NASA wants to use AI to study unidentified aerial phenomenon

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Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +0000

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Relax, it's just a weather balloon over Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA 'We don't know what these UAP are, but we're going to find out. You bet your boots,' says NASA Director Bill Nelson. The post NASA wants to use AI to
study unidentified aerial phenomenon appeared first on Popular Science .

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Relax, it's just a weather balloon over Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA

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A new NASA-commissioned independent study report recommends leveraging NASAs expertise and public trust alongside artificial intelligence to investigate unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) on Earth. As such, today NASA Director Bill Nelson announced the appointment of a NASA Director of UAP Research to develop and oversee implementation of investigation efforts.

The director of UAP Research is a pivotal addition to NASAs team and will provide leadership, guidance and operational coordination for the agency and the federal government to use as a pipeline to help identify the seemingly unidentifiable, Nicola Fox, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, said in a release .

Although NASA officials repeated multiple times that the study found no evidence of extraterrestrial origin , they conceded they still do not know
the explanation behind at least some of the documented UAP sightings. Nelson stressed the agencys aim to begin minimizing public stigma surrounding UAP events, and begin shifting the subject from sensationalism to science. In keeping with this strategy, the panel report relied solely on unclassified
and open source UAP data to ensure all findings could be shared openly and freely with the public.

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We dont know what these UAP are, but were going to find out, Nelson said at one point. You bet your boots.

According to todays public announcement , the study team additionally recommends NASA utilize its open-source resources, extensive technological expertise, data analysis techniques, federal and commercial partnerships, and Earth-observing assets to curate a better and robust dataset for
understanding future UAP.

Composed of 16 community experts across various disciplines, the UAP study team was first announced in June of last year, and began work on their study in October. In May 2023, representatives from the study team expressed frustration with the fragmentary nature of available UAP data.

The current data collection efforts regarding UAPs are unsystematic and fragmented across various agencies, often using instruments uncalibrated for scientific data collection, study chair David Spergel, an astrophysicist and president of the nonprofit science organization the Simons Foundation , said at the time . Existing data and eyewitness reports alone are insufficient to provide conclusive evidence about the nature and origin of every UAP event.

Todays report notes that although AI and machine learning tools have become essential tools in identifying rare occurrences and outliers within vast datasets, UAP analysis is more limited by the quality of data than by the availability of techniques. After reviewing neural network usages in
astronomy , particle physics, and other sciences, the panel determined that the same techniques could be adapted to UAP researchbut only if datasets quality is both improved and codified. Encouraging the development of
rigorous data collection standards and methodologies will be crucial to ensuring reliable, evidence-based UAP analysis.

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Although no evidence suggests extraterrestrial intelligence is behind documented UAP sightings, Do I believe there is life in the universe? Nelson asked during NASAs press conference. My personal opinion is, yes.

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