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NASA is offering to join forces with the Pentagon on UFO research to move away \u201cfrom sensationalism to science,\u201d<\/a> NASA\u2019s chief administrator Bill Nelson<\/a> told reporters this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The space agency released a report Thursday recommending that its scientists work with the Pentagon\u2019s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office<\/a>, which spearheads the U.S. government\u2019s investigations of UFOs. That coordination could allow better research and data collection on unknown objects in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNASA\u2019s long-standing public trust, which is essential for communicating findings about these phenomena to citizens, is crucial for destigmatizing UAP reporting,\u201d the NASA team wrote, referring to unidentified anomalous phenomena \u2013 the scientific term for UFOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 70% of Americans view NASA favorably<\/a>, according to the Pew Research Center, only slightly behind the National Park Service and U.S. Postal Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NASA officials will decide in the coming weeks and months how best to implement the team\u2019s suggestions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NASA\u2019s call to destigmatize UFO research and reports comes as the public\u2019s interest in \u201canomalous phenomena\u201d grows. In July, a handful of retired and former U.S. military personnel made headlines describing encounters with fast-moving aircraft. One witness, David Grusch, told lawmakers that the government has a UFO retrieval and reverse-engineering program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sixty-five percent of adults in the U.S. believe there is intelligent life<\/a> outside of Earth, according to the Pew Research Center. And more than half of Americans believe these UFOs tracked by the government are evidence of intelligent life in the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIf you ask me, \u2018Do I believe there\u2019s life in a universe that is so vast that it\u2019s hard for me to comprehend how big it is?\u2019 My personal answer is yes.\u201d<\/p>\n\nNASA Administrator Bill Nelson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

NASA Administrator Nelson believes the odds of finding extraterrestrial life in the universe are high \u2014 and that it\u2019s just a matter of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomewhere out there, we will discover another medium sized, stony planet around a medium sized star, at just the right distance, not too far, not too close with a tilt in its axis that rotates, that has carbon, that will have a habitable atmosphere,\u201d Nelson said, briefing reporters after unveiling the NASA report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you ask me, \u2018Do I believe there\u2019s life in a universe that is so vast that it\u2019s hard for me to comprehend how big it is?\u2019 My personal answer is yes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NASA team recommended harnessing the agency\u2019s satellites to differentiate between airborne clutter in Earth\u2019s skies versus objects of interest \u2013 like the fast-moving objects that flummoxed U.S. military pilots in 2004<\/a>. Certain types of radars could also be used to monitor motions on the Earth\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report comes as the Biden administration continues to craft and update its policies regarding UFOs. Earlier this month, Defense Scoop first reported that Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks<\/a> would directly oversee the Pentagon UFO office and receive weekly updates from its lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Capitol Hill, lawmakers are as skeptical as the public if not more so, suspecting they\u2019ve been kept in the dark on Defense Department UFO discoveries. A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to establish a committee to investigate and oversee federal government UFO policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that would cut red tape to more quickly declassify UFO-related material<\/a>. The proposal would also put decision in the hands of an independent review board outside the Pentagon\u2019s chain of command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite calls for UFO transparency, NASA was less transparent as it simultaneously announced appointing its first-ever director for unidentified anomalous phenomena research to coordinate with the Pentagon. The agency did not reveal the individual\u2019s name, a decision stemming from the poor treatment of those on the NASA team for UFOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cScience needs to undergo <\/b>a real and rigorous and rational process and you need the freedom of thought to be able to do that,\u201d said Dan Evans, an assistant deputy associate administrator in NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate. \u201cSome of the threats and the harassment have been beyond the pale, quite frankly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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