Nasa UFO report: Scientists reveal first-ever report on unidentified anomalous phenomena

Space agency releases pioneering report on unexplained events spotted by pilots and others

Nasa has released the first findings from its report into unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UFOs.

The US space agency commissioned the study in response to a variety of reports of what appear to be unexplained and unknown craft, reported by US pilots and others.

It said that unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, are defined as “observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena from a scientific perspective”. It noted that there are very few high-quality observations of the phenomena, which makes them difficult to understand scientifically.

The first report found “there is no reason to conclude that existing UAP reports have an extraterrestrial source”, however Nasa chief Bill Nelson said he personally believes aliens are out there.

“There is a global fascination with UAPs,” he said. “Much of that fascination is due to the unknown nature of it.”

A media briefing on the report was live streamed from Nasa’s official YouTube channel.

Key Points

• Nasa says mysterious sightings cannot yet be explained
• Nasa chief says he believes aliens are out there
• Nasa appoints new UAP research director - but won’t name them
• How to read the full report

[14 September 2023 15:42 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Nasa won’t name new UAP research director

Nasa is keeping the name of its new UAP research director a secret.

The reason for not telling us, apparently, is fears about online harassment.

“Some of the threats have been beyond the pale, quite frankly, towards some of our panelists.”

The new role is aimed at “developing and the implementation of Nasa’s vision for UAP research,” Bill Nelson said.

“We will use Nasa’s expertise to work with agencies to analyse UAP.”

[14 September 2023 16:06 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Nasa panel urges Mexico to make ‘alien corpse’ samples available for study

The panel comments on the peculiar unveiling of ‘alien corpses’ at Mexico’s congress yesterday, which were presented by a controversial UFO enthusiast.

David Spergel, who chaired the latest UAP study, urged the Mexican government to make the samples available for scientific study. “We don’t know the nature of those samples,” he said.

Dan Evans, an assistant deputy associate administrator, added: “One of the main things we’re trying to do here today is to move conjecture and conspiracy towards science and sanity and you do that with data.”

You can read more about those ‘aliens’ here.

(Reuters)

[14 September 2023 16:19 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Nasa’s UAP report briefing comes to a close

That’s it from Nasa’s panel.

Here’s a round-up of the main things we learned today:

• Nasa says more needs to be done to explain mysterious sightings in the sky

• There is no evidence that any UAP sightings so far have been extraterrestrial

• Nasa chief Bill Nelson believes in aliens

• Nasa has appointed a new director of research for UAPs, but won’t name them due to the risk of harrassment