Project PADUR (Project for the Analysis of Danish UFO Reports) has as its goal the development of plausible theories to explain the UFO phenomenon or some parts of it. The project also aims to evaluate the significance of various factors that may diminish the scientific quality of the source material (i.e. the reports).
Examples of such factors are misidentification and the influence of the investigator during the interviews with witnesses.
PADUR is based on the conviction that it is only through serious and objective research, grounded in scientifically recognised procedures, that ufologists can hope to find an explanation (or explanations) for the UFO phenomenon.
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New results from the project will be published in UFO-Nyt, and in detailed form in the Journal of Ufology.
The purpose of Project PORT is to clarify, analyse and evaluate the psychological, social and cultural influences that may affect UFO witnesses.
Potential sources of influence are the witness's social environment and personal profile, as well as "indirect" influences from other UFO witnesses through the media, investigators and so on. This complex of factors, in other words, forms the basis of the UFO myth.
The project, which began in 1995, consists of several sub-projects:
The results of the project will be published in UFO-Nyt, and in detailed form in the Journal of Ufology.