NASA already has multiple programs looking at the prospect of life beyond Earth, including searching for water on Mars and the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope looking for biosignatures around other planets. "All of NASA's data is available to the public - we take that obligation seriously - and we make it easily accessible for anyone to see or study." NASA expects the study to take about nine months, and will make the final report available to the public.ĭaniel Evans, the assistant deputy associate administrator for research at NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said that was "consistent with NASA's principles". "We will be identifying what data - from civilians, government, non-profits, companies - exists, what else we should try to collect, and how to best analyse it," he said. That's what we do."Īstrophysicist David Spergel will lead the independent team and says the first task will be to gather "robust" data. That's the very definition of what science is. "We have the tools and team who can help us improve our understanding of the unknown. "We have access to a broad range of observations of Earth from space – and that is the lifeblood of scientific inquiry," Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's associate administrator for science, said. However, the agency was quick to pour cold water on the idea of UAPs being visiting aliens, saying there was "no evidence" they were extraterrestrial in origin. "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." The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office ( AARO) is an office within the United States Office of the Secretary of Defense that investigates unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and other phenomena in the air, sea, and/or space and/or on land: sometimes referred to as 'unidentified aerial phenomena' or 'unidentified anomalous phenomena' (UAP). "Unidentified phenomena in the atmosphere are of interest for both national security and air safety," it said in a news release.
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