NASA assembles a UFO research team to study unidentified aerial phenomena

Washington: NASA has commissioned a new independent study on so-called unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), the German press agency (DPA) reported.

The agency said that UAPs – also known as unidentified flying objects or UFOs – are of interest for air safety and national security, stressing that there is no evidence the phenomena are extra-terrestrial in origin.

The study, which is set to begin in autumn and take about nine months to complete, will seek to examine events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena through a scientific perspective, NASA said in a statement. NASA UFO research team

The new UAPs team, led by astrophysicist David Spergel, will focus on how to best collect data and how the space agency can use it to better understand UAPs going forward by collaborating with experts in science, aeronautics, and data analytics communities. NASA UFO research team

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