The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has denied that publicly available information about Unidentified Anamolous Phenomenon (UAP) does not indicate that the purported objects are signs of aliens or extraterrestrial life. UAPs have generated significant interest in the general public, with widespread speculation that the U.S. government is hiding evidence of living beings outside Earth. These are also typically classified as unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by general observers, with government agencies using a different terminology.
However, NASA's report, released today and followed by a press conference, does not find any evidence that might support the claims that the UAPs are alien spacecraft. The space agency has also set up a separate division to research the phenomenon, and it was eager to stress during its press conference that the primary aim now is to shift the topic of UAPs and UFOs to research from speculation to generate level-headed conclusions that are crucial for aviation safety.
NASA Unhappy As Researchers Part Of UAP Research Get Harrassed And Threatened Online
The crux of NASA's report and the press conference is to bring the scientific method to studying reports about UAPs. For those out of the loop, UAPs are unidentified objects discovered by pilots or others. According to the limited data set available, these objects are beyond what traditional aerospace propulsion or fabrication technologies can achieve, generating speculation about their origins.
Unfortunately for the believers, NASA has not found any evidence that the UAPs are extraterrestrial. The space agency has studied peer-reviewed literature around the topic, and late in its report, it writes:
That includes the question of whether UAP have an extraterrestrial origin. There is an intellectual continuum between hypothesizing that faraway extraterrestrial civilizations might produce detectable technologies, and looking for those technologies closer to home. But in the search for life beyond Earth, extraterrestrial life itself must be the hypothesis of last resort—the answer we turn to only after ruling out all other possibilities. As Sherlock Holmes said, “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”
To date, in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, there is no conclusive evidence suggesting an extraterrestrial origin for UAP. When it comes to UAP, the challenge we have is that the data needed to explain these anomalous sightings often do not exist; this includes eyewitness reports, which on their own can be interesting and compelling, but aren’t reproducible and usually lack the information needed to make any definitive conclusions about a phenomenon’s provenance.
NASA also shared that its researchers who were part of the project responsible for the independent UAP study were harrassed by the public on social media and also by their colleagues. Its report shares some worrying instances where the researchers were warned about their careers and also received hate mail.
According to the agency:
NASA’s public announcement of its UAP Independent Study Team membership was met with interest and spurred both positive and negative feedback. At least one scientist serving on the study team reported receiving negative (hate) mail from colleagues due to their membership. Others were ridiculed and criticized on social media. Study Team members also noted firsthand knowledge of colleagues who were warned to stay away from research in areas like extraterrestrial technosignatures, which could damage their scientific credibility and promotion potential. These experiences further confirm the negative stigma associated with studying unusual or unexplained phenomena. Such criticism, either by detractors or by proponents of the extraterrestrial hypothesis, are anathema to the scientific method, which NASA always has and will continue to promote in an objective and open-minded fashion.
This has forced the agency to keep secret the name of the new director of UAP research. While NASA can reveal this person sometime in the future, officials clearly stated during the press conference that the harassment faced by the UAP research team is a key reason behind keeping the director's identity a secret.
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