NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members (2022)

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What is this record?
It is an index entry for a NASA news release dated Oct. 21, 2022, that named the 16 individuals selected to serve on NASA's independent study team on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). The archive reproduces only what the source states and asserts no conclusion beyond it.
What does the news release cover?
According to the release, the independent study was set to begin Oct. 24, 2022, and over nine months the team would lay groundwork for future study of UAP, identify how data from civilian government, commercial, and other sources could be analyzed, and recommend a roadmap for potential UAP data analysis. The release states the study would focus solely on unclassified data, with a full report to be released to the public in mid-2023. It names Daniel Evans of the Science Mission Directorate as the official orchestrating the study and David Spergel of the Simons Foundation as team chair.
Which agency issued it, and where is the official source?
NASA issued the news release. The official source page is on nasa.gov, and the archive also links a confirmed Wayback Machine snapshot of that page.
Can I view or download the release through this archive?
This is a neutral, link-only entry: it links to the official source page on nasa.gov and an archive snapshot. It does not host a preservation copy of the release, so you view it on the linked official or archived pages.

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Record metadata

Record type
Report landing
Decade
2020s
Review status
published
Publication status
published

Official source link

https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-announces-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-study-team-members/

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Cite this record

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). "NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members (2022)". 2020s. Official source: https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-announces-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-study-team-members/. Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive (not an official or government source): https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nasa-uap-study-team-members-2022/.

APA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (2020s). NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members (2022). https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-announces-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-study-team-members/

MLA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). "NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members (2022)." 2020s, https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-announces-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-study-team-members/.

Chicago

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). "NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members (2022)." 2020s. https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-announces-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-study-team-members/.

BibTeX

@misc{uaprecords_nasa-uap-study-team-members-2022,
  title  = {NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members (2022)},
  author = {National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)},
  year   = {2020s},
  howpublished = {Official source: https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-announces-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-study-team-members/},
  note   = {Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive — not an official or government source},
  url    = {https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nasa-uap-study-team-members-2022/}
}

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Content created by a U.S. government agency is generally a public-domain work under 17 U.S.C. §105; per-item rights (including any third-party affiliations or names referenced) are assessed before reuse.

Archivist note

This news release, dated Oct. 21, 2022, names the 16 individuals selected to serve on NASA’s independent study team on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). As stated, the independent study was set to begin Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, and over the course of nine months the team would lay groundwork for future study of UAP, identify how data from civilian government, commercial, and other sources could be analyzed, and recommend a roadmap for potential UAP data analysis. The release states the study would focus solely on unclassified data, with a full report of the team’s findings to be released to the public in mid-2023. According to the release, the NASA official responsible for orchestrating the study was Daniel Evans of the Science Mission Directorate, and the team was chaired by David Spergel, president of the Simons Foundation.

The release lists the team members and their stated affiliations as: David Spergel (chair, Simons Foundation), Anamaria Berea (George Mason University), Federica Bianco (University of Delaware), Paula Bontempi (University of Rhode Island), Reggie Brothers (AE Industrial Partners), Jen Buss (Potomac Institute of Policy Studies), Nadia Drake (science journalist, National Geographic), Mike Gold (Redwire), David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute), Scott Kelly (former NASA astronaut), Matt Mountain (Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy), Warren Randolph (Federal Aviation Administration), Walter Scott (Maxar), Joshua Semeter (Boston University), Karlin Toner (Federal Aviation Administration), and Shelley Wright (University of California, San Diego). This archive provides a neutral, link-only index entry: it links the official landing page and a confirmed archive snapshot, reproduces only what the source states, and asserts no conclusion beyond the official source.

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