NASA Sets Up Independent Team To Study Unidentified Flying Objects

As part of a growing effort to investigate unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), NASA has selected 16 individuals to form an independent study team to look into the matter, with a report scheduled to be released to the public next year. 

Over the next nine months, the team will come up with a framework on how to use data gathered by the government, private businesses, and other sources to analyze the answers behind various sightings, which will then be used by other inquiries in the future. 

However, if you’re looking forward to juicy details on never-before-released footage, you may be disappointed, as this study will only be focusing on unclassified data that is already available. 

Of course, it’s still an important undertaking, considering that such unidentified objects could pose threats to national security and air safety, and come under NASA’s jurisdiction of ensuring the safety of aircraft in the skies. 

“Exploring the unknown in space and the atmosphere is at the heart of who we are at NASA,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. 

“Understanding the data we have surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena is critical to helping us draw scientific conclusions about what is happening in our skies. Data is the language of scientists and makes the unexplainable, explainable,” he added. 

[via Interesting Engineering and NASA, cover image via Kts | Dreamstime.com]