From the Abstract The topic of UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena), previously referred as UFOs, has often been dismissed by members of the academy. Those that have studied it have found the subject stigmatized, as a result of boundary work, a rhetorical strategy used particularly in the natural sciences to define the bounds of legitimate research and knowledge production. Nevertheless, recent events, media coverage, and government hearings haveprompted more members of the academy to openl...