announcement comes just weeks after rare and historic congressional hearing on observations of what the Department of Defense calls unidentified aerial phenomena, more commonly known as a UFO, and a report released last year through director of national intelligence cataloging more more than 140 flying objects that officials were unable to identify.
However, the nine-page report and congressional hearings were short. on specifics and did not draw final conclusions on what were these flying objects, many of which were seen by naval pilots. Officials said they found no evidence that the objects were of advanced aerospace technology developed China, Russia or other countries. There was also there is no evidence that they came from extraterrestrial sources.
Limited quantity of such observations make it difficult to “draw scientific conclusions about nature of such events” NASA said. in statement. The agency stated that it concerned No just about national security, but also in safety of flying in in air. it also said: “There is no evidence that UAPs are extraterrestrial in source.”
However, NASA has said it wants to apply scientific rigor to the nasty issue it was a fix for generations. Studying UAP Fits into Agency Plan mission of looking for for signs of life beyond Earth by studying water on Mars to study the moons of Saturn and Jupiter, according to the agency.
NASA believes that tools of scientific discoveries powerful and apply here alsoZurbuchen said. in statement. “We have tools as well as team who Can help us improve our understanding of in unknown. This is the very definition of what kind science is. This is what we do.”
At the briefing for After the speech, Zurbuchen said to reporters that he wanted push NASA to adopt on risky projects, even if they cannot be considered accepted scientific community.
“His clear what in a traditional type of of science environment talking about some of these questions can be seen as a kind of of sale outor view of talk about things that aren’t real science,” he said. “I just really vehemently against it. I really believe that quality of science measured not only by the results that come behind it, but also questions we are ready to solve with science”.
NASA’s efforts will be led by President David Spergel. of Simons Foundation in New York and earlier armchair of Department of Astrophysics, Princeton University and Daniel Evans, Assistant Associate Administrator for research at NASA science mission directorate. The study, to begin in autumn will be last about nine months and cost No more over $100,000, according to NASA. Zurbuchen said he would be independent of the Pentagon’s efforts.
“There are potential national security and counterintelligence [impacts]that’s not what we do for living room. And we’re not going to delve into that at NASA,” Zurbuchen said. But the agency is studying the atmosphere and aeronautics, he said, and there are concerns that “the airspace is getting more crowded.” with many different types of air vehicles”.
Spergel said there is no working hypothesis in the study that could explain UAP. “I would say that the only preconceived notion I have is that you should get ready for the idea that we are looking at several different phenomena,” he said. “There is a wide range of what can be the account for these events”.
He added: “It’s a phenomenon we don’t understand. And we want collect more data on phenomenon.”
Report published director of national intelligence found that “some UAPs appeared remain stationary in wind up, move against wind, maneuver sharply or move at significant speed without visible means of movement”, report found. “AT small amount of cases, military aircraft systems processed radio frequency (RF) energy associated with with UAP Observations”.
Testimony before the House Subcommittee on Intelligence on counterterrorism, counterintelligence and counterproliferation last month, Ronald S. Moultrie, Deputy Secretary of State of defense for intelligence and security, said the Pentagon is collecting eyewitness accounts of mysterious flying objects that seem to defy the laws of physics.
“We know that our troops have encountered unidentified aerial phenomena,” he told a bipartisan panel. “We aim to establish their origin.”
In an interview with Washington Post last NASA administrator Bill Nelson said he saw a secret UAP report while he served in Senate. “The hair stood up on in back of my neck,” he said.
Shane Harris contributed to this report.
