By: Alvin Xu

NASA is joining the hunt for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, more commonly known as UFOs. The announcement comes just weeks after a rare and historic hearing before Congress on sightings of UFOs.

A report issued last year by the director of national intelligence that catalogued more than 140 flying objects that officials were not able to identify. This report found that “some UAP appeared to remain stationary in winds aloft, move against the wind, maneuver abruptly, or move at considerable speed, without discernible means of propulsion.” The number of observations of UFOs is too small to conclude some scientific conclusions like who made it or where it came from. NASA wants to seriously study a frustrating issue that people have obsessed over for generations. Studying UAPs fits into the mission of looking for signs of life beyond Earth, from studying water on Mars to exploring the moons of Saturn and Jupiter.

NASA believes that the tools of scientific discovery are powerful and apply here also. “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.” said Thomas Zurbuchen, the head of NASA’s science mission directorate in a statement.

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