The UN General Assembly invites member states to coordinate research on UFOs
December 1978 · United Nations, New York · Executive action · Secondary sources only
At Grenada's request, the General Assembly took up UFOs in its 1977 and 1978 sessions. In 1978 it adopted decision 33/426, inviting interested member states to coordinate national scientific research into extraterrestrial life, including UFOs, and to tell the Secretary-General what they found.
Why it matters (3/5)
The only time the UN General Assembly took a formal decision on UFOs.
Caveats
Grenada's stronger draft resolutions were never put to a vote. UN News describes no follow-up. The exact adoption date was not checked against the UN record.
Sources
- Stories from the UN Archive: UN-identified flying objects in space (UN News), context