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NASA News Release: UAP Independent Study Report Shared; Director of UAP Research Named (2023)

NASA Report landing 2020s Official link verified

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Common questions

What is this record?: It is an archive entry for a news release dated 14 September 2023, published on the NASA website, announcing that NASA had made the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Independent Study Team's full report publicly available and had named a Director of UAP Research.
What does the release cover?: According to the release, the independent study team's report sets out findings and recommendations intended to inform how the agency could help shed light on the origin and nature of future UAP. The release also states that Mark McInerney was appointed to the director role to centralize communications, resources, and data analytical capabilities and to establish a database for evaluating future UAP using tools such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and space-based observation. It notes that the limited number of high-quality observations of UAP makes it impossible to draw firm scientific conclusions about their nature.
Which agency issued it, and where is the official source?: The release was issued by NASA. The official source page is hosted on the nasa.gov website, with a confirmed Wayback Machine snapshot also recorded.
Can I view or download the document through this archive?: This archive is link-only. It links to the official source page on nasa.gov and to a confirmed Wayback Machine snapshot, and does not host a copy or reproduce the source text in full. The linked official source remains authoritative for all factual claims.

Source & Classification

Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) →
Record type: Report landing
Decade: 2020s
Review status: published
Publication status: published

Official source link

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/update-nasa-shares-uap-independent-study-report-names-director/

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). "NASA News Release: UAP Independent Study Report Shared; Director of UAP Research Named (2023)". 2020s. Official source: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/update-nasa-shares-uap-independent-study-report-names-director/. Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive (not an official or government source): https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nasa-uap-report-release-2023/.

APA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (2020s). NASA News Release: UAP Independent Study Report Shared; Director of UAP Research Named (2023). https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/update-nasa-shares-uap-independent-study-report-names-director/

MLA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). "NASA News Release: UAP Independent Study Report Shared; Director of UAP Research Named (2023)." 2020s, https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/update-nasa-shares-uap-independent-study-report-names-director/.

Chicago

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). "NASA News Release: UAP Independent Study Report Shared; Director of UAP Research Named (2023)." 2020s. https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/update-nasa-shares-uap-independent-study-report-names-director/.

BibTeX

@misc{uaprecords_nasa-uap-report-release-2023,
  title  = {NASA News Release: UAP Independent Study Report Shared; Director of UAP Research Named (2023)},
  author = {National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)},
  year   = {2020s},
  howpublished = {Official source: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/update-nasa-shares-uap-independent-study-report-names-director/},
  note   = {Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive — not an official or government source},
  url    = {https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nasa-uap-report-release-2023/}
}

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NASA-created content is generally public domain under 17 U.S.C. §105; per-item rights are assessed before any indexed or monetized use, and the NASA name and visual identity are not reproduced by this archive.

Archivist note

A news release dated 14 September 2023, published on the NASA website, announcing that NASA had made the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Independent Study Team’s full report publicly available and had named a Director of UAP Research. According to the release, the report sets out the external study team’s findings and recommendations intended to inform how the agency could help shed light on the origin and nature of future UAP, and the agency states it appointed Mark McInerney to the director role to centralize communications, resources, and data analytical capabilities and to establish a database for evaluating future UAP using tools such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and space-based observation.

The release notes that there are currently a limited number of high-quality observations of UAP, which it describes as making it impossible to draw firm scientific conclusions about their nature. This archive links only the official landing page and a confirmed Wayback Machine snapshot; it asserts no conclusion of its own, does not claim an extraterrestrial origin for UAP, and reproduces neither the source text in full nor the NASA insignia or visual identity. The linked official source remains authoritative for all factual claims.

Uncertainty / Limits

Archive state (this release)

Record status: Official link verified
Review status: published
Publication status: published
Archive URL: Not archived in U3
Local copy: Not stored in U3
Summary: Not published
Translation: Not published
Added to archive: 2026-06-04
Last revised: 2026-06-04 · 1 revision

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