NASA recently announce it is launching a team of researchers so that it could invest in the studying of UFOs.

According to NASA, the team of researchers that NASA hopes to put together will study the UFOs from a strictly scientific point of view, but has also admitted that there is no valid proof that UFOs are actually only scientific in nature.

The future team of researchers plans to gather data on UFOs (now referred to as "UAPs") and will be led by astrophysicist David Spergel, president of the Simons Foundation in New York City, as well as Daniel Evans, assistant deputy associate administrator for research at NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

"Over the decades, NASA has answered the call to tackle some of the most perplexing mysteries we know of, and this is no different," said Daniel Evans in a press call. "I do want to underscore that NASA is uniquely positioned to address UAPs, because who other than us can use the power of data and science to look at what's happening in our skies? And quite frankly, this is why we do what we do."



About a year ago, a U.S. report revealed that defense and intelligence analysts did not have ample enough data in order to tell the exact nature of UAPs, such as if they are advanced earthly technologies, atmospherics, or related to extraterrestrials. According to NASA in a news release, "There is no evidence UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin."



The study, which will start in the fall of 2022 and cost around $100,000, will essentially survey the nature of UAPs as a whole and their exact purpose in the world. "The study will focus on identifying available data, how to best collect future data and how NASA can use these data to move the scientific understanding of UAPs forward," Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator for science at NASA headquarters in Washington, stated in a call.

In total, this study is anticipated to take around nine months to finish. While it is not the first study to focus on UAP research, it will be the first to attempt to discover information about the exact nature of UAP sightings. Specifically, in 2017, the New York Times demonstrated that there was a research program referred to as "Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program," which ultimately led to heightened interest in the presence of UAPs.

But in spite of these past attempts, the upcoming research project in the fall is expected to uncover further information about the existence of UAPs, and will hopefully be distinct from research studies in the past.