API in the field
API is a volunteer research organization for the scientific investigation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (also known as UAPs or UFOs), and to provide the public with scientifically sound, factual information. For API, it’s not about either confirmation of true belief or dogmatic denial.
Like all good investigators, we have a skeptical bent, but we don’t set out to debunk or belittle. All witnesses are treated with respect. We’re genuinely curious about the phenomena, and we follow the evidence where it leads without jumping to conclusions. We’re happy to admit when we’re stumped, and we’re willing and able to take down a bogus claim when a thorough investigation reveals its falsehood.
We also aim to educate the public, and to help witnesses understand the experiences they report to us. To this end we offer a podcast, and a video series in addition to this website.
We want to collaborate with like-minded groups to study these phenomena better, more openly, and more thoroughly than has been done before. We don’t have all the answers, and neither does anyone else. Instead, we think there is a lot of room for improvement in the questions we ask. That is why we investigate.
Interim Director and Chief Scientist: Paul Carr (Maryland)
Chief of Investigations: Marsha Barnhart (Michigan)
Field Investigators:
Savannah Dollison (Oregon) (inactive)
Roger Draper (Tennessee)