Recordings and materials on the Symposium “Grounding the SETI and UAP Debate” of 24 April 2025

This website contains post-symposium resources, including links to the Durham Declaration on SETI and UAP Research; the recordings of the papers; the speakers' presentations; media echo; as well as the Event Programme, containing presenters' bios and abstracts.

For a summary of the symposium, please see the previous event news release.

^{Photomontage: Andreas Müller – Attribution of the parts of the composite image: Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica (4 Sep 1971) (right) and NASA/NEAR Shoemaker (1 May 2000) (left)}

The Durham Declaration on SETI and UAP Research

To read the Declaration, and complete a form to add your endorsement should you wish, please click here.

The Declaration has been translated to a number of different languages, you can see a list on the The Durham Declaration - Translations page.

Videos and Presentation PDFs

NB: These files may only be cited after previous written permission by the authors.

Panel 1 - Part 1 Video: Philippe Ailleris – Presentation not released by the author

Panel 1 - Part 2 Video (to be added): Mike Cifone

Panel 1 - Part 3 Video: Beatriz Villaroel – Presentation to be added

Panel 2 - Part 1 Video – Chris Senn

Panel 2 - Part 2 Video –  Andreas Anton

Panel 2 - Part 3 Video – Christian Peters

Panel 3 - Part 1 Video – Eric Hilgendorf

Panel 3 - Part 2 Video – Jia Wang

Panel 3 - Part 3 Video – Michael Bohlander

Panel 4 - Part 1 Video – John Priestland

The Durham Declaration Launch Video

You can watch all of the videos in order on our Panel Playlist

Media echo

Artistic rendering by R&F Mo - find the original at @randf.mo on Instagram

Event Programme

The Grounding the SETI and UAP debate - Programme provides further details on the day’s proceedings, including speakers’ abstracts and bios.