Washington (EFE)
In the first public symposium of the experts who are members of the NASA group in charge of analyzing what they call Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), they pointed out that, today, there is not enough quality information about UFOs. .
“This lack of high-quality data makes it impossible to draw scientific conclusions about the nature of UAPs,” said Nicola Fox, NASA program science director.
Fox explained that the data that the think tank has been studying is unclassified and comes from “civilian government institutions,” the private sector, and “other sources.”
Many events in the US, little evidence
The context in which the UAPs are seen also contributes to the fact that the information cannot be used, Fox stressed, mainly because there are entities that can “imitate or eclipse the phenomenon completely,” such as military air equipment.
The weather or “ionospheric phenomena such as the northern lights” can also complicate the data, the expert added.
Therefore, said David Spergel, the head of the team conducting the investigation into the unidentified phenomena, “the origin of the UAPs remains unclear and we fear that many events of this type go unreported.”
However, Spergel, who is an astrophysicist, clarified that, even with access to better data, “there is no guarantee that every sighting can be explained.”
The study group for UAPs was created in June of last year with the aim of “advancing scientific understanding” of these phenomena.
The Department of Defense, for its part, also created an office in mid-2022 to analyze and collect data on UFO encounters or phenomena of this type.
According to a Pentagon report published in January, the number of sightings has increased since 2021.