NASA holds press conference on UFOs

Before we get to the UFO conference, we should note that scientists have discovered a quasi-moon that has been orbiting Earth since 100 BC. A space rock 50 feet in diameter called 2023 FW13 is only slightly influenced by Earth’s gravitational pull because it’s orbiting at a distance of nine million miles. Nonetheless, that slight pull was enough to turn the asteroid into a “quasi-satellite” around 100 BC — the century during which Julias Caesar was born — and ever since, it has circled the Earth during its annual journey around the Sun. But the cosmic bond won’t last forever. Scientists expect FW13 to start charting a new orbital trajectory around 3700 AD.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA held its first public meeting on UFOs Wednesday a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings.

The space agency televised the hourslong hearing featuring an independent panel of experts. The team includes 16 scientists and other experts selected by NASA including retired astronaut Scott Kelly, the first American to spend nearly a year in space.

Several committee members have been subjected to “online abuse” for serving on the team, which detracts from the scientific process, said NASA’s Dan Evans, adding that NASA security is dealing with it.

“It’s precisely this rigorous, evidence-based approach that allows one to separate the fact from fiction,” Evans said.

The study is a first step in trying to explain mysterious sightings in the sky that NASA calls UAPs, or unidentified aerial phenomena.

The group is looking at what unclassified information is available on the subject and how much more is needed to understand what’s going on in the sky, according to astrophysicist David Spergel, the committee’s chair who runs the Simons Foundation.

No secret military data are included, such as anything surrounding the suspected spy balloons from China spotted flying over the U.S. earlier this year.

The meeting was held at at NASA headquarters in Washington with the public taking part remotely.

A final report is expected by the end of July.

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