Participation to two major European scientific conferences:

* JENAM 2010, The European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (Lisboa, Portugal), http://www.jenam2010.org/

* EPSC 2010, The European Planetary Science Congress (Roma, Italy), http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc2010/

My presentation and poster (see poster herebelow attached) focused on promoting the project and providing some preliminary results, almost one year after its launch under the umbrella of the International Year of Astronomy.

Poster: poster_ds_final_n

Update of the website: A new category of daytime misidentifications has been added under the tab “Misidentifications”: Vortex Rings

Collaboration has started with the programme “The world at night (TWAN)” http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/index.asp, in order to obtain pictures or films of intriguing natural/man-made phenomena, or even UAP.

Launched in 2009 as a special project of the International Year of Astronomy, TWAN aims at producing and presenting a collection of stunning photographs and time-lapse videos of the world’s landmarks against the celestial attractions. In addition, TWAN features each month, under his section “solves a mystery”, a photo with a strange phenomena (http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/mystery.asp. The readers are invited to share their thoughts about the potential explanations, and the final conclusion is posted a the month’s end.
Besides fulfilling general educational purposes, perhaps some interesting UAP pictures or footages will surface in the future..

I encourage all readers to consult this stunning website and solve the mysteries of the night sky!

The UAP observations reporting scheme currently participates to the Global Astronomy Month (GAM, April 2010), an international project organised by Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) that builds on the achievements of the International Year of Astronomy, by combining a wide array of activities with the possibility of sharing experiences in real-time.

“The excitement of bringing people together from all countries regardless of age, race or beliefs – all awed by the wonders of the Universe – is something that will long outlive the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009)”, says Mike Simmons, President of AWB and co-chair of the 2009 100HA effort. “GAM2010 will build on that passion and energy, starting from a simple idea and building to a global project by multiplying its effect as it goes. Like 100 Hours of Astronomy, GAM will be a social movement in the astronomy community”

The Global Astronomy Month represents another opportunity to put emphasis on the UAP topic, and another opportunity for the collection of data and dissemination of information that is not to be missed !

How to participate:

Organisers of GAM events around the world could contribute to this effort by making available to amateurs Astronomers and the general public the specific UAP observations reporting scheme’s brochure that has specifically been designed for this event.

Download the brochure:

(2 sides A4 PDF file to be printed preferably in colors):
GAM3_brochure2

Second press release

Further advertising of the project has been on going in order to reach the widest possible astronomical audience. Last December, an important American Astronomical Organisation has accepted to distribute the project’s information to its network of astronomical and space science’s journalists. According to my interlocutor, one of the most common questions sent to this organisation is: “What was the bright thing that I saw in the sky last night ?”. Therefore it appears that the Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena (UAP) Observations Reporting Scheme may definitely feels a need ! This has resulted to various news items  in different countries , a significant increase of visits on the project’s website, and also in the translation of the UAP reporting questionnaires in others languages (Russian, Spanish, …) that will soon be made available on the website.