NASA is embarking on the study of unexplained anomalous phenomena. For this, it needs data, and you could provide it with your smartphone.
If we tell you NASA, you think of the American space agency with its Dune-inspired technologies. But what if we tell you that she is going to look into UFOs? Or rather on the PANITHE “Unidentified Abnormal Phenomena“, you believe in it ? And yet, it’s true. After several months of work, a group of scientists and aeronautics experts produced a report in which they recommended that NASA plays a “leading role” in the study of these phenomena. Without delay, the agency announced the creation of a position of director in charge of the issue.
No question of leaving hunt for the little green men obviously. The goal is to move “from the terrain of sensationalism to that of science,” explains Bill Nelson, head of the space agency. PANIs are “events in the sky that cannot be scientifically identified as an aircraft or a known natural phenomenon”. And if we can’t find an explanation, it’s because thethere is a severe lack of data. This is where you could come into play with your smartphone.
NASA will ask you to help explain abnormal phenomena
The report recommendsfully integrate the general public into research and calls for the creation of a mobile application to centralize recordings of phenomena captured with our devices. To a lesser extent, this is already what the GEIPAN (Study and Information Group on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena). On its website, a dedicated page lists possible observations (light spot, strange object, shape, etc.). You should choose the ones closest to what you saw. Each time, examples and explanations ensure that it is really a unexplained phenomenon.
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Assuming that an application is created, everyone will be able to participate, even if some will be prime witnesses. “We want private, commercial and military pilots to know that if they see something, they should say it,” says Nicola Fox, associate administrator for science at NASA. The agency will of course deploy measuring instruments in parallel.
Source: AFP via France24