Upcoming AMA - SCIENTIFIC COALITION FOR UAP STUDIES (SCU) - July 14, 2026 @ 5:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM CST/ 8:00 PM EST with Robert Powell, Dr. Doug Buettner, Dr. Laura Dominé, Rich Hoffman, and Dr. Sarah Little

Hello r/UFOs!

Submit your questions now for the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies live Ask Me Anything (AMA) session with members of our Board of Directors and Advisory Board.

Confirmation post from our Board Member Robert Powell: https://x.com/rpowell2u/status/2075381204069605498?s=20

WHEN

Tuesday, July 14, 2026, from 7 PM to 8:30 PM Central Time

WHO WE ARE

The Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) is a nonprofit interdisciplinary research organization dedicated to rigorous, evidence-based investigation of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Our team comprises scientists, engineers, former military and intelligence professionals, and law enforcement experts who apply advanced analytical methods to understand anomalous phenomena.

For nearly a decade, we've been at the forefront of advocating for scientific integrity, government transparency, and collaborative research across academia, industry, and policy sectors.

MEET YOUR AMA PANELISTS

Our panelists will work as a team to answer questions related to their fields of expertise. They bring decades of combined expertise in physics, engineering, statistics, AI, ML, historical analysis, case studies, field experiments, field investigations, UAP science, and academic publishing.

Behind the scenes answering your questions will be:

Robert Powell — Executive Board Member. Robert Powell is one of the leading advocates for applying scientific methodologies and data-driven analysis to UAP; he is also the author of UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don’t Know), UFOS and Government: A Historical Inquiry, and other UAP-related publications.

Rich Hoffman - Executive Board Member. Information Technology consultant and strategist. Hoffman has worked as a defense contractor for over 20 years, working primarily for the Army Materiel Command HQ with a variety of companies. Mr. Hoffman has also worked as an Enterprise Architect at Redstone Arsenal and the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He has over 54 years of experience investigating and researching the UFO subject.

Dr. Doug Buettner — Board Member. Doug Buettner received his Ph.D. in astronautical engineering from the University of Southern California. Buettner is the Deputy Chief Scientist of the Acquisition Innovation Research Center, a multi-university applied research center led by the Stevens Institute of Technology. He has over 30 years of industry experience in the engineering of aerospace and software-intensive systems for the Department of Defense (DOD) and NASA.

Dr. Laura Dominé — Board Member. Laura Dominé completed her Ph.D. in physics at Stanford University, working at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. In 2023, she joined the Galileo Project to help design ML-based scalable experimental approaches to conducting scientific surveys of UAP. Currently, she is a Project-specific Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, Hakubi Center for Advanced Research and Cosmic-Ray Laboratory.

Dr. Sarah Little — Scientific Advisor. Dr. Little has a Ph.D. in marine geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program, specializing in underwater acoustics. She joined the Galileo Project early on, worked on the multimodal instrument development site, and has contributed to ten published UAP papers. She has been an SCU member since its inception.

...and others from our Board of Directors and Advisory Panel

CONTEXT AND KEY LINKS

• Register for or learn more about our upcoming conference, "The Synergy of Science and Government in UAP Research." Join us online or in Toronto from July 24 to 26, 2026.
• Read our research, including UAP activity and indications analyses, Aquadilla analysis, and the Stephenville Lights study.
• Catch up on our work, UAP news, profiles, and history by reviewing our quarterly newsletter, SCU Review.
• Review our approach: Principles of Engagement in Public, Academic, and Government Discourse

HOW THIS WORKS

Post your questions about the intersection of UAP and science in the comments below before Monday, July 13 at 12 NOON CST. Our board members will monitor the thread, prioritize answering the most upvoted questions in time for the live AMA, and continue responding to as many upvoted questions as possible during the AMA.

POST YOUR QUESTIONS HERE https://old.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1us0ftu/upcoming_ama_with_the_scientific_coalition_for/

COMMUNITY GUIDELINE

We ask that all participants engage respectfully with our panel and one another—disagreement is welcome, but personal attacks, harassment, or bad faith arguments will be flagged for the monitors for removal. We're here for genuine scientific dialogue, and we appreciate your commitment to keeping this conversation constructive and civil.

MORE ABOUT SCU

Visit us at www.explorescu.org to learn more about our ongoing research, read our publications, explore our podcast and YouTube channel, register for our conference, or get involved as a member or volunteer.

We're excited to engage with this community. The questions you ask and the perspectives you bring are crucial to advancing transparency and scientific rigor in UAP research.

Let's explore together.

REGISTER for our upcoming July conference! (Watch at your convenience option available.)

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