NASA announces UAP independent study team

David Spergel answering a question at a NASA public meeting
Study chair David Spergel at the team's public meeting on May 31, 2023 NASA Headquarters / NASA/Joel Kowsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

NASA said it would commission an independent team, chaired by astrophysicist David Spergel, to study unidentified aerial phenomena using only unclassified data and recommend how NASA could help. The 16-member team began work in October 2022.

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  1. OfficialNASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members (opens in a new tab)NASA / 2022-10-21
  2. PressNASA to launch study of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UFOs (opens in a new tab)CBS News / 2022-06-09

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