UAP Multi-Station Triangulation
Multi-station triangulation is a scientific UAP-study methodology that uses two or more synchronized observatories on a long baseline (~10 km) with accurate timestamps to recover an aerial object’s three-dimensional position, velocity, and acceleration.
The problem it solves
Single-camera UAP video — including the videos held up at U.S. congressional hearings — suffers from an unknown camera-to-object distance, which avi-loeb calls the “Achilles Heel” of past UAP video evidence (src-galileo-project-uap-capability-2026-03). Without a true distance, apparent angular speed and acceleration are uninterpretable, so claims that an object exhibited supersonic or extraordinary kinematics cannot be verified.
The Galileo Project implementation
In March 2026 the galileo-project announced it can measure distances to airborne objects to better than 10% accuracy via 10-km-baseline multi-station observation, enabling true 3D velocity and acceleration. Three observatories are operational (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Nevada) with a fourth planned in Indiana. ML pipelines flag outliers from millions of object recordings across infrared, visible, radio, and audio bands.
Significance
- Provides a scientific alternative to government uap-disclosure — civilian instruments can independently verify whether an object lies outside human-tech performance envelopes, regardless of whether classified files are released.
- Distinguishes genuine anomalies from sensor or software malfunctions: Loeb cites a Galileo Project case in which an apparent zig-zag motion at 5.6 km was traced to a triangulation-software artifact during camera-data dropouts (src-loeb-wh-uap-videos-skeptic-2026-04).
- Sets a methodological standard for civilian UAP-detection networks (compare uap-reporting-infrastructure, scu, uapx).