Lawmakers from both parties say UFOs are a national security concern, but scientists don't believe the sightings are 'extra-terrestrial in origin.'
"NASA believes that the tools of scientific discovery are powerful and apply here also," Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for science at NASA Headquarters, said in a news release. "We have access to a broad range of observations of Earth from space – and that is the lifeblood of scientific inquiry. We have the tools and team who can help us improve our understanding of the unknown. That’s the very definition of what science is. That’s what we do.
Lawmakers from both parties say UFOs are a national security concern. Sightings of what appear to be aircraft flying without discernible means of propulsion have been reported near military bases and coastlines, raising the prospect that witnesses have spotted undiscovered or secret Chinese or Russian technology.
The NASA study is expected to take about nine months to complete. Its announcement comes a few weeks after Pentagon officials testified before Congress to share the findings of their lengthy UFO study. The U.S. government is believed to hold additional technical information on the sightings that it has not disclosed publicly.
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