Connecticut HB 5422: AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA.

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 5422  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL 
PHENOMENA.  
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1. (Effective  October  1,  2026)  (a) The  Office  of  Legislative 1 
Management shall, within available resources, contract with a nonprofit 2 
organization   that   advises   state   government   and   industry   in   the 3 
application  of  science  and  engineering  to  study  unidentified  aerial 4 
phenomena. In conducting such study, such organization shall consult 5 
with personnel from the Department of Emergency Services and Public 6 
Protection,  the  Department  of  Energy  and  Environmental  Protection, 7 
the Office of Military Affairs and the director of the Connecticut chapter 8 
of the national nonprofit organization dedicated to the investigation of 9 
UFO  sightings,  abductions  and  other  unexplained  phenomena,  as 10 
deemed necessary to obtain information. Such study shall include, but 11 
need not be limited to: (1) Benefits of establishing a state center for the 12 
study of unidentified aerial phenomena; and (2) resources necessary to 13 
establish and operate such center. At the conclusion of the study, such 14 
organization  shall  report  the  results  of  the  study  to  the  executive 15 
director of the Office of Legislative Management. 16 
(b) Not later than July 1, 2027, the executive director of the Office of 17 
Legislative Management shall report the results of the study to the joint 18 
standing  committees  of  the  General  Assembly  having  cognizance  of 19 

Substitute Bill No. 5422 
 
 
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matters relating to public safety, the environment, military affairs and 20 
appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the 21 
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 22 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 
October 1, 2026 
New section 
 
APP Joint Favorable Subst.