Nasa will likely ask companies, citizen scientists and air traffic controllers to keep track of UFO sightings in order to collect more data about unidentified flying object.
The US Space Agency released the results of an almost year-long investigation of UFO sightings. These are now known more commonly as unexplained abnormal phenomena (UAP).
The study was conducted by an independent group of 16 scientists and experts in artificial intelligence, data, and aviation safety. It did not look for evidence of extraterrestrial visitors. It was instead tasked to design a road map to help Nasa lead a more science-based approach to collecting and analysing these data.
Bill Nelson, Nasa administrator, stated that the study was “the first time Nasa took concrete action to look seriously into UAP”. Nelson has promised to make public any findings about UAP. The study should end the decades-long suspicion that the US Government is hiding information on UFOs.
We don’t yet know what UAP is, but we are going to try and find out. “We will let you know what we find,” he said.
Nasa’s priority to UAP research comes at a time when the government is growing increasingly concerned about the increasing number of unexplained object sightings in the sky, space and ocean. Although they are classified as UAPs, they pose a potential threat to new technologies in a time when tensions between China and Russia exist.
The report stated that “the observed increase in reporting rate is partly due to a greater understanding of possible threats UAP could represent — whether as flight safety hazards, or as a potential platform for adversary collection,”
Report recommendations include crowdsourcing information from events that are filmed by members of the public. This could be done through an app on a smartphone, or by using commercially operated earth and space observations networks. It found that the companies provided “a potent combination of Earth-observing sensors which have the potential to directly solve UAP events”.
The team also said that the aviation industry’s system for safety reporting could be used to create a database. The team said that in addition to using Nasa’s assets to identify UAP activities, it could also help develop “new concepts for air traffic control systems”. . . “To assist in the effort of better understanding [UAP]”.
Nelson continued, “There’s a lot to learn.” There is a lot of concern that the American government has something hidden and is not being transparent. We will openly discuss this.
These findings are just a few days after Nasa announced that its James Webb telescope, which will be launched in 2021, had detected chemical signs that might indicate the presence of life at an exoplanet located 120 light years away from Earth.
The US Department of Defence established the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office last year to coordinate government efforts to investigate UAPs in the air, space and on land. Nasa appointed a director for UAP research in order to coordinate its UAP activities as well as work with AARO.
A report from the Office of National Intelligence published last year shows that 247 UAPs have been reported since 2021. This is a significant increase compared to 263 UAPs between 2004 and 21. Report found that the majority of sightings were made by US Navy and US Air Force personnel on duty. In 2004, naval planes saw a white, oblong-shaped object speed across the ocean surface. This encounter is now known as TicTac.
The majority of sightings have been attributed to conventional explanations such as commercial planes observed by sensors that were shaken. Some incidents were not explained, but enough remained unsolved for further investigation.
Nelson said that he believes in extraterrestrials. Nelson said he believed in extraterrestrial life.