This is a list of notable

non-governmental A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in ...

UFO An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are ide ...

organizations located around the

world In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

Belarus

* UfoCom

Estonia

* AKRAK (inactive)

Sweden

* Archives for the Unexplained (AFU)

Russia

Kosmopoisk Kosmopoisk (russian: «Космопо́иск», full name: Общеросси́йская нау́чно-иссле́довательская обще́ственная организа́ция, ОНИОО, translated "All-Russian Research Publ ...

United Kingdom

British UFO Research Association The British UFO Research Association or BUFORA is a UK organisation formerly registered as "BUFORA Ltd"; dedicated to investigating UFO phenomena in the British Isles. In 1997 the organisation was reported to have around 1,000 members. History ...

(BUFORA)

United States

Active

* Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) * Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS or JAHCUFOS) * International UFO Congress (IUFOC) *

Mutual UFO Network The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is a US-based non-profit organization composed of civilian volunteers who study reported UFO sightings. It is one of the oldest and largest organizations of its kind, claiming more than 4,000 members worldwide wi ...

(MUFON) * National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) * To the Stars *

Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is an office within the United States Office of the Secretary of Defense that investigates unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and other anomalous phenomena, sometimes termed unidentified aerial phen ...

(UAPTF)

Inactive / defunct

Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) was an unclassified but unpublicized investigatory effort funded by the United States Government to study unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP). The ...

(AATIP) *

Aerial Phenomena Research Organization The Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) was a UFO research group started in January 1952 by Jim and Coral Lorenzen, of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The group was based in Tucson, Arizona after 1960. APRO had many state branches, it remai ...

(APRO) * Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS) * Civilian Saucer Intelligence (CSI) * Fund for UFO Research (FUFOR) * National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDSci) *

National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena The National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) is an unidentified flying object (UFO) research group most active in the United States from the 1950s to the 1980s. It remains active primarily as an informational depository on ...

(NICAP) * UFO Investigators League (UFOIL)