Private multi-sensor UAP observation group, publicly fronted by James Fowler. Operates a fixed observation site with a combined electro-optical, shortwave and midwave infrared, radar, laser range finder and radio-frequency stack, and publishes a working taxonomy of nine UAP classes at skywatcher.ai/research. The canonical research pages are continuously updated and are the primary public reference for the framework; the 2025 James Fowler interview on American Alchemy is the most widely-shared secondary source.
What they do
Long-running observation campaign at a single site, with the explicit goal of capturing the same craft across multiple independent sensors. The team’s argument is that a single sensor can be fooled, but a craft that registers on some bands and not others is doing something a conventional object cannot.
Skywatcher announced a strategic shift in 2025 away from kinetic interception toward “calling” Class 9 craft (the Egg) through claimed psionic methods, with the stated goal of a peaceful landing. As of the source clip used on the site, this is a stated programme, not a documented result.
Public surfacing
The team’s classification framework was laid out publicly by James Fowler in a 2025 interview with Jesse Michels on American Alchemy. The 36-minute clip is the source for the Nine-Class UAP Taxonomy page on the site.
Where to weigh it
Single-source. No other private or institutional group publishes a comparable taxonomy. The Galileo Project, AARO and NASA’s UAP independent study do not use these categories. Fowler himself flags hedges on Class 3 (plasmoid projection alternative) and Class 9 (aspirational).
Connections
James Fowler · Jesse Michels · Nine-Class UAP Taxonomy · Galileo Project · AARO