NASA announces the team members for its UFO study

A group of 16 researchers will spend the next nine months studying unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, as part of a team for NASA.

A report that will be made available to the public next year will be the result of the research.

The Pentagon created an office to track reports of UAPs in July. Congress held a public hearing for the first time in 50 years on the topic of unexplained flying objects.

Professors, scientists, an oceanographer and others are part of the research group. Scott Kelly is a former NASA Astronaut and a science journalist at National Geographic.

The purpose of the study is to lay the groundwork for future study on the nature of UAPs for NASA and other organizations. Civilian government entities, commercial data, and data from other sources will be some of the data that comes from.

NASA stated in June that the lack of research on UAPs makes it difficult to draw conclusions about the nature of such events.

There is no proof that UAPs are connected to extraterrestrial life.