{"id":460686,"date":"2022-06-10T17:31:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nasa-to-do-first-ever-study-on-ufos-for-national-security\/"},"modified":"2022-06-10T17:31:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:31:21","slug":"nasa-to-do-first-ever-study-on-ufos-for-national-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-to-do-first-ever-study-on-ufos-for-national-security\/","title":{"rendered":"#NASA to do first-ever study on UFOs for &#8216;national security&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ecd4825e48\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ecd4825e48\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-to-do-first-ever-study-on-ufos-for-national-security\/#%E2%80%9CNASA_to_do_first-ever_study_on_UFOs_for_%E2%80%98national_security%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NASA to do first-ever study on UFOs for &#8216;national security&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;NASA to do first-ever study on UFOs for &#8216;national security'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Searching for UFOs is no longer relegated to conspiracists with tinfoil hats.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time ever, NASA will be commissioning a team of scientists to study \u201cunidentified aerial phenomena\u201d \u2014 colloquially known as UFOs \u2014 in the interest of homeland security. The space administration detailed the pioneering mission in a recent <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/nasa-to-set-up-independent-study-on-unidentified-aerial-phenomena\/\">press release posted on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNASA believes that the tools of scientific discovery are powerful and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly here also,\u201d said Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> administrator at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC. <\/p>\n<p>Per the report, the breakthrough research, which will cost no more than $100,000, will \u201cfocus on identifying available data\u201d and \u201chow NASA can use that data to move the scientific understanding of UAPs forward.\u201d The UFO reconnaissance mission was inspired by the fact there are a limited number of recorded UAP observations, thereby making it difficult to draw scientific conclusions about such events. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-71.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"&quot;NASA believes that the tools of scientific discovery are powerful and apply here also,\u201d said Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate science administrator at NASA Headquarters in Washington.\" class=\"wp-image-22607737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-71.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-71.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-71.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cNASA believes that the tools of scientific discovery are powerful and apply here also,\u201d said Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate science administrator at NASA headquarters.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/Science Photo Library<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGiven the paucity of observations, our first task is simply to gather the most robust set of data that we can,\u201d said astrophysicist David Spergel, who will be spearheading the unconventional mission. \u201cWe will be identifying what data \u2014 from civilians, government, nonprofits, companies \u2014 exists, what else we should try to collect and how to best analyze it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To help them achieve this lofty goal, the UAP recon team will be seeking input from experts in the scientific, aeronautics and data analytics communities. <\/p>\n<p>NASA is not studying potential flying saucers for kicks: \u201cUnidentified phenomena in the atmosphere are of interest for both national security and air safety,\u201d reads the report. \u201cEstablishing which events are natural provides a key first step to identifying or mitigating such phenomena, which aligns with one of\u00a0NASA\u2019s goals to ensure the safety of aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-75.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"U.S. Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray\" class=\"wp-image-22607743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-75.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-75.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-75.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>US Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray explains a video of a UAP as he testifies before a House Intelligence Committee subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Naturally, searching for UFOs in the name of homeland security might sound like something out of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B1E7h3SeMDk\">\u201cIndependence Day.\u201d <\/a>However, while acknowledging that the controversial research could get them shunned by the scientific community, Zurbuchen said the team\u2019s not \u201cshying away from reputational risk,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2022\/jun\/09\/nasa-study-ufo-sightings\">the Guardian reported.<\/a> Not to mention that there is \u201cno evidence UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin,\u201d per the NASA press release.<\/p>\n<p>The space magnate, for one, sees the undertaking as essential toward expanding our \u201cunderstanding of the unknown.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have access to a broad range of observations of Earth from space \u2014 and that is the lifeblood of scientific inquiry,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s the very definition of what science is. That\u2019s what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-73.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A video grab image taken from one of three unclassified US Navy video that have been authorized for release by the US Department of Defense (DoD), shows interactions with 'unidentified aerial phenomena' at an undisclosed location (issued 29 April 2020).\" class=\"wp-image-22607738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-73.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-73.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-73.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>An image taken from one of three unclassified US Navy videos that have been authorized for release by the US Department of Defense shows interactions with UAPs at an undisclosed location (issued 29 April 2020).<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nonetheless, the UFO chasers will be approaching the topic with \u201ca sense of humility,\u201d Spergel told the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent most of my career as a cosmologist,\u201d he said. \u201cI can tell you we don\u2019t know what makes up 95% of the universe. So there are things we don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A team of scientists will be convening this fall, whereupon the trailblazing study will take around nine months to complete. Best of all, the results will be shared with the public.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-74.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"There is &quot;no evidence UAPs are extra-terrestrial in origin,&quot; per the NASA press release.\" class=\"wp-image-22607740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-74.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-74.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ufo-74.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>There is \u201cno evidence UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin,\u201d per the NASA press release.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bombshell development comes a year after the US government issued an official report describing UAP observations by mostly Navy personnel.<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent analysis of the report by intelligence officials determined that while there wasn\u2019t enough evidence to trace the UFOs\u2019 origins to outer space, they can\u2019t rule out that possibility or explain the mysterious vehicles. <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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