{"id":24663,"date":"2022-10-24T18:17:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T18:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/24\/astronaut-scott-kelly-joins-nasa-study-of-ufos\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:00:11","slug":"astronaut-scott-kelly-joins-nasa-study-of-ufos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2022\/10\/24\/astronaut-scott-kelly-joins-nasa-study-of-ufos\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut Scott Kelly joins NASA study of UFOs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you ever look up into the sky and wonder about your place in the stars? Soon, we may know more about just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of 16 researchers, including retired U.S. Navy captain and astronaut Scott Kelly, will spend the next nine months on a NASA team studying unidentified aerial phenomena, also known as UFOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly, who will be joined on the panel by various aerospace experts, notably served not only as a fighter pilot in the sea service<\/a> but also 20 years with NASA. Kelly\u2019s identical twin brother Mark is also a retired astronaut and now serves as the junior senator from Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using unclassified data, the team of scientific experts will \u201clay the groundwork for future study,\u201d according to a NASA press release<\/a>. The study begins Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t