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UAP Independent Study Team Final Report

NASA · 2023-09-14 · 36 pages · text from the file's own layer

This is the final report of NASA's Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team, a 16-member external panel chaired by Dr. David Spergel, with a foreword by Dr. Nicola Fox. The report says it is not a review of past incidents. It concludes that UAP analysis is limited by poor data, calibration and metadata, and that NASA should support AARO's whole-of-government effort. It recommends using NASA satellites, commercial imagery, AI, crowdsourcing apps and the Aviation Safety Reporting System, and reducing stigma around reporting.

  • p. 6 …In turn, NASA’s long history of partnership with the FAA should be leveraged to investigate…
  • p. 13 …Assets such as the NEXRAD Doppler radar network (160 weather radars jointly operated by the FAA…
  • p. 19 17 Government agencies, including the FAA, gather civilian airspace data that can be analyzed to probe…
  • p. 20 …current FAA guidelines suggest that citizens wanting to report UAP contact their local law enforcement or…
  • p. 21 …together with its strong partnership with the FAA, will be pivotal to designing future ATM systems…
  • p. 23 …The agency's long history of partnership with the FAA should also be capitalized to investigate…
  • p. 28 …Partners, including other Federal agencies such as NOAA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), may collect…
  • p. 29 …Committee on February 15, 2023, the Acting FAA Administrator was asked about the process for civilian…
  • p. 31 …include the DoD, Department of State, the FAA, the Department of Commerce (DoC) and major agencies…
  • p. 32 …While the DoD is establishing a systematic mechanism for military UAP reports, current FAA guidelines instruct…
Members of the NASA Unidentified Anomalous
Phenomena Independent Study Team
Dr. Anamaria Berea
George Mason University
Dr. Federica Bianco
University of Delaware
Dr. Reggie Brothers
AE Industrial Partners
Dr. Paula Bontempi
University of Rhode Island
Dr. Jennifer Buss
Potomac Institute of Policy Studies
Dr. Nadia Drake
Science Journalist
Mr. Mike Gold
Redwire Space
Dr. David Grinspoon
Planetary Science Institute
Capt. Scott Kelly, USN, Ret.
NASA Astronaut, Ret.
Dr. Matt Mountain
Association of Universities
for Research and Astronomy
Mr. Warren Randolph
Federal Aviation Administration
Dr. Walter Scott
Maxar Technologies
Dr. Joshua Semeter
Boston University
Dr. Karlin Toner
Federal Aviation Administration
Dr. Shelley Wright
University of California, San Diego
Designated Federal Official
Dr. Daniel Evans
NASA Headquarters
Chair
Dr. David Spergel
Simons Foundation
Front and back cover photos: views of the earth as photographed
from the Earth-orbital Apollo 4 unmanned space mission.
All photos are from NASA unless otherwise indicated.
Panelists

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