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CTEC Stellar + CIFA (Portugal)

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🏛️ Organization🇵🇹 PTSince 2023
Methodology
5/10
Transparency
6/10
Institutional
3/10
Peer Review
3/10
Track Record
3/10
Fact vs. Spec.
7/10
Self-Correction
5/10

The CRED-7 framework evaluates sources across seven criteria: Methodology (20%), Transparency (20%), Institutional Affiliation (15%), Peer Review (15%), Track Record (10%), Fact/Speculation (10%), and Self-Correction (10%).

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Description

Overview
CTEC Stellar (founded 2023) is Portugal's first national structure for systematic collection and analysis of UAP reports. Complemented by CIFA (Centro de Investigação de Fenómenos Anómalos) in Vila do Conde, an older local research group.

Mission
Building a nationwide UAP reporting center modeled on Scandinavian examples (UFO-Sverige, AFU). Standardizing Portuguese sighting documentation. Integration into the EuroUFO network.

Strengths and Weaknesses
Young, ambitious initiative in a country with previously little institutionalized UAP research. Potential as a bridge to the Portuguese-speaking world (Brazil, Angola, Mozambique). Still limited data base and resources.

Focus Areas

datascientific