Report from Canada's top scientist recommends a federal UFO body

[Laird]

Canada’s top scientist releases new UFO report, here’s what you need to know

By Daniel Otis for CTV News on July 14, 2025.

The report urges Canada to “establish a dedicated service” to standardize, collect and investigate UAP reports.

“A federal department or agency responsible for managing public UAP data should be identified,” the report recommends. “This service would collect testimonies, investigate cases and post its analyses publicly.”

The report specifically points to the Canadian Space Agency as a “trusted” scientific organization that could lead this new effort in collaboration with government and academic partners. It also says Canadian aviation officials should do more when flight crews file UAP reports.

“Transport Canada should encourage pilots, cabin crews and air traffic controllers to report UAP sightings without fear of stigmatization,” the report advised.

Other recommendations include combatting disinformation, making UAP records available to the public and creating tools for data collection, like a bilingual reporting app.

Here's a link to the report itself:

Management of Public Reporting of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in Canada

I've read the executive summary, and it's pretty sensible.

Also interesting is Appendix B -Canadian survey of public views of UAPs, which charts the results of nineteen questions put to Canadians. Some of those results are:

• "Over half (55%) of Canadian respondents agree that the nature of some UAPs has not been confirmed."
  
• "Over 1 in 4 respondents (27%) claim to have had a personal experience with a UAP over the course of their life."
  
• "Half of respondents feel that the Government of Canada should do something about UAP sightings."
  
• "The majority (55%) of respondents feel it is important that a service/agency be established to whom Canadians could report UAP sightings, and 71% would like the Government to make information about sightings publicly available."