The study would try to scientifically examine identifying available data, ascertain how to best collect future data, and how NASA can use these data to move scientific understanding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
Scott Bray, the deputy director of naval intelligence, appears at a House intelligence subcommittee hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena in Washington on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. NASA is financing a study, independent from the Pentagon’s, that will scientifically examine these unexplained sightings. (Michael A. McCoy/The New York Times)
UFOs almost certainly are not alien visitors buzzing Earth’s skies, but NASA is nonetheless financing a study that will look at unexplained sightings with an open mind.
During a presentation on Thursday to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s associate administrator for science, said the study would try to scientifically examine what the federal government calls unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs.
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