NASA is stepping up its efforts to hunt for UFOs in the hopes that a piece of technology already floating around in space could help investigate unidentified objects.
The US space agency says it is exploring the possibility of transforming satellites into alien searchers as a way to investigate unexplained sightings without launching new equipment.
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NASA’s plan to see if pre-existing satellites can be turned into alien hunting machines is part of a larger study to investigate “unidentified aerial phenomena.”
The unidentified phenomena study won’t launch until later this year, but experts on the team are already coming up with big plans, like figuring out how to use technology that’s already in place.
“This team is going to be dealing with questions like, ‘Do we have sensors that can see things, you know, take another look at the evidence?’ The agency’s deputy administrator, Colonel Pam Melroy, said at a press conference in London, according to: The Telegraph.
“One of the big questions…is, ‘We have a ton of satellites looking at Earth, are they useful?'” Melroy explained.
“I mean, before you build a rover that goes to Mars, ask yourself, ‘What’s the sensor I need to build to detect the most interesting thing?’ So they’re really going to focus on that,” Melroy continued.
“How would you get the evidence you need to determine whether it’s an optical phenomenon or some other kind (phenomenon)?”
NASA unveiled its plans for investigating unidentified aerial phenomena in June.
The agency said the focal points of the research will be identifying available data, best practices for collecting future data, and how to use that data to advance the science of unexplained sightings.
According to NASA, such unexplained phenomena have implications for national security and air safety.
NASA has reiterated that there is no evidence that this unexplained observation area is of any extraterrestrial nature.
But the agency says it’s critical to understand whether the events are natural or not.
“NASA believes its tools for scientific discovery are powerful and applicable here as well,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator for science at NASA headquarters in Washington, in June when the larger study was announced.
“We have the tools and the team that can help us improve our understanding of the unknown. That is the definition of what science is. That is what we do.”
These recent revelations are part of a series of recent advances in understanding unexplained objects and the search for extraterrestrial life.
In May, Pentagon officials kept the first hearing to discuss unidentified aerial phenomena — or UAPs — since the 1960s.
During the hearing, the defense officials admitted that there had been 400 observations and 11 near collisions with UFOs.