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 Declaration on SETI and UAP Research; the recordings of the papers; 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 Declaration on SETI and UAP Research
To read the Declaration, and complete a form to add your endorsement should you wish, please click here.
The Declaration has been translated to a number of different languages, you can see a list on the The Declaration - Translations page.
This Declaration was adopted by the delegates of the Symposium of 24 April 2025 in their personal capacity. It is not an official document of Durham University and any endorsements are also made in a personal capacity.
Videos and Presentation PDFs
NB: These files may only be cited after previous written permission by the authors.
Panel 1 - Part 1 Video: Philippe Ailleris – Presentation not released by the author
Panel 1 - Part 2 (Video not available) : Mike Cifone
Panel 1 - Part 3 Video: Beatriz Villaroel – Presentation not available
Panel 2 - Part 1 Video – Chris Senn
Panel 2 - Part 2 Video – Andreas Anton
Panel 2 - Part 3 Video – Christian Peters
Panel 3 - Part 1 Video – Eric Hilgendorf
Panel 3 - Part 2 Video – Jia Wang
Panel 3 - Part 3 Video – Michael Bohlander
Panel 4 - Part 1 Video – John Priestland
You can watch all of the videos in order on our Panel Playlist
Media echo
Artistic rendering by R&F Mo - find the original at @randf.mo on Instagram
Event Programme
The Grounding the SETI and UAP debate - Programme provides further details on the day’s proceedings, including speakers’ abstracts and bios.