NASA begins its study of unidentified aerial phenomena

Oct. 21 () –

NASA starts the October 24th its announced nine-month study on unidentified aerial phenomena, for which it has selected 16 independent experts.

Observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena are classified as UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena).

The study “will lay the groundwork for future studies on the nature of UAPs for NASA and other organizations,” explains the agency it’s a statement. To do this, the team will identify how data collected by civilian government entities, business data, and data from other sources can be analyzed to shed light on UAPs. It will then recommend a roadmap for the agency’s possible future analysis of UAP data.

The study will focus solely on unclassified data. A full report with the team’s findings will be published in mid-2023.

NASA considers unidentified aerial phenomena to be of interest to both national security and aviation safety and the study aligns with one of the agency’s goals to ensure aircraft safety. “Without access to an extensive data set, it is nearly impossible to verify or explain any observation, so the focus of the study is to inform NASA of what possible data could be collected in the future to scientifically discern the nature of UAP,” he says. .

The NASA official responsible for orchestrating the study is Daniel Evans, deputy deputy associate administrator for research in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. As previously announced, the independent study team is chaired by David Spergel, president of the Simons Foundation.

“NASA has assembled some of the world’s leading scientists, data and AI professionals, aerospace security experts, all with a specific brief, which is to tell us how to apply the full science and data approach to UAP,” Evans said. “The findings will be released to the public along with NASA’s principles of transparency, openness, and scientific integrity.