


“While we are still looking at it, I don't have any more data other than that,” Kirkpatrick added. This one in particular, however, I would point out, demonstrated no enigmatic technical capabilities and was no threat to airborne safety.” “We see these all over the world and we see these making very interesting apparent maneuvers. “This is a typical example of the thing that we see most of,” Kirkpatrick said during the Wednesday meeting.

military MQ-9 Reaper drone during a routine mission in the Middle East in 2022. The presentation followed up on Kirkpatrick’s appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee in April, where he initially described an image of one of these orbs that was taken by a U.S.
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The livestreamed meeting on Wednesday offered a sneak peek of some of the major findings of the study, which will be released to the public in a full report later this summer. The team is made up of 16 members with a range of backgrounds, including NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, oceanographer Paula Bontempi, and David Spergel, a Princeton astrophysicist who serves as the chair of the study. NASA and other agencies, such as the Pentagon, use the term UAP instead of the more widely known UFO, which stands for unidentified flying object, in part to expand the scope of these studies beyond the aerial domain to include unexplained phenomena in oceans, space, and on the ground. NASA’s UAP study team was convened in 2022 with the mission of investigating the origin and nature of UAPs with rigorous scientific standards using mostly unclassified data. Harassment only leads to further stigmatization of the UAP field, significantly hindering scientific progress and discouraging others to study this important subject matter.” “NASA stands behind our panelists and we do not tolerate abuse. “It is really disheartening to hear of the harassment that our panelists have faced online all because they're studying this topic,” said Nicky Fox, associate administrator for the NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, during the meeting.
