I've been lurking here for years. First time posting something personal. I work at a small astronomy and space tech company. My collegueas are literal astrophysicists, orbital dynamicists, scientists who've spent their careers studying the sky, people I genuinely admire. Every week, I have a tiny segment in our team sync I call "UAP of the week" where I show a video or the latest updates on the subject. I started because I believe this phenomenon deserves serious scientific attention (specially from people in our field, who actually have the tools and frameworks to study it properly.) The reactions I get? Polite smiles. Silence. The occasional eye roll from someone who thinks they're being sublte. I know some teammates are privately more open-minded than they ley on. But there's a real social cost to showing interest here... We're a startup, fundraising, building credibility, and nobody wants to be the person who "believes" in UFOs. I get it, I really do. What I didn't expect was that recently, something small shifted. Our company took a tiny step toward taking this more seriously. I can't say much more without sounding like a plug, so I won't. But it mattered to me more than I can explain. Like being the weird one in the room for almost two years and then someone finally nods, you know? I guess my question here is: How do you make scientists care? Not conspirace-theory-forward, but evidence-forward? How do you get people who are already studying the sky to also study this? I keep trying. On a separate note, I've been quietly pushing internally for our CEO to do an AMA, probably on an astronomy subreddit. He's a PhD astronomer, and has some thoughts on UAP that I think we'll all find interesting. If I manage to convince him and get marketing on board, I'lll cross post it here. No promises though. Thanks for reading - rant over 😄 submitted by /u/exe3001 [link] [comments]