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 / Photo: File.
NASA begins its announced nine-month study on unidentified aerial phenomena, for which it has selected 16 independent experts, as officially announced.
Observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena are classified as UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena), and will begin to be investigated as of October 24.
The study “will lay the groundwork for future studies on the nature of UAPs for NASA and other organizations“, explained the agency in a statement reproduced by the ANSA news agency.
The team will identify how data collected by civilian government entities, commercial data, and data from other sources can be analyzed to shed light on UAP, and then recommend a course of action for potential agency analysis of UAP data in the future.
We’ve selected 16 individuals to participate in an independent study team on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), or observations in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena. The nine-month study will begin on Oct. 24: https://t.co/RsVP4kggwd pic.twitter.com/OQ5XecW0Ai
— NASA (@NASA) October 21, 2022
The study will focus solely on unclassified data and a report containing the team’s findings will be published in mid-2023.
NASA considers unidentified aerial phenomena to be of both national security and aviation safety concern.
“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.”they asserted.
The NASA official responsible for organizing the study is Daniel Evans, 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 brought together 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 whole science and data approach to UAP,” Evans said.
“The findings will be released to the public in accordance with NASA’s principles of transparency, openness, and scientific integrity,” they concluded.
I was very pleased to meet @SenBillNelson to present to him the names of NASA’s UAP panelists for his approval. Announcement on that coming soon. pic.twitter.com/Aoj0zaIhFP
— Dan Evans (@DanEvansPhD) October 20, 2022
