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Declassified UFO / UAP Document

NASA Aeronautics and Space Database: Search Results for UFOs (1960-Present)

🏛 NASA 📄 Reference Document / Correspondence Compilation
NASAUFOUAPSETIProject Blue BookRobert FroschFrank PressJimmy Carter

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This document compiles NASA database records on UFOs and includes internal correspondence from 1977-1978 regarding the agency's refusal to establish a formal UFO research program. NASA maintained that it had no evidence of UFOs posing a national security threat and that it would only analyze physical evidence if provided by credible sources.

This document is a compilation of records from the NASA Aeronautics and Space Database regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP/UFOs), spanning from 1960 to 2003. It includes a series of result set records detailing various technical reports, journal articles, and conference papers that discuss UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), and related atmospheric phenomena. Many of these records are technical in nature, focusing on satellite communications, radar tracking, and the development of the UHF Follow-On (UFO) satellite system, which shares the acronym 'UFO' but is unrelated to the phenomenon of unidentified flying objects.

Beyond the database entries, the document contains significant correspondence between the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and NASA leadership in the late 1970s. Specifically, in 1977, Dr. Frank Press, Science Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, suggested that NASA should become the focal point for public inquiries regarding UFOs and consider forming a panel of inquiry to review the subject. NASA Administrator Robert A. Frosch responded with caution, noting that such a program would require additional resources and that there was an absence of tangible physical evidence to justify a formal scientific study. Ultimately, NASA declined to establish a formal research program, maintaining that it would continue to respond to public inquiries but would only analyze physical evidence if it were brought to them by credible sources. The document also includes internal NASA memoranda discussing the agency's stance, the potential for 'heretical science,' and the administrative challenges of handling UFO-related correspondence. The compilation serves as a historical record of NASA's administrative policy regarding UFOs during the Carter administration and its subsequent technical documentation of the subject.

NASA is not involved in research concerning unidentified flying objects. Reports of unidentified objects entering U.S. air space are of interest to the U.S. military as a regular part of defense surveillance, but no government agency is conducting an ongoing investigation of UFOs at this time.

Official Assessment

NASA is not involved in research concerning unidentified flying objects.

NASA maintains that it does not conduct ongoing UFO investigations, as no evidence has been found that UFOs constitute a threat to national security or represent technological developments beyond current scientific knowledge.

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