NASA names 16-person panel tasked with investigating UFOs

NASA said in June of last year that it would convene a panel to study "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAP), but that it doesn't believe they're extraterrestrial in origin. The space agency has created a 16-member panel that will focus on unclassified data from civilian government and commercial sectors.

The panel is chaired by David Spergel. Scott Kelly, a retired NASA test pilot, is one of the members.

The Pentagon group investigating UAPs is separate from the panel. The US government has kept the work behind closed doors for a long time.

Special effects experts like Corridor Crew are not present. In a recent video, the group debunks a number of famous videos, including a camera's iris, a bird and an IR lens flare.

NASA doesn't think there is much going on with these videos. Even if there are no aliens involved, the panel can still help determine how to classify them.

Understanding the data we have surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena is critical to helping us draw scientific conclusions about what's happening in our skies. The data is the language of scientists.