UAP Independent Study Team Final Report

“NASA”29 pages

• 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…