NASA released the findings after a yearlong study into UFOs, and said that research into UFOs will require new scientific techniques, including advanced satellites as well as a shift in how unidentified flying objects are perceived.
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00:00 In June of last year, NASA commissioned an independent study team to examine unidentified
00:08 anomalous phenomena.
00:11 We did so with a few goals in mind.
00:14 First to examine how NASA can use our expertise and instruments to study UAP from a scientific
00:23 perspective.
00:25 Second, shift the conversation about UAP from sensationalism to science.
00:37 And to make sure that whatever we find or whatever we recommend, to make sure that information
00:47 is shared transparently.
00:49 If you ask me, do I believe there's life in a universe that is so vast that it's hard
00:57 for me to comprehend how big it is?
01:02 My personal answer is yes.
01:06 But I asked some of our scientists.
01:09 As a matter of fact, the Washington Post editorial board asked us to come down to the question,
01:17 what is the mathematical probability that there is life out there in the universe?
01:23 And if you calculate in billions of stars, in billions of galaxies, that there's replicated
01:36 what I just said, another stony planet.
01:42 The answer was, what's the likelihood?
01:46 At least a trillion.
01:48 The top takeaway from the study is that there is a lot more to learn.
01:53 The NASA independent study team did not find any evidence that UAP have an extraterrestrial
02:00 origin.
02:03 But we don't know what these UAP are.
02:09 That's why I'm announcing that NASA has appointed a NASA director of UAP research.
02:16 Based on our current findings and methodology, that we find no evidence to suggest that UAP
02:22 are extraterrestrial in origin.
02:25 Our focus is on understanding the phenomenon, however, regardless of the source.
02:30 And previous work from the IRO has shown that most events are explainable as planes, balloons,
02:37 drones, weather phenomenon and instrument features.
02:40 We NASA deal openly and we will be transparent on this.
02:46 And we're trying to address the question of there's so much concern that there's something
02:54 locked up, classified.
02:58 And that the American government is not being open.
03:02 Well, we are the American government and we are open and we're going to be open about
03:07 this.
03:08 The reason we restricted ourselves, this study, to unclassified data is because we can speak
03:13 openly about it.
03:15 And in so doing, we're aiming again to alter the discourse from sensationalism to science,
03:22 as Administrator Nelson beautifully said.
03:27 NASA personnel, as appropriate, know how to talk to DOD on a classified basis.
03:32 But the purpose of this study was to tell us what open data we could use in combination
03:38 with the power of science to move our understanding forward.