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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. 1 NASA UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA Independent Study Team Report
  • p. 2 Members of the NASA Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team Dr. Anamaria Berea George Mason University…
  • p. 3 …Members of the NASA Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team. 3 7 9 11 21 23…
  • p. 5 …Although NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites typically lack the spatial resolution to detect relatively…
  • p. 6 …The scientific processes used by NASA encourage critical thinking; NASA can model for the public how…
  • p. 7 …panel recommends that NASA play an essential role within that framework. NASA should leverage its core…
  • p. 9 …NASA is appointing a Director of UAP Research to centralize communications and leverage NASA’s extensive…
  • p. 11 …A vital part of NASA’s mission is exploring the unknown using the rigorous process of…
  • p. 13 11 NASA has a variety of existing and planned Earth- and space-observing assets, together with…
  • p. 14 …Here, NASA – with its world-leading expertise in curation, archiving, and distribution of large volumes of…
  • p. 15 13 To improve our understanding of UAP, NASA should contribute to a compre- hensive approach to…
  • p. 16 FINDING NASA’s expertise should be comprehensively leveraged as part of a robust and systematic data…
  • p. 17 …These method- ologies, combined with NASA’s extensive experience and expertise, should be utilized to investigate…
  • p. 18 …A third potential avenue for scientific analysis is to cross-correlate NASA’s extensive databases with…
  • p. 19 …Here, once more, NASA can provide important assistance to the whole-of- government effort to understand…
  • p. 20 …Although the system resides at NASA Ames and involves NASA employees, the ASRS program is solely…
  • p. 21 19 NASA’s deep experience in researching and developing air traffic management tools, together with its…
  • p. 22 20 This NASA Space Shuttle STS-100 image captures naturally occuring von Karman vortices forming in…
  • p. 23 21 We recommend that NASA play a prominent role in the whole-of-government effort to…
  • p. 25 …At the forefront, our profound appreciation goes to NASA for their unwavering support and commitment. We…
  • p. 26 …UAP in a Scientific Context On June 9, 2022, NASA announced an independent study of unidentified…
  • p. 27 …What is NASA’s Role? NASA is a science-driven agency committed to exploring and understanding…
  • p. 28 …For example, the NASA Planetary Defense Coordination program is dedicated to leveraging NASA and partner astrophysical…
  • p. 29 …Prominent examples of NASA's involvement in public life include slogans like “NASA is with you…
  • p. 31 …Data on UAP Status of Existing Data NASA collects an enormous amount of data using highly…
  • p. 32 …Using open-source software is consistent with NASA’s commitment to transparency. From multiple near-simultaneous…
  • p. 33 …These repositories could include data from NASA assets that are suitable for the study of UAP…
  • p. 34 …Since NASA data are already public and offered to the world in well-curated repositories accessible…
  • p. 35 …These NASA-supported scientific communities have relevant experience in first determining and then communicating whether observations…
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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