NASA releases a research report on unidentified aviation phenomena: no evidence of extraterrestrial origin found
A research report on unidentified aviation phenomena released by NASA on the 14th local time stated that there is no evidence to suggest that UAP originated from extraterrestrial space.
NASA Director Bill Nielsen said at a press conference held at the agency's headquarters on the 14th that this is the first time NASA has taken concrete action to seriously investigate UAP. The research team did not find any evidence of UAP originating from extraterrestrial space, nor do they know what these UAPs are specifically. But he said he believes there are other forms of life in the universe.
The report emphasizes the necessity of scientific processes in UAP research, stating that "a rigorous, evidence-based, data-driven scientific framework is crucial," and that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.". Officials say that there are too few high-quality observation results for researchers to draw scientific conclusions.
Nielsen said that the search for extraterrestrial life is NASA's core mission. The institution has been engaged in such research for decades and will continue to use advanced telescopes to search for planets located in the habitable zone. Nielsen also mentioned that artificial intelligence can be used to mine large amounts of data.
NASA announced on the same day the appointment of Mark McKinnani as the head of UAP research. According to NASA, McKinnani previously served as the liaison between NASA and the US Department of Defense on UAP issues, and also held various positions at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Hurricane Center.
In June 2022, NASA announced the formation of an independent team to study UAP, events observed in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena. On October 21, 2022, NASA released a list of 16 team members from research fields such as computational and data science, physics, astrophysics, astronomy, and oceanography. NASA stated that the study was launched on October 24th of that year and lasted for 9 months.