Future disciplinary status of UAP Studies

Determine whether Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Studies will develop into a recognized academic field of study.

Background

The paper conducts a preliminary scoping review of scholarly literature on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and observes a rapid evolution in scientific and public engagement following recent government reports and NASA initiatives. Despite growing interdisciplinary interest, the author highlights that Library & Information Science is underrepresented and that the field is still in flux.

Within this context, the author explicitly notes uncertainty about the formal recognition of UAP Studies as a distinct academic field, pointing to ongoing developments and the need for rigorous data curation, standardization, and interdisciplinary collaboration to support its potential emergence.