The truth is… tbd

A newly-formed NASA committee in charge of investigating reports of unidentified aerial phenomena, commonly known as UFOs, held its first public hearing yesterday.

The 16-member panel includes experts in fields like physics, astrobiology, space exploration, and aviation. They’ve spent the past year studying unclassified UFO sightings and other relevant public data, as part of NASA’s first such investigation in history.

🛸 So, what have they found?... The committee said its main takeaway is *drumroll please…* that America needs to improve its data collection when it comes to UFOs, since the current lack of high-quality sightings makes it impossible to reach a conclusion about what these objects are, or where they come from.

To remedy this, the panel proposed several ideas aimed at improving nationwide UFO data collection. These include:

• Building new NASA facilities specifically dedicated to UFO research
• Using existing satellites and observatories to hunt for UFOs
• Developing a crowdsourced platform that allows US citizens to upload data on UFO sightings for government analysis
• Taking steps to end the negative stigma associated with reporting UFOs

📸 Big picture: The Pentagon, which has formed a separate task force to study UFOs, revealed yesterday that it’s currently analyzing 800 reported sightings over the past three decades, up from 650 in late April.

Officials said around 20 of those sightings display characteristics that “could be described as anomalous” – but, thus far, there’s no credible evidence of any extraterrestrial activity, off-world technology, or objects that defy the known laws of physics.

👀 Looking ahead… NASA’s inaugural UFO committee is scheduled to publish a full report on its findings in late July.