Evidence Methods / method

Artifact rejection

Artifact rejection is the unspectacular core of both UAP and SETI work: ruling out human systems, display effects, and environmental confounds.

Evidence MethodsMethod

A robust system must prove why a candidate is not local noise

This is how the field earns the right to take a remaining anomaly seriously.

Key points

False positives are common enough to expect, not rare enough to ignore.

Local interference can mimic significance surprisingly well.

The Proxima case is the best contemporary demonstration.

Reference ledger

Read and watch the sources directly.

SETI Institute

NASA

Method

Useful as a lead, weak as a standalone proof layer

Witness reports matter because they trigger collection and investigation. They do not, by themselves, settle origin, physics, or intent.

Method

Better than anecdotes, still not self-explaining

Radar can provide stronger kinematic evidence than visual testimony alone, but calibration, mode, and contextual interpretation still matter.

Method

IR imagery is powerful but routinely overinterpreted

Infrared footage is one of the most common public UAP media types, and AARO’s case pages show how often it supports only narrow claims.

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