The Importance of Phenomenology for UAP Studies

Summary

Second Limina paper by Engels (first being the Engels & Hauser epistemic injustice paper already in the catalog). Argues that phenomenology - the systematic examination of first-person lived experience - is an essential methodological supplement to empirical UAP research. Key contributions include restoring the lived world as an epistemic foundation, enabling investigation beyond the extraterrestrial hypothesis, distinguishing ordinary from non-ordinary perception, and enabling intersubjective analysis of experiencer accounts. Ties directly to DECUR's experiencer research thread.