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Policy, disclosure & governance

The Sol Foundation policy series and adjacent work on UAP secrecy, congressional oversight, anomalous health threats, atmospheric and orbital threat reduction, and international policy options.

8 papers · sorted newest first

The UFO Enigma: A Call for US Government Disclosure
Sol Foundation · 2025
Nell
Sol Foundation white paper arguing the policy case for structured US disclosure. Synthesises the legal, intelligence, and historical record.
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Investment in UAP Technology and Ventures: Opportunities, Challenges, and a Way Forward
Sol Foundation · 2025
Virk
Looks at the emerging UAP-instrumentation venture-capital landscape, the dual-use questions, and the policy guardrails private capital would need.
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The Prospect of Executive Branch UAP Secrecy: The Harm to Congress and Potential Remedies
Sol Foundation · 2024
Skafish
Constitutional-law analysis of executive-branch UAP information-withholding and the statutory remedies available to Congress. Reads the Schumer–Rounds amendment as a partial cure.
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UAP: Policy Implications for the Government of the United Kingdom
Sol Foundation · 2024
McCaw
Sol Foundation UK-focused policy paper. Maps the post-MoD-closure UK UAP landscape and the policy moves Whitehall could plausibly take.
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Anomalous Health Threats: Health Security Considerations for UAP
Sol Foundation · 2024
Sol Foundation
Position paper integrating UAP-proximity health-effect reports with the broader anomalous-health-incident literature. Argues for a structured health-security frame.
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UAP in Crowded Skies: Atmospheric and Orbital Threat Reduction in an Age of Geopolitical Uncertainty
Sol Foundation · 2024
Sol Foundation
Treats UAP as an air-safety and space-domain-awareness problem first. Lays out an integrated atmospheric/orbital threat-reduction framework.
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Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team — Final Report
NASA · 2023
Spergel et al.
The 36-page final report of the NASA-convened independent study panel chaired by David Spergel. Concluded that the available UAP data is fragmentary and recommended a structured NASA role in standardised data collection.
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Beneath the Surface: We May Learn More About UAP by Looking in the Ocean
Sol Foundation · 2023
Gallaudet
Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet's case for treating UAP as a transmedium problem — and for resourcing undersea collection alongside atmospheric.
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