1 More mainstream scientists becoming interested in studying #UFOs/ #UAP. Progress!

"Ravi Kopparapu is a planetary scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland who studies planetary habitability, climate modeling & chemistry https://www.space.com/unidentified-aerial-phenomena-scientific-scrutiny

2 "in the context of exoplanet atmosphere characterization. He views the UAP/UFO phenomena as a scientifically interesting problem, driven in part by observations that seem to defy the laws of physics.

That said, Kopparapu said he's wary of bringing the term 'extraterrestrial'

3 "into the conversation. 'That's because there is absolutely no concrete evidence that I know of that points to them as being extraterrestrial,' he said.

"'There's a fundamental problem that we have right now to scientifically study UAP,' Kopparapu said. 'We do not have proper

4 "'data collection of this phenomena that can be shared among interested scientists to verify claims and filter out truly unexplainable events.'

Also, the entire UAP topic has been much maligned by being associated with ET, Kopparapu added. This association prevents a thorough

5 "scientific investigation by the science community, he feels, essentially because of a taboo surrounding ET claims.

'I think people immediately think about "aliens" when they hear UFOs/UAPs, and I want scientists to not fall for that,' Kopparapu said. 'Be strictly agnostic

6 "'and don't let preconceived ideas cloud judgments. Have an open mind. Consider this as a science problem. If it turns out these have mundane explanations, so be it.'"

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