PROJECTS


PROJECT PADUR

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.

Published articles (Danish language):

  • Toke Haunstrup : Projekt PADUR, UFO-Nyt no. 3/92, pages 22-23

  • Toke Haunstrup : Hvornår så du ufoet?, UFO-Nyt no. 2/93, pages 7-8

  • Toke Haunstrup : Hvad var afstanden?, UFO-Nyt no. 4/95, pages 4-6
  • English translations:

  • Toke Haunstrup : When did you see the UFO?, SUFOI News 1995/A, pages 10-11

  • Toke Haunstrup : What was the distance?, SUFOI News 1996, pages 25-27
  • New results from the project will be published in UFO-Nyt, and in detailed form in the Journal of Ufology.


    Project PORT

    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:

  • Analysis of UFO witnesses' personal profiles

  • Analysis of the chronological development of the reported form and appearance of UFOs

  • Analysis of the chronological development of the reported appearance and behaviour of UFO occupants

  • Analysis of the chronological development of messages reportedly received by "contactees"
  • The results of the project will be published in UFO-Nyt, and in detailed form in the Journal of Ufology.