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Since 1982, the Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE) has provided a critical forum for sharing original research into conventional and unconventional topics. Subjects often cross mainstream boundaries, yet may have profound implications for human knowledge and technology. We publish a peer-reviewed journal and the popular EdgeScience magazine, host conferences, and connect scholars. more

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SSE’s 44th Annual Conference

Evidence & Encounters – Two Paths to Exploring the Unexplained 

In Person June 17–21, 2026 at the Denver Marriott Westminster Hotel in Westminster, Colorado

Call for Abstracts Now Open

Conference Details and Hotel Reservations Coming Soon

Call for Proposals: Frontier Science Grants
Sponsored by SSE Member Josh Mitteldorf

The Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE) is excited to announce a new series of Frontier Science Grants funded by SSE member Josh Mitteldorf, Ph.D. These grants support bold, carefully designed experiments that push beyond conventional boundaries and test hypotheses that mainstream science has overlooked, dismissed, or never dared to examine. 

These grants reflect Dr. Mitteldorf’s conviction that scientific progress depends on researchers willing to explore unasked questions, unsettled anomalies, and unconventional mechanisms with methodological integrity.  Researchers from all disciplines — independent investigators, academic scientists, or early‑career scholars — are invited to submit proposals 

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Military and Civilian Pilot UAP Sightings:

SSE’s “Anomalies 101” Webinar

Barry Roth

Chief Archivist and Historian at the National UFO Historical Records Center (NUFOHRC )
Author: “A Brief History of Ufology, 1941–2011: Significant UFO Events Throughout the Modern Era"

Exclusive SSE Live Event:  January 21, 2026

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Central Time

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Introducing MAVERICK Talks: A New SSE Webinar Series for Bold Ideas in Progress

What is MAVERICK?

Monthly Adventures Via Exploration, Revealing Inquiry, Curiosity, and Knowledge

These interactive sessions are designed to foster rigorous thinking, collaborative critique, and intellectual curiosity—hallmarks of SSE’s mission.  

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DNA as a Quantum Informational Key 

Sunday, January 11, 2026, 5PM Eastern, Presented on Zoom

Ed Lantz, CEO, Vortex Immersion

Uncaged: A Call for a Temporary Moratorium on Non-Human Animal Psi Research

Sunday, February 8, 2026, 5PM Eastern, Presented on Zoom

Mark Boccuzzi, The Windbridge Institute, LLC

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You must be a SSE member to register for these free events.

In Memory of Chantal Toporow

It is with profound sadness and deep respect that we mark the passing of Dr. C. M. Chantal Toporow, who left this world on August 18, 2025, at the age of 68. Throughout her professional life, Chantal interwove various scientific interests and passions, bridging the rigor of aerospace engineering and anomalies research, along with a commitment to ecological stewardship and the arts. In doing so, she embodied the kind of scientific synthesis that the Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE) has long aspired to nurture.

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The Society for Scientific Exploration provides a critical international forum for sharing original research on unconventional topics and furthering our understanding of human capabilities.

The society is fully donor and member-funded, with contributions providing support for the open access dissemination  of research through a peer-reviewed journal and SSE-hosted conferences where professional researchers and interested members of the public engage with one another to advance science.

Anyone can join the society by making an annual contribution, with the membership level dependent on level of contribution and academic status. All contributions are tax deductible.

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