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NASA, the American space agency, announced on Friday that it has chosen 16 people to take part in the long-awaited study of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), also known as unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The research will use unclassified data and will result in a report that will be made public next year.
According to a press release, the team will begin the study on Monday and will spend nine months reviewing previous observations and determining how to analyse data on future events. It was also stated that the study will not determine whether previous reports of UFOs were legitimate; however, it will pave the way for understanding what observations will be required in future events to better understand the phenomenon.
NASA associate administrator Thomas Zurbuchen said in a statement that the agency’s core mission is to explore the unknown in space and the atmosphere.
“It is crucial for us to be able to make scientific inferences about what is occurring in our sky that we are able to comprehend the data we have concerning mysterious aerial occurrences. The use of data, which is the language of science, enables the explanation of the illogical.
Professors, scientists, an oceanographer, and other space researchers make up the chosen research team. According to the press release, the group also consists of former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and science writer Nadia Drake.
According to the US space agency, the study is intended to “set the foundation for future study on the nature of UAPs for NASA and other organisations.” It was further said that some of this data will originate from “civilian government institutions, commercial data, and data from other sources.”
Notably, NASA first revealed the results of this investigation in June. The organisation claimed at the time that there was not enough research on UAPs, which “makes it difficult to draw scientific conclusions regarding the nature of such phenomena.”
For both aviation safety and national security, NASA believes that researching unexplained objects is crucial. But it also insists that there isn’t any proof currently linking UAPs to extraterrestrial life.
