NASA prepares scientists to investigate UFOs, risking reputation

• NASA announces intentions to gather a team of experts to investigate unidentified aerial phenomena.
• The focus will be on identifying available data in order to learn more about unusual sky encounters.
• Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s science mission leader, admitted that traditional scientists may have reservations about researching UAPs.

Despite fears about jeopardizing its reputation, NASA announces intentions to gather a team of experts to investigate “unidentified aerial phenomena,” also known as UFOs.

The focus, according to the US space agency, will be on identifying available data in order to learn more about unusual sky encounters.

Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s science mission leader, admitted that traditional scientists may have reservations about researching UAPs.

“We are not shying away from reputational risk,” he said.

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Our fervent conviction is that the most difficult aspect of these events is the lack of data.”

“What we’re actually trying to do here is start an investigation without an end in mind,” he added later. “We’re looking at the Earth in new ways, and we’re also looking the other way, at the sky, in new ways.”

The scientific team will be led by David Spergel, a former director of Princeton University’s astrophysics department, and the study will be orchestrated by Daniel Evans, a senior researcher in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

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By Autumn, a group of independent scientists will be assembled, and they will spend the next nine months preparing a public report on their findings.

Mr. Evans stated that NASA will spend “a few tens of thousands of dollars” to no more than $100,000 on the project.

‘Unidentified atmospheric phenomena are of national security concern.’

NASA stated, “Unidentified phenomena in the atmosphere are of interest for both national security and air safety.

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“Establishing which events are natural provides a key first step to identifying or mitigating such phenomena, which aligns with one of NASA’s goals to ensure the safety of aircraft.”