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An astrophysicist who advised the agency talks to Nature about ways to bring rigour to reports of ‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’.
NASA has waded into the contentious world of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), more commonly known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02893-y
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Update 15 September 2023: This story was updated to include the name of NASA’s director of UAP research, released late on 14 September.
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