NASA's Independent UAP Study: A Nine-Month, Data-Driven Framework for Open Public Analysis Led by David Spergel

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NASA is conducting a nine‑month independent study to develop a framework for collecting and analyzing data on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) using scientific methods, led by astrophysicist David Spergel with Daniel Evans coordinating and a team of 16 experts, with public meetings planned and a final report due in mid‑2023, plus a commitment to openness, transparency, and scientific integrity, the work not tied to a DoD program and findings to be publicly available, ethics disclosures required and no security clearances needed since data are unclassified, there is no evidence UAP are extraterrestrial or technosignatures at this time (though technosignature research exists and is space‑based), NASA relying on publicly available Earth‑observing satellite data with no dedicated UAP program or separate funding, and funding coming through ROSES as an external review rather than a separate NASA UAP program.