The NAS UFO Sighting (July 21, 1977) — AARO Records (D214P21)
In July 1977, Dr. Frank Press, Science Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, wrote to NASA Administrator Dr. Robert Frosch. He suggested forming a panel to review new findings on UFOs since the Condon Report. NASA ultimately responded that establishing
Background
On July 21, 1977, in The NAS, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) recorded the unidentified-phenomenon case described below. The case is preserved in AARO’s 2024-2025 publications and consolidated annual reports to Congress, declassified or released in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Department of Defense reporting cycles.
A sighting from the modern era of post-blue-book civilian and military reports.
The case appears in materials produced or curated by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
What the document records
In July 1977, Dr. Frank Press, Science Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, wrote to NASA Administrator Dr. Robert Frosch. He suggested forming a panel to review new findings on UFOs since the Condon Report. NASA ultimately responded that establishing a research activity or symposium on the subject was not warranted.
Type of case
The case is a visual sighting reported by ground or air observers.
Status
AARO designates unresolved cases as those for which the agency has not concluded the events were anomalous, has not concluded that they were conventional, and has not ruled out either possibility. Conventional candidates for sightings of recent periods include commercial drones, classified test platforms, satellite re-entry, balloon traffic, atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.