The public meeting of experts that has been running for a year to get more details about the UFO phenomenon now changed from Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) to Unidentified Abnormal Phenomenon (UAP)ended yesterday with a conclusion: more information is needed.

It was the first public NASA meeting in which experts called for a more rigorous scientific approach to unraveling the origins of hundreds of mysterious sightings.

The space agency announced last year that it was analyzing aerial observations that cannot be identified as aerial phenomena or natural phenomena, a subject that has long fascinated the public but has been dismissed by mainstream science.

At the end of July, an independent team of 16 scientists will present its findings in a report.

Independent research team for the categorization and evaluation of data from unidentified anomalous phenomena.

“Current data and eyewitness accounts alone are not enough to provide conclusive evidence,” astrophysicist David Spergel, chair of the study, said in livestreamed comments.

“One of the lessons we learned is the need for more high-quality data and data measured with properly calibrated instruments, multiple observations, and the need for high-quality data retention,” he added.

Rating up to 800 events

More than 800 events have been collected over 27 years, of which between 2 and 5% are considered possibly abnormal, explains science journalist Nadia Drake, a participant in the study.

These are defined as “anything that is not easily understood by the operator or the sensor” or “anything that does something strange”.

In a presentation, Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the Pentagon’s Office of All Domains Anomaly Resolution, showed a new video of two distant dots moving back and forth on a screen, captured by a P3 military aircraft in the western United States. , which became three points.

The P3 failed to intercept the switches and the pilot reported the event. But further analysis revealed that the objects were far away and were likely commercial jets in a major flight corridor.

“This is the kind of thing that can fool and/or mislead both highly trained pilots and sensors,” Kirkpatrick said. “If they’re not sure, they’ll report it now, and that’s what they should do.”

metal sphere

An example of a still-unexplained phenomenon was a flying metal sphere observed by an MQ-9 drone at an undisclosed location in the Middle East, Kirkpatrick added, playing back a video that was first aired last month. Congress was shown.

“This is a typical example of something we see most of the time. We see them all over the world and we see this perform very interesting apparent maneuvers.

As NASA’s probes and explorers scour the solar system for fossils of ancient microbes, and its astronomers search for signs of intelligent civilizations on distant planets, This is the first time NASA has investigated unexplained phenomena in Earth’s sky.

The agency’s stance in the past has been to “debunk” such sightings, reinforcing the stigma surrounding the search for extraterrestrial life.

Several of the scientists in the study have been harassed online as a result of participating in the panel, Dan Evans, who is coordinating the study, revealed.

“It is essential to understand that any form of harassment towards our panelists only serves to undermine the scientific process, which requires an environment of respect and openness,” he added.

The NASA work, which is based on unclassified material, is separate from a Pentagon investigation, although the two coordinate on issues such as applying scientific tools and methods.

“To date, there is no conclusive evidence for an extraterrestrial origin for UAVs in the peer-reviewed scientific literature,” Drake summarizes.