Posted on 09/16/2023 4:18:28 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
NASA on Thursday evening released the name of its new point person for UFOs, hours after refusing to do so over concerns he would be harassed.
The announcement of the newly created position came the same day the agency published a report by a group of experts calling for a “government-wide approach” to collect data on UFOs, urging the public to use smartphone apps to help identify mysterious aerial craft.
Mark McInerney, who was previously NASA’s liaison to the Defense Department, will become the research director for UAP — unidentified anomalous phenomena, the government’s preferred term — overseeing the space agency’s work on the topic and serving as a communicator between federal agencies on UFOs.
During a briefing with reporters earlier Thursday, NASA officials initially declined to disclose the director’s identity, citing potential threats.
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But when directly asked whether she could name the official, Fox was blunt: “We will not give his name out.”
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Several members of the study were ridiculed on social media, received hate mail and said their colleagues were “warned” to stay away from researching such topics because it could damage their scientific credibility and potential for promotions, according to the report.
“That’s in part why we are not splashing the name of our new director out there, because science needs to be free,” Evans said. “Some of [the incidents] rose to actual threats.”
It’s unusual for a public official to remain anonymous, but NASA officials repeated that a major component of the study was to remove the stigma around those who want to report UFO sightings.
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Why are you spamming this thread?
I thought the new more scientific term was UAP
And if you are a natural shutterbug with a cell in hand and reflexively camera ready, unless the object is pretty close, it's going to be a dot or a little light in the sky. Don't believe me? Next time a Cessna flies over, go out and take a pic.
Even aircraft at a 1,000 foot altitude look tiny.
Why are you spamming this thread?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Why do you have no sense of humor?
Its not spam. This is very likely the stereotypical type of person Biden would appoint.
I see you are a brilliant advocate of 1st amendment freedom of speech rights and its associated culture.
Censor much?
Ridicule is what the USAF uses to prevent any discussion of this topic. Ridicule and even threats.
They won’t name the person because they do not exist!
And, yeah, your comment is a real example of "free speech."
I was hoping for Ed Straker.
The NASA mission segment does it say they can investigate UFO’s? This is creating more ‘squirrels’ for dumb public to distract from real government corruption.
Correction: where does the nasa mission statement allow for this nonsense?
Because of the loss of the supernatural worldview most Americans and even Christians are like Tolkien's Gollum, searching here below to answers that can only be explained within the context of the supernatural worldview.
Only within the supernatural worldview can secularism's unanswered questions about consciousness, memory, the question of free will, and souls be answered. The same is true about UFOs, Space Brothers, Mothman, shadow people, ghosts, plasma orbs, and so on as all of them are created fallen creatures (elemental spirits, demons)
Doubtless scoffers and mockers will descend upon this post to do what they always do. But that reaction is only to their detriment.
“That’s in part why we are not splashing the name of our new director out there, because science needs to be free,”
Absolutely free of any accountability...
I think you could well be right.
They won’t name the person because they do not exist!
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Read this sentence aloud and you will learn the secret name of the new NASA director person:
“Mark McInerney, who was previously NASA’s liaison to the Defense Department, will become the research director for UAP “
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