Keith’s note: NASA has released its latest UAP report. There is a media briefing at 10:00 am EDT and of course, NASA PAO made sure that news media only saw the report by waiting until 29 minutes before the event to release it so we could all speed read it and ask intelligent questions. I spoke with the BBC World Service about the report moments before the press briefing began [Audio]. In a nutshell the report offers nothing new and simply repeats what was said at the committee’s 22 May 2023 meeting in other words – there is weird stuff going on out there and we need to study it more – and maybe dial down the stigma and add some more science. — Update: In the media briefing NASA speakers tried to put forth the notion that NASA should – and will – take study of UAP sightings much more serious using scientific rigor and with transparency to the public. There is no proof for/against the origin of these things – terrestrial or extraterrestrial. The committee chair David Spergel said “NASA can be a key player in a whole of government approach to UAP”. Bill Nelson said that NASA will announce a new Director of UAP research. Moments later a reporter asked who that person is. NASA SMD AA Nicky Fox said that they have a person who has been working on this for a while but she refused to give out “his” name. Dan Evans, NASA SMD assistant deputy associate administrator for research added that they are not going to name the person but that “Science should be free”. The whole stigma/trolling/harassment issue was cited – which is real. Oddly the entire panel was named. That said, what happened to all of that talk of “transparency” Bill Nelson? — Second Update: Here is the [Audio] from my second interview on the BBC World Service as the press event was ending.

Keith’s note: As was the case with the prior NASA UAP event no one will actually say anything other than “we need to looking this UFO UAP thing“. According to NASA PAO: “NASA will host a media briefing at 10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the findings from an unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) independent study team it commissioned in 2022. About 30 minutes before the briefing, the agency will publish the team’s full report online, which aims to inform NASA on what possible data could be collected in the future to shed light on the nature and origin of UAP. The report is not a review or assessment of previous unidentifiable observations“ More

Keith’s note: I was just on Alhurra TV with Lincoln Bloomfield, Former National Security Advisor to Vice President Quayle. We were interviewed about yesterday’s hearing on UAPs in Congress. And yes, I used props (again) – a little green alien 👽 and a shattercone from a meteorite crater on Devon Island. [Audio]

Keith’s note: OK. 3 expert military aviation witnesses with solid careers serving their country are currently talking about UAP sightings in public before Congress. No tin foil hats, no talk of abductions or Elvis. Just details about totally inexplicable aerodynamic performance. Just sayin’. One witness said he can’t comment in open session if government has had contact with aliens and that non-human biological remains have been recovered from crashes. The whole Life in the universe thing is a long standing feature of NASA’s research portfolio. This congressional testimony begs an inquiry to NASA Public Affairs. Alas, if I asked Marc Etkind and NASA PAO to comment they’d either 1. not respond 2. tell me that they have a committee that is working on the topic and that I am welcome to read their report whenever it comes out.

Keith’s note: According this release from a bunch of Senators “The legislation introduced as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will be on the Senate floor next week, … blah blah blah”. At a time when everyone should be concerned with important things – such as war, education, healthcare – and NASA’s budget, the Senate is now caught up in this petty silliness – and manages to exceed the House’s nonsense with goofy things such as this to make compromise even harder. We’re doomed.

Keith’s note: Last night I was on BBC 5 Live talking about the NASA UAP meeting (audio). This evening I was on Al Jazeera Arabic talking about the meeting and what it did – and did not say – about life in the universe, whether we have been visited, and why people are so interested in this topic. I also used my little green alien 👽 as a prop which was in keeping with the graphics on their intro piece. (audio)

Keith’s note: Today at the NASA UAP media briefing I asked Dr. Dan Evans from NASA “My question with regard to the whole transparency issue: why is it that the NASA Astrobiology website, the NASA citizen science, the NASA education website etc. make no mention of this FACA committee or this FACA meeting today – or the topic under discussion in general? How can NASA address this issue with a straight face without at least acknowledging this great public interest in the topic of life in the universe and do so in the very program – Astrobiology – where these topics are actually being investigated?” I did not get an answer. Instead I got a government spokesperson wandering around using lots of words and talking points – but never actually answering a simple question – why doesn’t NASA mention this topic on the obvious websites that the agency has in place to deal with the specific topics raised repeatedly in this FACA committee’s meeting – and elsewhere? Everyone kept asking about the whole “UAP” acronym. Well, I guess NASA = Never A Straight Answer (audio) Update: I spoke with BBC 5 Live about this event and how NASA never seems to be able to have a conversation with the rest of society – who share a great interest in the idea of life elsewhere in the universe. Instead, NASA transmits talking points and never stop to listen to what real people have to say. There is intelligent life outside of your office cubicle, NASA. FYI. (Audio)

Keith’s note: Late last Friday NASA posted an item on NASA.gov. Unlike all other releases and media advisories NASA did not send this out to the regular email ist. As of this posting it still has not done so, Nor is the press release listed on the recent press release page even though items release immediately before and then after are posted. No mention on @NASA on Twitter either. You’d think that a panel investigating some that is – regardless of your opinion – “interesting” would be made more visible by NASA. Guess again. Yet another example of NASA PAO’s non-existent policy on how to do things.

NASA to Discuss New Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Today, NASA “NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT today – Thursday, June 9 – to discuss a new study team the agency is commissioning to examine unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). The purpose of the study is to examine UAPs – observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena – from […]

Keith’s note: Bill Nelson was on CNN just before 8:00 pm EDT Sunday night to talk about the UAP/UFO report released by the Pentagon Friday evening. Nelson said “I have seen the unclassified and classified version of the report. It says what we thought. We do not know what the answer is to what those navy pilots saw. I have asked our scientists if there is any kind of explanation. […]