We were unable to identify the object seen. Strangeness 3, Probability 2.