NASA announced that 16 researchers would be a part of a nine-month study on unidentified aerial phenomena or UFOs.

The study was designed to help provide more information on the nature of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), which are sometimes mistaken for UFO sightings. This decision from The Pentagon to establish this study stemmed from UFO sightings of former Blink-182 frontman Tom Delonge to the US Navy’s report of “transmedium” objects. The 16 individuals included in this research are professors, scientists, oceanographers, and others studying space.

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