NASA Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team
The NASA Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team (UAPIST) was a panel of sixteen experts assembled in 2022 by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and chaired by David Spergel to recommend a roadmap for the analysis of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) by NASA and other organizations.
David Spergel, chair of NASA's independent study on UAPs, answers a question during a public meeting of the team on May 31, 2023.
Scott Kelly, former NASA astronaut, left, and Anamaria Berea, associate professor of Computational and Data Science at George Mason University, during a public meeting of NASA's UAP independent study team on May 31, 2023.
NASA Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team Report
David Nathaniel Spergel is an American theoretical astrophysicist and the Emeritus Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation at Princeton University. Since 2021, he has been the President of the Simons Foundation. He is known for his work on the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) project. In 2022, Spergel accepted the chair of NASA's UAP independent study team.
David Spergel speaks during a public meeting of NASA's UAP independent study team on May 31, 2023.
