Canada needs a transparent, public agency to manage reports of unexplained objects in the sky, according to a new report commissioned by the country’s top scientist.

The Sky Canada Project report calls for a federal framework to replace the current patchwork of protocols that “hinder[s] scientific investigation.”

“There is some evidence that there’s something really unusual going on in the skies.… We just don’t have enough information,” said Chris Rutkowski, director of the Canadian UFO Survey, who contributed to the report.

Launched in 2022 by Canada’s chief science adviser, Mona Nemer, the project examined challenges in collecting data on UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) and compared international approaches.

The report found Canada’s “fragmented” reporting system “complicates the application of scientific principles … making it onerous, if not impossible, for researchers to access and compile data.”

Canada once had a centralized UAP office under the National Research Council, which operated from 1967 to 1995. After its closure, responsibilities were divided among agencies like the Canadian Space Agency and Transport Canada.

Rutkowski’s Canadian UFO Survey, logging about 25,000 reports over 35 years, became a key resource.