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NASA Report on UFOs/UPS                                                                                        3






               NASA is taking

          "concrete action" to


         explore the potential


               threat of UFOs


          following the release


         of a landmark report

          into the phenomena.




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        "There's a lot of folklore out there. That's
        why we entered the arena: to get into this               An image released by NASA in its 2023 report into UFO sightings
        from a science point of view."
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                                                         • Leverage the private space industry's          NASA's assistant deputy associate
        Mr Nelson acknowledged that with                 vast constellations of satellites to look out    administrator for research, said the UAP
        billions of stars in billions of galaxies out    for UAPs, so we are less reliant on grainy       renaming aimed to convey to the public
        there, another Earth could exist.                camera footage for potential sightings,          that the topic is "serious business".



        He said: "If you ask me do I believe             • Consider how AI and machine learning           But the possibility of aliens has continued
        there's life in a universe that's so vast that   can be leveraged to help detect UAP and          to make headlines this year, not least
        it's hard for me to comprehend how big it        gather more data,                                because       of      a     first-of-its-kind
        is, my personal answer is yes."                                                                   Congressional hearing about the topic
                                                         • Improve public engagement, perhaps by          earlier this summer.
        His own scientists put the likelihood of         looking into the development of a
        life on another Earth-like planet at "at         smartphone app to gather images from             Among those who gave evidence was a

        least a trillion".                               citizen observer,                                former US intelligence official who
                                                                                                          claimed "non-human biologics" have

        NASA given recommendations to                    • Better leverage the existing reporting         been recovered from crash sites and
                                                         system for commercial pilots.                    covered up.
        help demystify UAPs

                                                         New director to remain unnamed                   Sky News' science and technology editor
        Thursday's report came over a year after
                                                         due to 'hostile' threats                         Tom Clarke said the report was
        the space agency announced it was
                                                                                                          significant because it didn't set out to
        forming an independent team of scientists                                                         completely       dismiss      accounts      of
        tasked with looking into UFO sightings.          Mr Nelson said the newly-appointed
                                                         director for UAP research would help             unexplained phenomena.

        It held its first public meeting back in         NASA implement the recommendations.
                                                                                                          Instead, it's designed to outline what data
        May, where the panel said while there                                                             we need to better explain them and where
        had been a rise in reported sightings,           But the person in the role, who has              they come from.
        barely      any     could      be     deemed     already started work, will not be named

        "anomalous".                                     due to threats made to the panel.
                                                                                                          Clarke said: "It concludes that while there

        Previous sightings have been put down to         Study chairman David Spergel said                is no scientific evidence for UAPs of
                                                                                                          extra-terrestrial origin, that shouldn't
        drones, while others have ended up being         members had been "harassed" by "nasty            mean we don't make an effort to
        satellites.                                      and hostile" people online.
                                                                                                          investigate them." []

        The report made a number of                      Mr Spergel said he understood the
        recommendations for how NASA should              public's interest in the mystery of UAPs,              STARTING MID-OCTOBER
        approach the topic in future.                    but stressed that most were planes,                         JUST IN TIME FOR
                                                         weather events, drones, or balloons.                           HALLOWEEN
        They included:                                                                                        THE ‘X’ ZONE RADIO SHOW
                                                         But he warned any such objects could                                 with

        • Utilise its Earth observation tools, like      still prove dangerous to  American                          ROB McCONNELL
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        investigate       whether       there      are
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        UAP,
                                                         Ahead of the report, Dr Daniel Evans,
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