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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.

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  • p. 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOREWORD INTRODUCTION RESPONSES TO STATEMENT OF TASK OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WORK PRODUCTS…
  • p. 5 …However, these powerful techniques will only work on well-characterized data gathered with respect to strong…
  • p. 7 …2023, all of which are included as work products toward the end of this report for…
  • p. 20 18 It is clear to the panel that establishing a more robust and systematic frame- work…
  • p. 25 …a solid foundation for our committee's work. Last, but certainly not least, the staff of…
  • p. 26 24 WORK PRODUCTS: DISCUSSION The panel's responses to the eight charge elements in the Terms…
  • p. 27 …With its emphasis on open scientific inquiry, NASA can complement AARO’s work. The following sections…
  • p. 28 …leveraging public and private partnerships—for example, working with commercial partners in Earth-observing satellite data…
  • p. 29 …the civilian aerospace domain by starting that work within the Agency itself. NASA can look at…
  • p. 31 …In science, data need to be reproducible, and hypotheses falsifiable—the scientific method works by systematically…
  • p. 33 …Years later, the star’s behavior was understood to be the work of a disk of…
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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