Recordings and materials on the Symposium “Grounding the SETI and UAP Debate” of 24 April 2025

This website contains post-symposium resources, including links to the Durham Declaration on SETI and UAP Research; the recordings of the papers given and the following discussions; the speakers' presentations; media echo; as well as the Event Programme, containing presenters' bios and abstracts.

For a summary of the symposium, please see the previous event news release.

^{Photomontage: Andreas Müller – Attribution of the parts of the composite image: Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica (4 Sep 1971) (right) and NASA/NEAR Shoemaker (1 May 2000) (left)}

The Durham Declaration on SETI and UAP Research

To read the Declaration, and complete a form to add your endorsement should you wish, please click here.

Presentations in alphabetical order (in pdf)

NB: These files may only be cited after previous written permission by the authors.

(Ailleris – not released by the author)

Andreas Anton

Michael Bohlander

Mike Cifone

Eric Hilgendorf

Christian Peters

John Priestland

Chris Senn

Villaroel - to be added

Jia Wang

Media echo - coming soon

Artistic rendering by R&F Mo - find the original at @randf.mo on Instagram

Images to come

Event Programme

The Grounding the SETI and UAP debate - Programme provides further details on the day’s proceedings, including speakers’ abstracts and bios.