NSF Hosts Interagency Meeting on Disruptive Technology with UAP Focus
The National Science Foundation hosted an interagency meeting examining disruptive technologies, with UAP-related phenomena as a key focus area. Participants included prominent UAP researchers and advocates such as Garry Nolan, Jay Stratton, Julia Mossbridge, and Ryan Graves.
Background
In December 2024 the National Science Foundation convened a meeting bringing together officials from multiple federal agencies to discuss disruptive technologies that could reshape national security and scientific understanding. UAP-related topics featured prominently on the agenda.
Background
The meeting represented a notable step by a civilian science agency into territory traditionally dominated by defense and intelligence organizations. The NSF, which funds fundamental research across the sciences, signaled growing institutional willingness to engage with anomalous aerospace phenomena through established scientific frameworks.
Key Details
Among the attendees were Stanford immunologist Garry Nolan, former AATIP and UAPTF member Jay Stratton, cognitive scientist Julia Mossbridge, and Americans for Safe Aerospace founder Ryan Graves. Their presence indicated the meeting sought input from researchers already engaged in UAP-adjacent scientific work. The interagency format suggested coordination between civilian science bodies and defense or intelligence stakeholders on how to approach potentially disruptive technologies observed in UAP encounters.
Significance
Marks the first known NSF involvement in UAP-related interagency discussions, signaling growing mainstream scientific institutional engagement with the phenomenon.