LiveScience interviewed Dr. Greg Eghigian (Penn State, Professor of History and Bioethics) on his book “After the Flying Saucers Came” (Oxford University Press, 2024) — one of the first academic social histories of UFOs. Key intelligence from the LiveScience interview and related coverage: (1) ORIGIN OF “FLYING SAUCER”: The term was created by journalists, not witnesses. Kenneth Arnold (June 24, 1947) said the objects’ movement was like “saucers skipping across water.” A journalist coined “flying saucer” within a day or two. The naming event created the cultural phenomenon. (2) SEVENTEENERS: UFO researchers have a term for people who believe UAP research started with the 2017 New York Times AATIP story. “The veteran ufologists refer to people as ‘seventeeners,’ those people who believe that all UFO stuff started in 2017 and have no idea about the past.” (3) STIGMA AS REPORTING SUPPRESSOR: “The negative association between UFOs and aliens has likely deterred reporting of UFOs by people who didn’t want to be stigmatized.” This is documented data attrition — the actual frequency of UAP encounters is systematically undercounted because credentialed witnesses protect careers by staying silent. (4) AARO BUDGET SECRECY: Rep. Nancy Mace at the November 2024 Congressional hearing: “I’m disturbed that AARO itself lacks transparency; even its budget is kept from the public.” The entity tasked with UAP transparency operates with an undisclosed budget. (5) NASA DESTIGMATIZATION: NASA’s involvement in UAP research (2022) “was a signal to scientists that talking openly about UAP is OK. It allowed scientists to discuss ideas that had been taboo.” (6) Eghigian’s warning: “If we academics do get into this stuff, it’s likely not going to play out in the way that a lot of people imagine it playing out.”