NASA UAP Independent Study Team — Terms of Reference
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Common questions
- What is this document?
- The signed Terms of Reference (April 2023) for NASA's UAP Independent Study Team — the charter that established the study, setting out its scope, the independent team's composition and terms, and its deliverables.
- Why does it matter?
- It is the foundational governance document for NASA's UAP independent study, whose final report NASA released on September 14, 2023 (cataloged separately in this archive).
- Where is the official source?
- NASA, at science.nasa.gov (the signed PDF). The official source on science.nasa.gov remains authoritative; this archive hosts a preservation copy.
- Can I download it here?
- Yes. This archive hosts a preservation copy of this public-domain NASA document; use the preservation-copy link, or follow the official source above.
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- Report landing
- Decade
- 2020s
- Review status
- published
- Publication status
- published
Official source link
https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UAPISTTermsofReference_Signed.pdfPreservation copy (PDF) ⬇ · 326 KB · 3 pp A local preservation copy of this public-domain U.S.-government document. The official source above is authoritative.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). "NASA UAP Independent Study Team — Terms of Reference". 2020s. Official source: https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UAPISTTermsofReference_Signed.pdf. Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive (not an official or government source): https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nasa-uap-ist-terms-of-reference/.
APA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (2020s). NASA UAP Independent Study Team — Terms of Reference. https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UAPISTTermsofReference_Signed.pdf
MLA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). "NASA UAP Independent Study Team — Terms of Reference." 2020s, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UAPISTTermsofReference_Signed.pdf.
Chicago
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). "NASA UAP Independent Study Team — Terms of Reference." 2020s. https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UAPISTTermsofReference_Signed.pdf.
BibTeX
@misc{uaprecords_nasa-uap-ist-terms-of-reference,
title = {NASA UAP Independent Study Team — Terms of Reference},
author = {National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)},
year = {2020s},
howpublished = {Official source: https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UAPISTTermsofReference_Signed.pdf},
note = {Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive — not an official or government source},
url = {https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nasa-uap-ist-terms-of-reference/}
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NASA content is a U.S. Government work, generally in the public domain under 17 U.S.C. §105. This archive hosts a preservation copy of this public-domain NASA document; the official source on science.nasa.gov remains authoritative.
Archivist note
The signed Terms of Reference (April 2023) for NASA’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Independent Study Team — the foundational charter that established the study. According to NASA, the document sets out the study’s scope, the independent team’s composition and terms of service, and its deliverables; it is the governance basis for the team whose final report NASA released on 2023-09-14 (cataloged separately in this archive).
This archive hosts a preservation copy of the public-domain NASA document above; the official source on science.nasa.gov remains authoritative. The PDF was retrieved from science.nasa.gov and a Wayback snapshot was captured for provenance. This entry asserts no conclusion beyond what the official source states and takes no position on the nature of any reported phenomena.
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