NASA considers this a first step in trying to explain mysterious sightings in the sky known as UAPs, or unidentified aerial phenomena.
FILE - Workers on scaffolding repaint the NASA logo near the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 20, 2020. On Thursday, June 9, 2022, NASA announced it is launching a study of UFOs as part of a new push toward high-risk, high-impact science, setting up an independent team to see how much information is publicly available on the matter and how much more is needed. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
NASA’s science mission chief, Thomas Zurbuchen acknowledged the traditional scientific community may see NASA as “kind of selling out” by venturing into the controversial topic, but he strongly disagrees. NASA considers this a first step in trying to explain mysterious sightings in the sky known as UAPs, orThe study will begin this fall and last nine months, costing no more than $100,000. It will be entirely open, with no classified military data used.
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