NEW DELHI: Nasa on Thursday released a long-awaited report about its year-long study into UFOs, which have often captured the attention of people around the world.
Releasing the 33-page report, Nasa said that the study of UFOs, or Unidentified Flying Objects, will require new scientific techniques, including advanced satellites as well as a shift in how unidentified flying objects are perceived.
Here are the findings of the report …
* At the outset, Nasa said that at this point there is no reason to conclude that existing unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) reports have an extraterrestrial source. UAPs are commonly called UFOs.
* The new report, however, called UAPs “one of our planet’s greatest mysteries.”
* During the release of the report, Nasa administrator Bill Nelson said he believes there’s other life [aliens] out there in the universe.
* Nasa also said it is naming a new director of research into UAPs, as an expert panel urged the space agency increase its efforts to gather information on them.
* Nasa said there are so few high-quality observations [of UFOs] that no scientific conclusions can be drawn.
* Despite numerous accounts and visuals, the absence of consistent, detailed, and curated observations means we do not presently have the body of data needed to make definitive, scientific conclusions about UAP, the report said.
* The report said that while Nasa’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites typically lack the spatial resolution to detect relatively small objects such as UAP, their state-of-the-art sensors can be directly utilized to probe the state of the local earth, oceanic, and atmospheric conditions that are spatially and temporally coincident with UAPs initially detected via other methods.
* The report included some UAP cases that previously came to light in the Pentagon’s release of video from naval aviators showing enigmatic aircraft off the US East and West Coasts exhibiting speed and maneuverability exceeding known aviation technologies and lacking any visible means of propulsion or flight-control surfaces. The report said defence and intelligence analysts lacked sufficient data to determine the nature of some of the objects.
* It said that the US space agency’s assets can play a vital role by directly determining whether specific environmental factors are associated with certain reported UAP behaviors or occurrences.
(With inputs from agencies)
Releasing the 33-page report, Nasa said that the study of UFOs, or Unidentified Flying Objects, will require new scientific techniques, including advanced satellites as well as a shift in how unidentified flying objects are perceived.
Here are the findings of the report …
* At the outset, Nasa said that at this point there is no reason to conclude that existing unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) reports have an extraterrestrial source. UAPs are commonly called UFOs.
* The new report, however, called UAPs “one of our planet’s greatest mysteries.”
* During the release of the report, Nasa administrator Bill Nelson said he believes there’s other life [aliens] out there in the universe.
* Nasa also said it is naming a new director of research into UAPs, as an expert panel urged the space agency increase its efforts to gather information on them.
* Nasa said there are so few high-quality observations [of UFOs] that no scientific conclusions can be drawn.
* Despite numerous accounts and visuals, the absence of consistent, detailed, and curated observations means we do not presently have the body of data needed to make definitive, scientific conclusions about UAP, the report said.
* The report said that while Nasa’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites typically lack the spatial resolution to detect relatively small objects such as UAP, their state-of-the-art sensors can be directly utilized to probe the state of the local earth, oceanic, and atmospheric conditions that are spatially and temporally coincident with UAPs initially detected via other methods.
* The report included some UAP cases that previously came to light in the Pentagon’s release of video from naval aviators showing enigmatic aircraft off the US East and West Coasts exhibiting speed and maneuverability exceeding known aviation technologies and lacking any visible means of propulsion or flight-control surfaces. The report said defence and intelligence analysts lacked sufficient data to determine the nature of some of the objects.
* It said that the US space agency’s assets can play a vital role by directly determining whether specific environmental factors are associated with certain reported UAP behaviors or occurrences.
(With inputs from agencies)