Amid mounting speculation over the true nature of unidentified aerial phenomena and potential threats to air safety and national security, a group of scientists and researchers are advocating for greater civilian involvement to help steer government research into recent and ongoing events. The group, which includes physicists, a planetary scientist and a former U.S. Navy F/A-18F pilot who experienced first-hand unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) encounters, laid out its recommendations during a special panel session at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) virtual Aviation 2021 forum on Aug. 6. The session follows the June 25 release of a Defense Department report to Congress indicating that some of the 144 reported UAP events investigated by the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) are real objects rather than atmospheric or optical illusions. The AIAA event also comes as other efforts to promote the serious study of UAPs gather momentum.
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