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UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA
Independent Study Team Report
| Members of the NASA Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team | ||
| Chair Dr. David Spergel Simons Foundation |
Designated Federal Official Dr. Daniel Evans NASA Headquarters | |
| Panelists Dr. Anamaria Berea George Mason University |
Capt. Scott Kelly, USN, Ret. NASA Astronaut, Ret. | |
| Dr. Federica Bianco University of Delaware Dr. Reggie Brothers Dr. Paula Bontempi Dr. Jennifer Buss Dr. Nadia Drake Mr. Mike Gold Dr. David Grinspoon |
Dr. Matt Mountain Association of Universities for Research and Astronomy Mr. Warren Randolph Dr. Walter Scott Dr. Joshua Semeter Dr. Karlin Toner Dr. Shelley Wright | |
| Front and back cover photos: views of the earth as photographed from the Earth-orbital Apollo 4 unmanned space mission. All photos are from NASA unless otherwise indicated. | ||
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| 3EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
| 7FOREWORD |
| 9INTRODUCTION |
| 11RESPONSES TO STATEMENT OF TASK |
| 21OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS |
| 23ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
| 24WORK PRODUCTS: DISCUSSION |
Group Photo: Members of the NASA Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team.
This is a type of lightning known as a red sprite—a phenomenon that has rarely been photographed in this amount of detail. Some thunderstorms produce sprites, but most do not. Photo credit: Stephane Vetter (TWAN)
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