NASA Report Does Not Proof Stating UFOs To Be Extraterrestrial

NASA convened a group of independent scientists who worked together to release a report. The 33-page report stated the ways NASA can help in digging deep into the world of UAPs- Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, which are commonly called UFOs as well. After the publication of the report, Mark Mclnerney was appointed by NASA as the first director of UAP research.

“This is the first time that NASA has taken concrete action to seriously look into UAP,” expressed Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator. “We start this without any preconceived notions but understanding that we’re in a world of discovery,” he further added.

The report recommends the agency make use of its technological expertise, resources, Earth-observing satellites, and partnerships to aid in creating a dataset to know more about future UAP. The report also recommends the use of crowdsourcing techniques, like smartphone apps, that may make it possible for citizen scientists to submit observations.

A majority of UAP reports have called them to be akin to objects like weather balloons, planes, or drones. However, in a few cases, the prompts point towards speculation of aliens. No conclusive evidence pointing to UAPs having extraterrestrial origins, however, is found by scientists as of now.

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However, this does not mean that alien technology should be entirely ruled out. However, this phenomenon should only be made to use as a "hypothesis of last resort-the answer we turn to only after ruling out all other possibilities", as stated by the report.

Despite not being related to aliens, the origin of UAPs may still represent some novel scientific phenomena. Therefore, better and in-depth research on such mysterious objects could prove to be valuable.

“One of the main goals of what we’re trying to do here today is to move conjecture and conspiracy towards science and sanity,” expressed NASA's assistant deputy associate administrator for research, Dan Evans.

What else can more information do? Well, more information can also decrease the stigma surrounding reporting UAP, said an astrophysicist, David Spergel, president of the Simons Foundation and chair of the UAP panel. Threats have been received by many members of the UAP panel due to their work, so much so, that NASA had to withhold the name of the new UAP research director for a few hours after declaring his appointment because of fears of harassment.

“Stigma has limited reporting by pilots, both civilian and military,” the director said.

There has been an increasing interest in UAPs and extraterrestrials recently. For instance, a self-proclaimed ufologist brought forward two alleged specimens of aliens to the Mexican Congress. The pictures of the bodies took no time to get viral, but their authenticity is still under speculation. Scientists call the presentation of such photos a shameful act as they are not supported by any evidence. On this Spergel said that in case anyone has something strange to display, one should make samples of it and send them to the world scientific community, and the latter will look for its authenticity.

 The interest in the world of UFOs is surely getting increased. It was last year itself that the U.S. Congress conducted its very first UFO hearing in 50 long years. Additionally, in the month of July, a former military official from the U.S. testified that the government has some non-human "biologics" from UAP crash sites.

Talking about NASA, was not involved in researching UAP previously. However, one of its objectives is to find evidence surrounding life in space. In the year 2020, Perseverance, NASA's rover was launched with the object of looking for microbial signs of past life on the planet Mars. The Kepler Space Telescope of NASA has also been fining Earth-like exoplanets for many years. Not to miss, the James Webb Space Telescope has found many "worlds" having essential life components.

Many researchers assent to the possibility of life on distant planets. However, Nelson, NASA's Administrator, is of the view that the possibility of extraterrestrials reaching Earth is quite low.

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