NASA Independent UAP Study

Chaired by astrophysicist David Spergel, the sixteen-member panel reviewed unclassified UAP data and recommended that NASA play a coordinating role in collecting standardized, scientific-grade observations. The report concluded there was no evidence of extraterrestrial origin in the cases reviewed, while explicitly identifying the absence of high-quality data as the central obstacle to scientific evaluation. NASA simultaneously named its first Director of UAP Research.