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Michael Cifone

🇺🇸United StatesWitness
Type
Witness
Nation
🇺🇸 United States
Orgs
SUAPS, SUAPS

Michael Cifone is an American philosopher of science with a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland (2009), specializing in the history and philosophy of science, physics, and metaphysics.

  • Has taught philosophy at institutions including CUNY Bronx and St. John’s University in New York City.

In 2022, Cifone founded the Society for UAP Studies (SUAPS) and its journal Limina – The Journal of UAP Studies, establishing academic infrastructure for peer-reviewed UAP research, conferences, and interdisciplinary dialogue.

  • As a 2025-2026 research fellow at FAU’s CAS-E in Erlangen, Germany, he studies Jacques Vallée’s UFO theories for a book on UAP Studies foundations.

Cifone's key achievements include co-authoring 'The New Science of Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena (UAP)' in Progress in Aerospace Sciences (2025) with experts like Kevin Knuth and Garry Nolan, and an upcoming book chapter on UFO evidence philosophy (2026).

  • Advocates scientific methodologies, institutional support, and data-driven observational frameworks to advance UAP research beyond stigma.
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🔗Michael, Cifone - CAS-E🔗societyforuapstudies.org🔗ESSWE | European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism - Dr. Mike Cifone: Elusive Remainder: Jacques Vallée an...🔗“The theme has vista”: the question of UFO reality and the Myth of Things seen in the Sky – Skunkworks🔗Articles | Limina - The Journal of UAP Studies