Americans for Safe Aerospace (ASA)
OrgNonprofitAmericans for Safe Aerospace (ASA)
OrgNonprofitAmericans for Safe Aerospace is a nonprofit founded by Ryan Graves to support aviators, improve anomalous-event reporting, and advocate for aerospace safety.
Americans for Safe Aerospace is a nonprofit founded by Ryan Graves to support aviators, improve anomalous-event reporting, and advocate for aerospace safety.
Ryan Graves
Americans for Safe Aerospace is a nonprofit organization founded by former Navy pilot Ryan Graves to address unidentified objects and other hazards reported by military and civilian aircrew. It frames the issue through flight safety, reporting culture, scientific analysis, and support for witnesses rather than through a required conclusion about the objects’ origin.
The organization collects accounts, works with aviators, engages policymakers, and advocates standardized reporting and protection from professional stigma. Graves has testified before Congress about recurring observations reported by his squadron and about the lack of a reliable system for pilots to document them. ASA also participates in public events, research discussions, and legislative efforts intended to make safety reports available for serious analysis.
Its work places airborne UAP within the familiar institutions of aviation safety. An unidentified report can matter because of collision risk, training disruption, restricted-airspace intrusion, or possible foreign technology even when no extraordinary explanation is supported. Witness testimony identifies what a trained observer experienced, while radar, imagery, aircraft data, weather, and traffic information are needed to characterize the event.
ASA’s institutional significance is the attempt to build trust between reporters and the systems receiving their reports. Advocacy can increase collection and reduce stigma, but it can also shape which cases and explanations receive attention. The organization is most effective when it protects witnesses without treating testimony as self-validating, publishes methods for any aggregate analysis, and keeps UAP and national security concerns compatible with open scientific scrutiny. Its pilot-centered model also gives policymakers a practical constituency: people responsible for aircraft and passengers who need a reporting system to work regardless of which explanation ultimately fits a case. That safety mandate remains concrete even when a report is ultimately resolved.
[Retweeted] A Boeing 737 crew departing Houston Hobby encountered a large metallic spheroid at 14,000 feet. ATC told them to level off, warning of an unidentified target that had been "popping up all day." The First Officer, a retired F-18 pilot, estimated the object was roughly 737-sized.
[Retweeted] Black triangles. Close calls. What are pilots reporting? In Episode 8 of the Safe Aerospace Podcast, Jonathan Miller (JMill) joins Ryan Graves to explore UAP reports, sensemaking, and turning witness accounts into evidence. https://t.co/YQMwd1RMfW https://t.co/FOkmo6M1EE
[Retweeted] Black triangles. Close calls. What are pilots reporting? In Episode 8 of the Safe Aerospace Podcast, Jonathan Miller (JMill) joins Ryan Graves to explore UAP reports, sensemaking, and turning witness accounts into evidence. https://t.co/YQMwd1RMfW https://t.co/FOkmo6M1EE
Black triangles. Close calls. What are pilots reporting? In Episode 8 of the Safe Aerospace Podcast, Jonathan Miller (JMill) joins Ryan Graves to explore UAP reports, sensemaking, and turning witness accounts into evidence. https://t.co/YQMwd1RMfW https://t.co/FOkmo6M1EE
Mike Melvill never graduated high school. He built an experimental aircraft in his Indiana garage, and when no one would certify it, he flew it out to Mojave, where aerospace designer Burt Rutan hired him on the spot. Our newest episode is live now: https://t.co/GMXBn3A5yr https://t.co/ILKdGRolCV
As far as astronauts seeing UAP, this is just the tip of the iceberg… https://t.co/vrfuW0H7kQ [Quoted] Six days after a hard landing, SpaceShipOne astronaut Brian Binnie described a dozen glowing spheres in his backyard. Kevin Curran and Matt Stinemetze join Ryan Graves to share his story on the new Safe Aerospace Podcast. Watch the trailer. Full episode below. https://t.co/MT6nDFNshe
[Retweeted] Six days after a hard landing, SpaceShipOne astronaut Brian Binnie described a dozen glowing spheres in his backyard. Kevin Curran and Matt Stinemetze join Ryan Graves to share his story on the new Safe Aerospace Podcast. Watch the trailer. Full episode below. https://t.co/MT6nDFNshe
Six days after a hard landing, SpaceShipOne astronaut Brian Binnie described a dozen glowing spheres in his backyard. Kevin Curran and Matt Stinemetze join Ryan Graves to share his story on the new Safe Aerospace Podcast. Watch the trailer. Full episode below. https://t.co/MT6nDFNshe
RT @SafeAerospace: Our newest episode is live. Former Navy F-18 pilot Austin Hulbert dismissed his encounter as a balloon. Years later, bu…
RT @SafeAerospace: Our newest episode is live. Former Navy F-18 pilot Austin Hulbert dismissed his encounter as a balloon. Years later, bu…