The Morning After: NASA reveals UFO investigation panel | Engadget

NASA beforehand introduced that it might create a panel to check “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAP), aka UFOs — whereas saying it does not consider they’re “extraterrestrial in origin.” (Sure, NASA.)

Now, the area company has unveiled the 16-member panel that may deal with these unclassified sightings, chaired by David Spergel, former head of astrophysics at Princeton University. Other members embody Anamaria Berea, a analysis affiliate on the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Life) Institute in California; retired NASA astronaut and take a look at pilot Scott Kelly; and astrophysicists, science journalists and extra.

The US authorities is successfully working two tracks of UFO probes. There’s additionally a Pentagon group wanting into UAPs reported by army pilots and investigated by US protection and intelligence officers.

– Mat Smith

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