Public Participation
NASA encourages public participation in UAP data collection through crowdsourcingsuch as open source smartphone applications.
Reducing stigma in reporting UAP
NASA’s involvement in UAP research will help reduce the stigma associated with reporting these phenomena, making data collection easier.
So, does extraterrestrial life exist?
The report states that the hypothesis of extraterrestrial origin should be the last option to be considered, once all other possibilities have been eliminated. NASA emphasizes that to date there is no conclusive evidence in the scientific literature supporting an extraterrestrial origin for UAPs.
“To date, in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, there is no conclusive evidence suggesting an extraterrestrial origin for UAPs”
Finally, NASA quoted the literary detective Sherlock Holmes, created by writer Arthur Conan Doyle: “Once the impossible has been ruled out, whatever remains, however improbable it may seem, must be the truth.”